James 3 (NET)

James 3:1¹Not many of you should become teachers, my brothers and sisters, because you know that we will be judged more strictly.Copy LinkCopy VerseKJV+Strong’sMany Bible VersionsAsk AICross Refs:1 Tim 1:7Luke 12:47-481 Pet 5:31 Cor 12:28Matt 23:13Matt 23:8-102 Cor 5:10Rom 2:20-211 Cor 11:29-321 Tim 2:7

James 3:2²For we all stumble in many ways. If someone does not stumble in what he says, he is a perfect individual, able to control the entire body as well.Copy LinkCopy VerseKJV+Strong’sMany Bible VersionsAsk AICross Refs:Jas 1:26Prov 13:31 Pet 3:10Matt 12:37Jas 3:5-6Ps 34:13Prov 20:91 John 1:8-10Eccl 7:20Rom 3:10

James 3:3³And if we put bits into the mouths of horses to get them to obey us, then we guide their entire bodies.Copy LinkCopy VerseKJV+Strong’sMany Bible VersionsAsk AICross Refs:Ps 32:9Ps 39:1Jas 1:262 Kgs 19:28

James 3:4⁴Look at ships too: Though they are so large and driven by harsh winds, they are steered by a tiny rudder wherever the pilot’s inclination directs.Copy LinkCopy VerseKJV+Strong’sMany Bible VersionsAsk AICross Refs:Matt 8:24Acts 27:14-38Ps 107:25-27

James 3:5⁵So too the tongue is a small part of the body, yet it has great pretensions. Think how small a flame sets a huge forest ablaze.Copy LinkCopy VerseKJV+Strong’sMany Bible VersionsAsk AICross Refs:Prov 18:21Jer 9:3-8Prov 12:18Prov 15:2Ps 17:10Ps 73:8-9Ps 12:2-4Ps 52:1-2Jer 18:18Jude 1:16

James 3:6⁶And the tongue is a fire! The tongue represents the world of wrongdoing among the parts of our bodies. It pollutes the entire body and sets fire to the course of human existence—and is set on fire by hell.Copy LinkCopy VerseKJV+Strong’sMany Bible VersionsAsk AICross Refs:Ps 120:2-3Prov 16:27Mark 7:15Matt 15:11-20Prov 15:1Mark 7:20-22Luke 16:24Col 3:8-9Matt 12:32-36Prov 6:19

James 3:7⁷For every kind of animal, bird, reptile, and sea creature is subdued and has been subdued by humankind.Copy LinkCopy VerseKJV+Strong’sMany Bible VersionsAsk AI

James 3:8⁸But no human being can subdue the tongue; it is a restless evil, full of deadly poison.Copy LinkCopy VerseKJV+Strong’sMany Bible VersionsAsk AICross Refs:Rom 3:13Ps 140:3Ps 55:21Jas 3:6Ps 57:4Ps 64:3-4Ps 58:4Ps 59:7Eccl 10:11Deut 32:33

James 3:9⁹With it we bless the Lord and Father, and with it we curse people made in God’s image.Copy LinkCopy VerseKJV+Strong’sMany Bible VersionsAsk AICross Refs:Ps 10:7Gen 1:26-27Isa 29:13Ps 62:4Gen 9:6Ps 59:122 Sam 19:21Acts 2:26Gen 5:11 Chr 29:10

James 3:10¹⁰From the same mouth come blessing and cursing. These things should not be so, my brothers and sisters.Copy LinkCopy VerseKJV+Strong’sMany Bible VersionsAsk AICross Refs:Rom 12:141 Pet 3:9Ps 50:16-201 Cor 3:31 Tim 5:13Mic 3:11Gen 20:9Jer 7:4-102 Sam 13:12

James 3:11¹¹A spring does not pour out fresh water and bitter water from the same opening, does it?Copy LinkCopy VerseKJV+Strong’sMany Bible VersionsAsk AI

James 3:12¹²Can a fig tree produce olives, my brothers and sisters, or a vine produce figs? Neither can a salt water spring produce fresh water.Copy LinkCopy VerseKJV+Strong’sMany Bible VersionsAsk AICross Refs:Luke 6:43-44Matt 12:33Matt 7:16-20Jer 2:21Rom 11:16-18Ezek 47:8-11Isa 5:2-4

James 3:13¹³Who is wise and understanding among you? By his good conduct he should show his works done in the gentleness that wisdom brings.Copy LinkCopy VerseKJV+Strong’sMany Bible VersionsAsk AICross Refs:Gal 5:23Jas 3:17Matt 5:5Col 3:121 Pet 2:12Titus 3:22 Tim 2:25Phil 1:271 Pet 3:15-161 Tim 6:11

James 3:14¹⁴But if you have bitter jealousy and selfishness in your hearts, do not boast and tell lies against the truth.Copy LinkCopy VerseKJV+Strong’sMany Bible VersionsAsk AICross Refs:Jas 3:161 Cor 13:4Phil 2:31 Cor 3:3Rom 13:132 Cor 12:201 Pet 2:1-2Phil 1:151 Tim 6:4Jas 5:19

James 3:15¹⁵Such wisdom does not come from above but is earthly, natural, demonic.Copy LinkCopy VerseKJV+Strong’sMany Bible VersionsAsk AICross Refs:Jas 3:171 Cor 3:19Jas 1:171 Cor 2:14Phil 3:191 Tim 4:1John 3:172 Cor 1:122 Cor 11:13-15Jas 1:5

James 3:16¹⁶For where there is jealousy and selfishness, there is disorder and every evil practice.Copy LinkCopy VerseKJV+Strong’sMany Bible VersionsAsk AICross Refs:Jas 3:141 Cor 3:31 Cor 14:331 John 3:12Gal 5:20Gen 11:9

James 3:17¹⁷But the wisdom from above is first pure, then peaceable, gentle, accommodating, full of mercy and good fruit, impartial, and not hypocritical.Copy LinkCopy VerseKJV+Strong’sMany Bible VersionsAsk AICross Refs:Gal 5:22-23Prov 2:61 Cor 13:4-7Jas 3:15Rom 12:9Jas 1:5Jas 1:17Matt 5:81 Cor 2:6-71 Pet 1:22

James 3:18¹⁸And the fruit that consists of righteousness is planted in peace among those who make peace.Copy LinkCopy VerseKJV+Strong’sMany Bible VersionsAsk AICross Refs:Matt 5:9Hos 10:12Phil 1:11Isa 32:16-17Gal 6:8Prov 11:30Prov 11:18Heb 12:11John 4:36Jas 1:20