Bible verse
My beloved brothers, understand this: Everyone should be quick to listen, slow to speak, and slow to anger,
James 1:19 · BSB
The verses around it, from James 1.
15 Then after desire has conceived, it gives birth to sin; and sin, when it is full-grown, gives birth to death.
16 Do not be deceived, my beloved brothers.
17 Every good and perfect gift is from above, coming down from the Father of the heavenly lights, with whom there is no change or shifting shadow.
18 He chose to give us birth through the word of truth, that we would be a kind of firstfruits of His creation.
19 My beloved brothers, understand this: Everyone should be quick to listen, slow to speak, and slow to anger,
20 for man’s anger does not bring about the righteousness that God desires.
21 Therefore, get rid of all moral filth and every expression of evil, and humbly accept the word planted in you, which can save your souls.
22 Be doers of the word, and not hearers only. Otherwise, you are deceiving yourselves.
23 For anyone who hears the word but does not carry it out is like a man who looks at his face in a mirror,
KJV
Wherefore, my beloved brethren, let every man be swift to hear, slow to speak, slow to wrath:
ASV
Ye know this, my beloved brethren. But let every man be swift to hear, slow to speak, slow to wrath:
ERV
Ye know this, my beloved brethren. But let every man be swift to hear, slow to speak, slow to wrath:
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