James 1:19

Believers should be quick to listen, slow to speak, and slow to become angry. Receptive humility, not hasty reaction, marks the godly life.

Cross-references · 40

• Prov 17:27A man of knowledge restrains his words, and a man of understanding maintains a calm spirit.
• Prov 21:23He who guards his mouth and tongue keeps his soul from distress.
• Prov 14:29A patient man has great understanding, but a quick-tempered man promotes folly.
• Prov 10:19When words are many, sin is unavoidable, but he who restrains his lips is wise.
• Prov 18:13He who answers a matter before he hears it—this is folly and disgrace to him.
• Prov 13:3He who guards his mouth protects his life, but the one who opens his lips invites his own ruin.
• Eph 4:26“Be angry, yet do not sin.” Do not let the sun set upon your anger,
• Prov 16:32He who is slow to anger is better than a warrior, and he who controls his temper is greater than one who captures a city.
• Eccl 7:8–9The end of a matter is better than the beginning, and a patient spirit is better than a proud one.
• Prov 15:18A hot-tempered man stirs up strife, but he who is slow to anger calms dispute.
• Eccl 5:1–3Guard your steps when you go to the house of God. Draw near to listen rather than to offer the sacrifice of fools, who do not know that they do wrong.
• Col 3:8But now you must put aside all such things as these: anger, rage, malice, slander, and filthy language from your lips.
• Eph 4:31Get rid of all bitterness, rage and anger, outcry and slander, along with every form of malice.
• Prov 18:21Life and death are in the power of the tongue, and those who love it will eat its fruit.
• Prov 15:2The tongue of the wise commends knowledge, but the mouth of the fool spouts folly.
• Col 3:15Let the peace of Christ rule in your hearts, for to this you were called as members of one body. And be thankful.
• Prov 19:11A man’s insight gives him patience, and his virtue is to overlook an offense.
• Prov 14:17A quick-tempered man acts foolishly, and a devious man is hated.
• Prov 25:28Like a city whose walls are broken down is a man who does not control his temper.
• Prov 8:32–35Now therefore, my sons, listen to me, for blessed are those who keep my ways.
• Prov 17:14To start a quarrel is to release a flood; so abandon the dispute before it breaks out.
• Matt 5:22But I tell you that anyone who is angry with his brother will be subject to judgment. Again, anyone who says to his brother, ‘Raca,’ will be subject to the Sanhedrin. But anyone who says, ‘You fool!’ will be subject to the fire of hell.
• Jas 1:26If anyone considers himself religious and yet does not bridle his tongue, he deceives his heart and his religion is worthless.
• Gal 5:20–21idolatry and sorcery; hatred, discord, jealousy, and rage; rivalries, divisions, factions,
• 1 Th 2:13And we continually thank God because, when you received the word of God that you heard from us, you accepted it not as the word of men, but as the true word of God—the word which is now at work in you who believe.
• Neh 9:17They refused to listen and failed to remember the wonders You performed among them. They stiffened their necks and appointed a leader to return them to their bondage in Egypt. But You are a forgiving God, gracious and compassionate, slow to anger and rich in loving devotion, and You did not forsake them.
• Acts 17:11Now the Bereans were more noble-minded than the Thessalonians, for they received the message with great eagerness and examined the Scriptures every day to see if these teachings were true.
• Jas 3:1–2Not many of you should become teachers, my brothers, because you know that we who teach will be judged more strictly.
• Neh 8:2–3On the first day of the seventh month, Ezra the priest brought the Law before the assembly of men and women and all who could listen and understand.
• Prov 19:19A man of great anger must pay the penalty; if you rescue him, you will have to do so again.
• Neh 8:12–14Then all the people began to eat and drink, to send out portions, and to rejoice greatly, because they understood the words that had been made known to them.
• Luke 19:48Yet they could not find a way to do so, because all the people hung on His words.
• Luke 15:1Now all the tax collectors and sinners were gathering around to listen to Jesus.
• Mark 2:2they gathered in such large numbers that there was no more room, not even outside the door, as Jesus spoke the word to them.
• Acts 10:33So I sent for you immediately, and you were kind enough to come. Now then, we are all here in the presence of God to listen to everything the Lord has instructed you to tell us.”
• 1 Jn 2:21I have not written to you because you lack knowledge of the truth, but because you have it, and because no lie comes from the truth.
• Neh 9:3While they stood in their places, they read from the Book of the Law of the LORD their God for a quarter of the day, and they spent another quarter of the day in confession and worship of the LORD their God.
• Acts 2:42They devoted themselves to the apostles’ teaching and to the fellowship, to the breaking of bread and to prayer.
• Acts 13:42–44As Paul and Barnabas were leaving the synagogue, the people urged them to continue this message on the next Sabbath.
• Mark 12:37David himself calls Him ‘Lord.’ So how can He be David’s son?” And the large crowd listened to Him with delight.

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