James 1:7 KJV — MannaFest

James 1:7

For let not that man think that he shall receive any thing of the Lord.

KJV

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ASV

For let not that man think that he shall receive anything of the Lord;

WEB

That man should not expect to receive anything from the Lord.

YLT

for let not that man suppose that he shall receive anything from the Lord--

DBT

for let not that man think that he shall receive anything from the Lord;

About this book

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James — The Lord's brother writes to the twelve tribes scattered abroad — five chapters of direct, practical wisdom on the life faith produces. Pure religion, the tongue, the prayer of the righteous.

Author: James the Lord's brother (traditional — cf. Gal 1:19), leader of the Jerusalem church
Date: Early — possibly mid-40s AD, making it likely the earliest NT letter

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6 verses on the floor

James 4:3
Ye ask, and receive not, because ye ask amiss, that ye may consume it upon your lusts.
Proverbs 15:8
The sacrifice of the wicked is an abomination to the Lord: but the prayer of the upright is his delight.
Isaiah 1:15
And when ye spread forth your hands, I will hide mine eyes from you: yea, when ye make many prayers, I will not hear: your hands are full of blood.
Isaiah 58:3–4
Wherefore have we fasted, say they, and thou seest not? wherefore have we afflicted our soul, and thou takest no knowledge? Behold, in the day of your fast ye find pleasure, and exact all your labours.
Ephesians 2:2
Wherein in time past ye walked according to the course of this world, according to the prince of the power of the air, the spirit that now worketh in the children of disobedience:

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Proverbs 21:27

Cross-references: OpenBible.info (CC-BY), based on the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge.

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In asking for divine and heavenly wisdom we are never likely to prevail if we have not a heart to prize it above rubies, and the greatest things in this world. (2.) A wavering faith and spirit has a bad influence upon our conversations. A double-minded man is unstable in all his ways,

Matthew Henry· Commentary on the Whole Bible, 1710puritan

But those sins which bring sufferings, or the weakness and faults men are chargeable with under them, are by no means to be imputed to God, who cannot be the author of sin, but is the author of all good,

Matthew Henry· Commentary on the Whole Bible, 1710puritan

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Two steps out along the cross-reference floor, votes-ranked — destinations reached by more than one path rise (the text's own hubs). Every stop is a page.

JAS 1:7JAS 4:3 1JN 5:14
JAS 1:7JAS 4:3 1JN 3:22
JAS 1:7PRO 15:8 PRO 15:29
JAS 1:7JAS 4:3 PRO 15:8
Reached by 2 independent paths from here.
JAS 1:7PRO 15:8 JER 6:20
Reached by 2 independent paths from here.
JAS 1:7ISA 1:15 MIC 3:4
JAS 1:7JAS 4:3 JAS 1:6-7
JAS 1:7ISA 1:15 ISA 59:2-3

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