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James 1:20
New International Version
James 1:20
New International Version
20 because human anger(A) does not produce the righteousness that God desires.
James 1:20
New American Standard Bible
James 1:20
New American Standard Bible
20 for a man’s (A)anger does not bring about the righteousness of God.
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James 1:20-21
The Message
James 1:20-21
The Message
Act on What You Hear
19-21 Post this at all the intersections, dear friends: Lead with your ears, follow up with your tongue, and let anger straggle along in the rear. God’s righteousness doesn’t grow from human anger. So throw all spoiled virtue and cancerous evil in the garbage. In simple humility, let our gardener, God, landscape you with the Word, making a salvation-garden of your life.
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James 1:20
New Living Translation
James 1:20
New Living Translation
20 Human anger[a] does not produce the righteousness[b] God desires.
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James 1:20
Contemporary English Version
James 1:20
Contemporary English Version
20 If you are angry, you cannot do any of the good things God wants done.
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