Jam 1:20, 3:2-10, 14-16, 4:1-5 | ESV | STEP | for the anger of man does not produce the righteousness of God .

James 1:20

20 for the anger of man does not produce the righteousness of God.

James 3:2-10

2 For ^awe all stumble in many ways. And if anyone does not stumble in what he says, ^bhe is a perfect man, ^cable also to bridle his whole body. 3 If we put ^dbits into the mouths of horses so that they obey us, we guide their whole bodies as well. 4 Look at the ships also: though they are so large and are driven by strong winds, they are guided by a very small rudder wherever the will of the pilot directs. 5 So also the tongue is a small member, yet ^eit boasts of great things.

How great a forest is set ablaze by such a small fire! 6 And ^fthe tongue is a fire, a world of unrighteousness. The tongue is set among our members, ^gstaining the whole body, setting on fire the entire course of life, ^{▼▼Or wheel of birth} and set on fire by hell. ^{▼▼Greek Gehenna} 7 For every kind of beast and bird, of reptile and sea creature, can be tamed and has been tamed by mankind, 8 but no human being can tame the tongue. It is a restless evil, ^jfull of deadly poison. 9 With it we bless our Lord and Father, and with it we curse people ^kwho are made in the likeness of God. 10 From the same mouth come blessing and cursing. My brothers, ^{▼▼Or brothers and sisters; also verse 12} these things ought not to be so.

James 3:14-16

14 But if you have bitter ^mjealousy and selfish ambition in your hearts, do not boast and be false to the truth. 15 This is not ⁿthe wisdom that comes down from above, but is earthly, unspiritual, ^odemonic. 16 For where jealousy and selfish ambition exist, there will be disorder and every vile practice.

James 4:1-5

Warning Against Worldliness

1 What causes quarrels and what causes fights among you? Is it not this, that your passions ^{▼▼Greek pleasures; also verse 3} are ^qat war within you? ^{▼▼Greek in your members} 2 You desire and do not have, so you murder. You covet and cannot obtain, so you fight and quarrel. You do not have, because you do not ask. 3 You ask and do not receive, because you ask ^swrongly, to spend it on your passions. 4 ^tYou adulterous people! ^{▼▼Greek You adulteresses!} Do you not know that friendship with the world is enmity with God? ^vTherefore whoever wishes to be a friend of the world makes himself an enemy of God. 5 Or do you suppose it is to no purpose that the Scripture says, “He yearns jealously over the spirit ^wthat he has made to dwell in us”?