James 3:13

11 Doth a fountain send forth at the same place sweet water and bitter?

12 Can the fig tree, my brethren, bear olive berries? either a vine, figs? so can no fountain both yield salt water and fresh.

Who is a wise man and endued with knowledge among you? let him shew out of a good conversation his works with meekness of wisdom.

14 But if ye have bitter envying and strife in your hearts, glory not, and lie not against the truth.

15 This wisdom descendeth not from above, but is earthly, sensual, devilish.

Do read the surrounding verses too, because the context often says more than a single verse.

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BSB
Who is wise and understanding among you? Let him show it by his good conduct, by deeds done in the humility that comes from wisdom.
KJV
Who is a wise man and endued with knowledge among you? let him shew out of a good conversation his works with meekness of wisdom.
WEB
Who is wise and understanding among you? Let him show by his good conduct that his deeds are done in gentleness of wisdom.
ASV
Who is wise and understanding among you? let him show by his good life his works in meekness of wisdom.
DARBY
Who [is] wise and understanding among you; let him shew out of a good conversation his works in meekness of wisdom;
BLB
Who [is] wise and understanding among you⁺? Let him show [it] out of the good conduct his works in meekness of wisdom.
ÅB
Hvem er vis og forstandig blant dere? Han vise ved god ferd sine gjerninger i visdoms saktmodighet!
OTB
Hvem blant dere er vis og forstandig? La dem demonstrere det ved sin gode oppførsel, gjennom gjerninger gjort i ydmykhet som visdommen bringer.
B1930
Hvem er vis og forstandig blandt eder? Han vise ved god ferd sine gjerninger i visdoms saktmodighet!

Study notes (Tyndale)

Original text and word study

Cross references

  • Galatians 5:23

    Meekness, temperance: against such there is no law.

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  • James 3:17

    But the wisdom that is from above is first pure, then peaceable, gentle, and easy to be intreated, full of mercy and good fruits, without partiality, and without hypocrisy.

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  • Matthew 5:5

    Blessed are the meek: for they shall inherit the earth.

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  • Colossians 3:12

    Put on therefore, as the elect of God, holy and beloved, bowels of mercies, kindness, humbleness of mind, meekness, longsuffering;

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  • 1 Peter 2:12

    Having your conversation honest among the Gentiles: that, whereas they speak against you as evildoers, they may by your good works, which they shall behold, glorify God in the day of visitation.

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  • Philippians 1:27

    Only let your conversation be as it becometh the gospel of Christ: that whether I come and see you, or else be absent, I may hear of your affairs, that ye stand fast in one spirit, with one mind striving together for the faith of the gospel;

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  • Titus 3:2

    To speak evil of no man, to be no brawlers, but gentle, shewing all meekness unto all men.

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  • 2 Timothy 2:25

    In meekness instructing those that oppose themselves; if God peradventure will give them repentance to the acknowledging of the truth;

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