1 quotation linked to King James Bible — James 1:20 associated with James, with source notes, explanations and related topics.
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“For the wrath of man worketh not the righteousness of God.”
Anger is not automatically justified by intensity; the verse separates human wrath from the moral outcome a person may claim to be pursuing.
Source note: James 1:20 in the King James Version, immediately following the instruction to be slow to wrath.