James 1:13 — KJV with Strong's Concordance

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¹³Let no man say when he is tempted , I am tempted of God: for God cannot be tempted with evil, neither tempteth he any man:

James 1:13 —

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Cross-References

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Habakkuk 2:12-13
Woe to him that buildeth a town with blood, and stablisheth a city by iniquity! …
James 1:12
Blessed is the man that endureth temptation: for when he is tried, he shall receive the crown of life, which the Lord hath promised to them that love him.
Romans 9:19-20
Thou wilt say then unto me, Why doth he yet find fault? For who hath resisted his will? …
Isaiah 63:17
O LORD, why hast thou made us to err from thy ways, and hardened our heart from thy fear? Return for thy servants' sake, the tribes of thine inheritance.
Genesis 3:12
And the man said, The woman whom thou gavest to be with me, she gave me of the tree, and I did eat.

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Commentary

Matthew Henry’s Complete Commentary on the Bible (1710)

(vv. 13-18)

I. We are here taught that God is not the author of any man’s sin. Whoever they are who raise persecutions against men, and whatever injustice and sin they may be guilty of in proceeding against them, God is not to be charged with it. And, whatever sins good men may themselves be provoked to by their exercises and afflictions, God is not the cause of them. It seems to be here supposed that some pr…

Robert Jamieson, A. R. Fausset, David Brown’s Jamieson-Fausset-Brown Commentary (1871)

(vv. 13)

13. when ... tempted--tried by solicitation to evil. Heretofore the “temptation” meant was that of probation by afflictions. Let no one fancy that God lays upon him an inevitable necessity of sinning. God does not send trials on you in order to make you worse, but to make you better (Jas 1:16, 17). Therefore do not sink under the pressure of evils (1Co 10:13). of God--by agency proceeding from God…