James 1:7 — KJV with Strong's Concordance

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⁷For let not that man think that he shall receive any thing of the Lord.

James 1:7 —

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Cross-References

From the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

James 4:3
Ye ask, and receive not, because ye ask amiss, that ye may consume it upon your lusts.
Isaiah 58:3-4
Wherefore have we fasted, say they, and thou seest not? wherefore have we afflicted our soul, and thou takest no knowledge? Behold, in the day of your fast ye find pleasure, and exact all your labours. …
Proverbs 21:27
The sacrifice of the wicked is abomination: how much more, when he bringeth it with a wicked mind?
Proverbs 15:8
The sacrifice of the wicked is an abomination to the LORD: but the prayer of the upright is his delight.
Isaiah 1:15
And when ye spread forth your hands, I will hide mine eyes from you: yea, when ye make many prayers, I will not hear: your hands are full of blood.

Topics

Afflictions and Adversities Atheism Blessing Character Constancy Decision Disbelief Enquiring of God

Commentary

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

(vv. 2-12)

We now come to consider the matter of this epistle. In this paragraph we have the following things to be observed:— I. The suffering state of Christians in this world is represented, and that in a very instructive manner, if we attend to what is plainly and necessarily implied, together with what is fully expressed. 1. It is implied that troubles and afflictions may be the lot of the best Christia…

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

(vv. 7)

7. For--resumed from “For” in Jas 1:6. that man--such a wavering self-deceiver. think--Real faith is something more than a mere thinking or surmise. anything--namely, of the things that he prays for: he does receive many things from God, food, raiment, &c., but these are the general gifts of His providence: of the things specially granted in answer to prayer, the waverer shall not receive “anythin…