James 1:8 — KJV with Strong's Concordance

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⁸A double minded man is unstable in all his ways.

James 1:8 —

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Cross-References

From the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

1 Kings 18:21
And Elijah came unto all the people, and said, How long halt ye between two opinions? if the LORD be God, follow him: but if Baal, then follow him. And the people answered him not a word.
Matthew 6:24
No man can serve two masters: for either he will hate the one, and love the other; or else he will hold to the one, and despise the other. Ye cannot serve God and mammon.
James 4:8
Draw nigh to God, and he will draw nigh to you. Cleanse your hands, ye sinners; and purify your hearts, ye double minded.
Isaiah 29:13
Wherefore the Lord said, Forasmuch as this people draw near me with their mouth, and with their lips do honour me, but have removed their heart far from me, and their fear toward me is taught by the precept of men:
2 Peter 2:14
Having eyes full of adultery, and that cannot cease from sin; beguiling unstable souls: an heart they have exercised with covetous practices; cursed children:

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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. 8)

8. double-minded--literally, “double-souled,” the one soul directed towards God, the other to something else. The Greek favors Alford’s translation, “He (the waverer, Jas 1:6) is a man double-minded, unstable,” &c.; or better, Beza’s. The words in this Jas 1:8 are in apposition with “that man,” Jas 1:7; thus the “us,” which is not in the original, will not need to be supplied, “A man double-minded…