James 1:20

"for the anger of man doesn’t produce the righteousness of God."

Key Reflection

The verse suggests that anger does not lead to righteous actions or attitudes according to God's standard. Instead, it tends to result in behaviors contrary to His will, emphasizing the need for controlled and virtuous responses even in challenging situations.

From the Scholars: Barnes' Notes

Verse 20. For the wrath of man worketh not the righteousness of God. Does not produce in the life that righteousness which God requires. Its tendency is not to incline us to keep the law, but to break it; not to induce us to embrace the truth, but the opposite. The meaning of this passage is not that our wrath will make God either more or less righteous; but that its tendency is not to produce that upright course of life, and love of truth, which God requires. A man is never sure of doing right under the influence of excited feelings; he may do that which is in the highest sense wrong, and which he will regret all his life.

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