Treasury of Scripture Knowledge A double minded man is inconstant in all his ways. 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. 1 Kings 18:21 And Elias coming to all the people, said: How long do you halt between two sides? If the Lord be God, follow him: but if Baal, then follow him. And the people did not answer him a word. 2 Kings 17:33,41 And when they worshipped the Lord, they served also their own gods, according to the custom of the nations out of which they were brought to Samaria: . . . Isaiah 29:13 And the Lord said: Forasmuch as this people draw near me with their mouth, and with their lips glorify me, but their heart is far from me, and they have feared me with the commandment and doctrines of men: Hosea 7:8-11 Ephraim himself is mixed among the nations: Ephraim is become as bread baked under the ashes, that is not turned. . . . Hosea 10:2 Their heart is divided: now they shall perish: he shall break down their idols, he shall destroy their altars. Matthew 6:22,24 The light of thy body is thy eye. If thy eye be single, thy whole body shall be lightsome. . . . 2 Peter 2:14 Having eyes full of adultery and of sin that ceaseth not: alluring unstable souls: having their heart exercised with covetousness: children of malediction. 2 Peter 3:16 As also in all his epistles, speaking in them of these things; in which are certain things hard to be understood, which the unlearned and unstable wrest, as they do also the other scriptures, to their own destruction. Context Rejoicing in Trials…7Therefore let not that man think that he shall receive any thing of the Lord. 8A double minded man is inconstant in all his ways. 9But let the brother of low condition glory in his exaltation:… Cross References Psalm 119:113 I have hated the unjust: and have loved thy law. James 1:7 Therefore let not that man think that he shall receive any thing of the Lord. 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. 2 Peter 2:14 Having eyes full of adultery and of sin that ceaseth not: alluring unstable souls: having their heart exercised with covetousness: children of malediction. Lexicon [He is] a double-mindedδίψυχος (dipsychos) Adjective - Nominative Masculine Singular Strong's Greek 1374: (lit: of two souls, of two selves), double-minded, wavering. From dis and psuche; two-spirited, i.e. Vacillating. man, ἀνὴρ (anēr) Noun - Nominative Masculine Singular Strong's Greek 435: A male human being; a man, husband. A primary word; a man. unstable ἀκατάστατος (akatastatos) Adjective - Nominative Masculine Singular Strong's Greek 182: Unsettled, unstable (though these are hardly strong enough equivalents), almost anarchic. Inconstant. in ἐν (en) Preposition Strong's Greek 1722: In, on, among. A primary preposition denoting position, and instrumentality, i.e. A relation of rest; 'in, ' at, on, by, etc. all πάσαις (pasais) Adjective - Dative Feminine Plural Strong's Greek 3956: All, the whole, every kind of. Including all the forms of declension; apparently a primary word; all, any, every, the whole. his αὐτοῦ (autou) Personal / Possessive Pronoun - Genitive Masculine 3rd Person Singular Strong's Greek 846: He, she, it, they, them, same. From the particle au; the reflexive pronoun self, used of the third person, and of the other persons. ways. ὁδοῖς (hodois) Noun - Dative Feminine Plural Strong's Greek 3598: A way, road, journey, path. Apparently a primary word; a road; by implication, a progress; figuratively, a mode or means. Additional Translations He is a double-minded man, unstable in all his ways. He is a double-minded man, unstable in all his ways. A double minded man is unstable in all his ways. a doubleminded man, unstable in all his ways. [he is] a double-minded man, unstable in all his ways. a doubleminded man, unstable in all his ways. A man unsettled in his opinions is unstable in all his ways. such a one is a man of two minds, undecided in every step he takes. He is a double-minded man, unstable in all his ways. a two-souled man is unstable in all his ways. Jump to Previous Division Double Doubleminded Double-Minded Mind Minded Minds Opinions Receive Step Two-Souled Uncertain Unsettled Unstable WaysJump to Next Division Double Doubleminded Double-Minded Mind Minded Minds Opinions Receive Step Two-Souled Uncertain Unsettled Unstable WaysLinks James 1:8 NIVJames 1:8 NLT James 1:8 ESV James 1:8 NASB James 1:8 KJV James 1:8 Bible Apps James 1:8 Biblia Paralela James 1:8 Chinese Bible James 1:8 French Bible James 1:8 German Bible Alphabetical: a all being does double-minded he his in is man unstable ways NT Letters: James 1:8 He is a double-minded man unstable (Ja Jas. Jam) Bible Study Resources, Dictionary, Concordance and Search Tools |
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