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James 1:8

He is a double-minded man, unstable in all his ways.

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ASV

a doubleminded man, unstable in all his ways.

KJV

A double minded man is unstable in all his ways.

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8 tagged words
OriginalTransliterationMeaningWord study
ἀνὴρanēr[He is] a manG435 →
δίψυχοςdipsuchosdouble-mindedG1374 →
ἀκατάστατοςakatastatosunstableG182 →
ἐνeninG1722 →
πάσαιςpasaisallG3956 →
ταῖςtaistheG3588 →
ὁδοῖςhodoiswaysG3598 →
αὐτοῦ.autouof him.G846 →

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Psalms 51:10Create in me a clean heart, O God, and renew a right spirit within me.1 Kings 18:21Then Elijah approached all the people and said, “How long will you waver between two opinions? If the LORD is God, follow Him. But if Baal is God, follow him.” But the people did not answer a word.Matthew 6:24No one can serve two masters: Either he will hate the one and love the other, or he will be devoted to the one and despise the other. You cannot serve both God and money.James 4:8Draw near to God, and He will draw near to you. Cleanse your hands, you sinners, and purify your hearts, you double-minded.Revelation 3:15I know your deeds; you are neither cold nor hot. How I wish you were one or the other!Isaiah 29:13Therefore the Lord said: “These people draw near to Me with their mouths and honor Me with their lips, but their hearts are far from Me. Their worship of Me is but rules taught by men.2 Peter 2:14Their eyes are full of adultery; their desire for sin is never satisfied; they seduce the unstable. They are accursed children with hearts trained in greed.2 Kings 17:41So these nations worshiped the LORD but also served their idols, and to this day their children and grandchildren continue to do as their fathers did.Psalms 119:113The double-minded I despise, but Your law I love.2 Peter 3:16He writes this way in all his letters, speaking in them about such matters. Some parts of his letters are hard to understand, which ignorant and unstable people distort, as they do the rest of the Scriptures, to their own destruction.2 Kings 17:33They worshiped the LORD, but they also served their own gods according to the customs of the nations from which they had been carried away.Psalms 12:2They lie to one another; they speak with flattering lips and a double heart.2 Chronicles 25:2And he did what was right in the eyes of the LORD, but not wholeheartedly.Psalms 119:69Though the arrogant have smeared me with lies, I keep Your precepts with all my heart.Hosea 7:8–11Ephraim mixes with the nations; Ephraim is an unturned cake.Acts 15:38But Paul thought it best not to take him, because he had deserted them in Pamphylia and had not accompanied them in the work.Genesis 19:30Lot and his two daughters left Zoar and settled in the mountains—for he was afraid to stay in Zoar—where they lived in a cave.Leviticus 27:10He must not replace it or exchange it, either good for bad or bad for good. But if he does substitute one animal for another, both that animal and its substitute will be holy.

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