KJV King James Version
And the fruit of righteousness is sown in peace of them that make peace.
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James 3:18
And the fruit of righteousness is sown in peace of them that make peace.
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BSB Berean Standard Bible
Peacemakers who sow in peace reap the fruit of righteousness.
WEB World English Bible
Now the fruit of righteousness is sown in peace by those who make peace.
ASV American Standard Version
And the fruit of righteousness is sown in peace for them that make peace.
YLT Young’s Literal Translation
and the fruit of the righteousness in peace is sown to those making peace.
Surrounding context — James 3
15 This wisdom descendeth not from above, but [is] earthly, sensual, devilish.
16 For where envying and strife [is], there [is] confusion and every evil work.
17 But the wisdom that is from above is first pure, then peaceable, gentle, [and] easy to be intreated, full of mercy and good fruits, without partiality, and without hypocrisy.
18 And the fruit of righteousness is sown in peace of them that make peace.
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Matthew 5:9Blessed [are] the peacemakers: for they shall be called the children of God.Hosea 10:12Sow to yourselves in righteousness, reap in mercy; break up your fallow ground: for [it is] time to seek the LORD, till he come and rain righteousness upon you.Philippians 1:11Being filled with the fruits of righteousness, which are by Jesus Christ, unto the glory and praise of God.Isaiah 32:16-17Then judgment shall dwell in the wilderness, and righteousness remain in the fruitful field.Galatians 6:8For he that soweth to his flesh shall of the flesh reap corruption; but he that soweth to the Spirit shall of the Spirit reap life everlasting.Proverbs 11:30The fruit of the righteous [is] a tree of life; and he that winneth souls [is] wise.Proverbs 11:18The wicked worketh a deceitful work: but to him that soweth righteousness [shall be] a sure reward.John 4:36And he that reapeth receiveth wages, and gathereth fruit unto life eternal: that both he that soweth and he that reapeth may rejoice together.Hebrews 12:11Now no chastening for the present seemeth to be joyous, but grievous: nevertheless afterward it yieldeth the peaceable fruit of righteousness unto them which are exercised thereby.James 1:20For the wrath of man worketh not the righteousness of God.Proverbs 11:28He that trusteth in his riches shall fall: but the righteous shall flourish as a branch.Amos 6:12Shall horses run upon the rock? will [one] plow [there] with oxen? for ye have turned judgment into gall, and the fruit of righteousness into hemlock:
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