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The Book of James, Chapter 1, Verse 6

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But let him ask in faith, nothing wavering. For he that wavereth is like a wave of the sea driven with the wind and tossed.
King James Version
For let not that man think that he shall receive any thing of the Lord.
American Standard Version
For let not that man think that he shall receive anything of the Lord;
New English Translation
For he gazes at himself and then goes out and immediately forgets what sort of person he was.
World English Bible
But let him ask in faith, without any doubting, for he who doubts is like a wave of the sea, driven by the wind and tossed.
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A double minded man [is] unstable in all his ways.
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Let the brother of low degree rejoice in that he is exalted:
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But the rich, in that he is made low: because as the flower of the grass he shall pass away.
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For the sun is no sooner risen with a burning heat, but it withereth the grass, and the flower thereof falleth, and the grace of the fashion of it perisheth: so also shall the rich man fade away in his ways.
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Blessed [is] the man that endureth temptation: for when he is tried, he shall receive the crown of life, which the Lord hath promised to them that love him.
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Let no man say when he is tempted, I am tempted of God: for God cannot be tempted with evil, neither tempteth he any man:
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But every man is tempted, when he is drawn away of his own lust, and enticed.
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Then when lust hath conceived, it bringeth forth sin: and sin, when it is finished, bringeth forth death.
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Do not err, my beloved brethren.
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Every good gift and every perfect gift is from above, and cometh down from the Father of lights, with whom is no variableness, neither shadow of turning.