Hearing and Doing
Richard Newton Sherrer 1951 (Easton)
Let everyone be quick to hear,
Slow to anger and slow to speak;
Always unto the Lord revere,
And to Him, you need to go seek.
The wrath of man does not produce,
Of any righteousness of God;
Like the wench trying to seduce,
Causes the man to become flawed.
Put away rampant naughtiness,
Lay apart all the filthy talk;
Implanting the Word of meekness,
Be with Christ wherever you walk.
You can save your soul and spirit,
Not just hearing but in doing;
Faithful servants will inherit,
By what the Word is pursuing.
Anyone who does hear the Word,
But never would be a doer;
Is like a man's looks have occurred,
His innate face in a mirror.
He sees himself and goes away,
And forgetting what he did see;
Causing himself to go astray,
Never praying on bended knee.
The one who sees the perfect Law,
Law of freedom and perseveres;
Never worries about a flaw,
Unto the Lord always reveres.
Copyright © 2024 Richard Newton Sherrer
About this poem
Hearing and Doing the Word James 1:19–25
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Written on February 06, 2024
Submitted by richardnsherrer on February 05, 2024
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Quick analysis:
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Closest metre | Iambic tetrameter |
Characters | 930 |
Words | 204 |
Stanzas | 8 |
Stanza Lengths | 4, 4, 4, 4, 4, 4, 4, 1 |
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