James 4:5
Or think ye that the scripture says vainly, The spirit that he caused to dwell in us yearns with jealousy?
A Conservative Version
In The King James Version
Do ye think that the scripture saith in vain, The spirit that dwelleth in us lusteth to envy?
In Context
Cross References
Genesis 6:5And LORD saw that the wickedness of man was great on the earth, and that every imagination of the thoughts of his heart was only evil continually.
Genesis 26:14And he had possessions of flocks, and possessions of herds, and a great household. And the Philistines envied him.
Genesis 37:11And his brothers envied him, but his father kept the saying in mind.
Numbers 11:29And Moses said to him, Are thou jealous for my sake? Would that all of LORD's people were prophets, that LORD would put his Spirit upon them!
Psalms 106:16They also envied Moses in the camp, [and] Aaron the sanctified of LORD.
Ecclesiastes 4:4Then I saw all labor and every skilful work, that for this a man is envied by his neighbor. This also is vanity and a striving after wind.
Matthew Henry on James 4:2-11
Origin of War and Contention; Against Pride; Submission to God. ( a. d. 61.) 1 From whence come wars and fightings among you? come they not hence, even of your lusts that war in your members? 2 Ye lust, and have not: ye kill, and desire to have, and cannot obtain: ye fight and war, yet ye have not, because ye ask not. 3 Ye ask, and receive not, because ye ask amiss, that ye may consume it upon your lusts. 4 Ye adulterers and adulteresses, know ye not that the friendship of the world is enmity with God? whosoever… Read the whole commentary →