James 3:14
But if you hold a bitter zeal, and if there is contention in your hearts, then do not boast and do not be liars against the truth.
Catholic Public Domain Version
In The King James Version
But if ye have bitter envying and strife in your hearts, glory not, and lie not against the truth.
In Context
15For this is not wisdom, descending from above, but rather it is earthly, beastly, and diabolical.
Cross References
Genesis 37:11Therefore, his brothers were envious of him. Yet truly, his father considered the matter silently.
2 Kings 10:16And he said to him, “Come with me, and see my zeal for the Lord.” And he gave him a place in his chariot.
Job 5:2Truly, anger condemns the foolish to death, and envy kills the petty.
Proverbs 27:4Anger holds no mercy, nor does fury when it erupts. And who can bear the assault of one who has been provoked?
Habakkuk 1:3Why have you revealed to me iniquity and hardship, to see plunder and injustice opposite me? And there has been judgment, but the opposition is more powerful.
John 16:2They will put you out of the synagogues. But the hour is coming when everyone who puts you to death will consider that he is offering an excellent service to God.
Matthew Henry on James 3:14-18
Properties of Wisdom. ( a. d. 61.) 13 Who is a wise man and endued with knowledge among you? let him show out of a good conversation his works with meekness of wisdom. 14 But if ye have bitter envying and strife in your hearts, glory not, and lie not against the truth. 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… Read the whole commentary →