James 4:16
But now you exult in your arrogance. All such exultation is wicked.
Catholic Public Domain Version
In The King James Version
But now ye rejoice in your boastings: all such rejoicing is evil.
In Context
17Therefore, he who knows that he ought to do a good thing, and does not do it, for him it is a sin.
Cross References
Psalms 52:7Who will grant from Zion the salvation of Israel? Jacob will exult, when God will convert the captivity of his people; and Israel will rejoice.
Proverbs 27:1Do not boast about tomorrow, for you do not know what the future day may bring.
Isaiah 47:10And you have trusted in your malice, and you have said: “There is no one who sees me.” Your wisdom and your knowledge, these have deceived you. And you have said in your heart: “I am, and beside me there is no other.”
1 Corinthians 5:6It is not good for you to glory. Do you not know that a little leaven corrupts the entire mass?
Revelation 18:7As much as she has glorified herself and lived in pleasure, so much so give to her torment and grief. For in her heart, she has said: ‘I am enthroned as queen,’ and, ‘I am not a widow,’ and, ‘I shall not see sorrow.’
Matthew Henry on James 4:12-17
Caution against Slander; Caution against Presumption. ( a. d. 61.) 11 Speak not evil one of another, brethren. He that speaketh evil of his brother, and judgeth his brother, speaketh evil of the law, and judgeth the law: but if thou judge the law, thou art not a doer of the law, but a judge. 12 There is one lawgiver, who is able to save and to destroy: who art thou that judgest another? 13 Go to now, ye that say, To day or to morrow we will go into such a city, and continue there a year, and buy and sell, and get… Read the whole commentary →