James 4:16
But now ye glory in your vauntings: all such glorying is evil.
Darby Translation
In The King James Version
But now ye rejoice in your boastings: all such rejoicing is evil.
In Context
17To him therefore who knows how to do good, and does it not, to him it is sin.
Cross References
Psalms 52:7Behold the man that made not God his strength, but put confidence in the abundance of his riches, [and] strengthened himself in his avarice.
Proverbs 27:1Boast not thyself of to-morrow, for thou knowest not what a day will bring forth.
Isaiah 47:10For thou hast confided in thy wickedness: thou hast said, None seeth me. Thy wisdom and thy knowledge, it hath seduced thee; and thou hast said in thy heart, It is I, and there is none but me.
1 Corinthians 5:6Your boasting [is] not good. Do ye not know that a little leaven leavens the whole lump?
Revelation 18:7So much as she has glorified herself and lived luxuriously, so much torment and grief give to her. Because she says in her heart, I sit a queen, and I am not a widow; and I shall in no wise see grief:
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 →