James 4:5
Think ye that the scripture speaks in vain? Does the Spirit which has taken his abode in us desire enviously?
Darby Translation
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 Jehovah saw that the wickedness of Man was great on the earth, and every imagination of the thoughts of his heart only evil continually.
Genesis 26:14And he had possessions of flocks, and possessions of herds, and a great number of servants; and the Philistines envied him.
Genesis 37:11And his brethren envied him; but his father kept the saying.
Numbers 11:29But Moses said to him, Enviest thou for my sake? would that all Jehovah's people were prophets, [and] that Jehovah would put his Spirit upon them!
Psalms 106:16And they envied Moses in the camp, [and] Aaron, the saint of Jehovah.
Ecclesiastes 4:4And I saw all labour, and all success of work, that it is man's jealousy of his neighbour. This also is vanity and pursuit of the 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 →