James 4:16
But now ye glory in your vauntings: all such glorying is evil.
American Standard Version
In The King James Version
But now ye rejoice in your boastings: all such rejoicing is evil.
In Context
15For that ye ought to say, If the Lord will, we shall both live, and do this or that.
17To him therefore that knoweth to do good, and doeth it not, to him it is sin.
Cross References
Psalms 52:7Lo, this is the man that made not God his strength, But trusted in the abundance of his riches, And strengthened himself in his wickedness.
Proverbs 27:1Boast not thyself of tomorrow; For thou knowest not what a day may bring forth.
Isaiah 47:10For thou hast trusted in thy wickedness; thou hast said, None seeth me; thy wisdom and thy knowledge, it hath perverted thee, and thou hast said in thy heart, I am, and there is none else besides me.
1 Corinthians 5:6Your glorying is not good. Know ye not that a little leaven leaveneth the whole lump?
Revelation 18:7How much soever she glorified herself, and waxed wanton, so much give her of torment and mourning: for she saith in her heart, I sit a queen, and am no widow, and shall in no wise see mourning.
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 →