James 4:16
But right now you're caught up in your vain ideas. All this boasting is evil.
Free Bible Version
In The King James Version
But now ye rejoice in your boastings: all such rejoicing is evil.
In Context
15What you should say is, “If it's the Lord's will, we'll live like this and plan to do that.”
17For it is a sin if you know to do what's right but don't do it.
Cross References
Psalms 52:7“See what happens to those who don't go to God for help but instead rely on their great wealth and strength—which only brings their destruction!”
Proverbs 27:1Don't boast about what you're going to do tomorrow, because you don't know what the day may bring.
Isaiah 47:10You put your trust in your evil actions, saying, “No one can see what I'm doing.” Your wisdom and knowledge seduced you, and you told yourself, “I am supreme—there's nobody besides me.”
1 Corinthians 5:6You shouldn't be proud about this. Don't you know that it only takes a little yeast to make the whole batch of dough rise?
Revelation 18:7As much as she boasted about herself and indulged her lusts, give her back just as much anguish and sorrow. She told herself, ‘I reign as queen. I am no widow; I will never be in 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 →