James 3:16
for where zeal and rivalry [are], there is insurrection and every evil matter;
Literal Standard Version
In The King James Version
For where envying and strife is, there is confusion and every evil work.
In Context
15this wisdom is not descending from above, but earthly, physical, demon-like,
Cross References
Genesis 11:9therefore [one] has called its name Babel, for there YHWH has confused the language of all the earth, and from there YHWH has scattered them over the face of all the earth.
Mark 3:25and if a house is divided against itself, that house cannot be made to stand;
1 Corinthians 3:3for yet you are fleshly, for where [there is] among you envying, and strife, and divisions, are you not fleshly, and walk in the manner of men?
Galatians 5:20idolatry, witchcraft, enmities, strife, jealousy, wraths, rivalries, dissensions, sects,
1 John 3:12not as Cain—he was of the evil one, and he slew his brother. And for [what] reason did he slay him? Because his works were evil, and those of his brother [were] righteous.
Matthew Henry on James 3:14-18
Properties of Wisdom. ( a. d. 61.) 13 Who is a wise man and endued with knowledge among you? let him show out of a good conversation his works with meekness of wisdom. 14 But if ye have bitter envying and strife in your hearts, glory not, and lie not against the truth. 15 This wisdom descendeth not from above, but is earthly, sensual, devilish. 16 For where envying and strife is, there is confusion and every evil work. 17 But the wisdom that is from above is first pure, then peaceable, gentle, and easy to be… Read the whole commentary →