James 4:16
but now you glory in your pride; all such glorying is evil;
Literal Standard Version
In The King James Version
But now ye rejoice in your boastings: all such rejoicing is evil.
In Context
15instead, you [ought] to say, “If the LORD may will, we will live, and do this or that”;
17to him, then, knowing to do good, and not doing [it], it is sin to him.
Cross References
Psalms 52:7“Behold, the man who does not make God his strong place, || And trusts in the abundance of his riches, || He is strong in his mischiefs.”
Proverbs 27:1Do not boast about tomorrow, || For you do not know what a day brings forth.
Isaiah 47:10And you are confident in your wickedness, || You have said, There is none seeing me, || Your wisdom and your knowledge, || It is turning you back, || And you say in your heart, I [am], and none else.
1 Corinthians 5:6Your glorying [is] not good; have you not known that a little leaven leavens the whole lump?
Revelation 18:7As much as she glorified herself and indulged, so much torment and sorrow give to her, because in her heart she says, I sit [as] queen, and I am not a widow, and I will not see sorrow;
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 →