James 4:5
Or, do you think that the Writing says emptily, “The Spirit that has dwelt in us yearns with envy,”
Literal Standard Version
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 YHWH sees that the wickedness of man [is] abundant in the earth, and every imagination of the thoughts of his heart [is] only evil every day;
Genesis 26:14and he has possession of a flock, and possession of a herd, and an abundant service; and the Philistines envy him,
Genesis 37:11And his brothers are zealous against him, and his father has watched the matter.
Numbers 11:29And Moses says to him, “Are you zealous for me? O that all YHWH’s people were prophets! That YHWH would put His Spirit on them!”
Psalms 106:16And they are envious of Moses in the camp, || Of Aaron, YHWH’s holy one.
Ecclesiastes 4:4And I have seen all the labor, and all the benefit of the work, because for it a man is the envy of his neighbor. Even this [is] vanity and distress of spirit.
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 →