James 3:14
But if bitter kina (jealousy) you have and anochiyut (selfishness) in your levavot, do not boast and speak sheker against HaEmes.
Orthodox Jewish Bible
In The King James Version
But if ye have bitter envying and strife in your hearts, glory not, and lie not against the truth.
In Context
Cross References
Genesis 37:11And his achim had kina (jealousy, envy) toward him; but Aviv was shomer over the saying.
2 Kings 10:16And he said, Come with me, and see my kina (zeal) for Hashem. So they had him ride in his merkavah.
Job 5:2For ka'as (anger) killeth the foolish man, 1 and kinah (envy) slayeth the simple one. 1
Proverbs 27:4Chemah (anger) is cruel, and fury is a torrent, 1 but who is able to stand before kinah (jealousy, envy)? 1
Habakkuk 1:3Why dost Thou show me iniquity, 1 and cause me to behold trouble? 1 For plundering and chamas are before me; 1 and there are those that raise up strife and contention. 1
John 16:2They will put you under the cherem ban in the shuls. A sha'ah (hour, time) is coming when everyone who kills you will suppose they are offering avodas kodesh to Hashem. + 16:2 Isa 66:5
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 →