James 3:16
For where there is jealousy and selfish ambition, there is disorder and every evil practice.
Text-Critical English NT
In The King James Version
For where envying and strife is, there is confusion and every evil work.
In Context
15This is not the wisdom that comes down from above; rather, it is earthly, unspiritual, and demonic.
Cross References
Mark 3:25And if a house is divided against itself, that house cannot stand.
1 Corinthians 3:3for you are still of the flesh. For where there is jealousy, strife, and division among you, are you not of the flesh and behaving like mere men?
Galatians 5:20idolatry, sorcery, hostilities, quarrels, jealousies, fits of rage, selfish ambitions, dissensions, factions,
1 John 3:12We should not be like Cain, who was of the evil one and murdered his brother. And why did he murder him? Because his own deeds were evil, but the deeds 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 →