James 3:16
For where there are envy and strife, there are contention and every evil work.
1902 William Baxter Godbey 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, but it is earthly, intellectual, and demoniacal.
Cross References
Mark 3:25and if a house may be divided against itself, that house will not be able to stand;
1 Corinthians 3:3for ye are yet carnal. For where there are envy and strife among you, are you not carnal, and walking about according to man?
Galatians 5:20idolatry, sorcery, enmities, strife, jealousy, animosities, selfseekings, divisions, heresies,
1 John 3:12not as Cain was of the evil one, and slew his brother; and on account of what did he slay him? Because his own works were evil, and those of his brother 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 →