James 3:16
For where envy and contention dwell, there is tumult and every vile deed.
Thomas Haweis 1795 New Testament
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 which cometh from above, but is earthly, sensual, diabolical.
Cross References
Mark 3:25and if a family be divided against itself, that family cannot be established.
1 Corinthians 3:3For ye are still carnal: for since there are among you envy, and strife, and divisions, are ye not carnal, and walk as other men?
Galatians 5:20idolatry, magical charms, enmities, strifes, jealousies, animosities, quarrels, divisions, heresies,
1 John 3:12Not as Cain, who was of the wicked one, and slew his brother: and wherefore did he slay him? Because his own works were wicked, 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 →