James 4:16
But now you glory in your boasting. All such boasting is evil.
New Heart English Bible
In The King James Version
But now ye rejoice in your boastings: all such rejoicing is evil.
In Context
15For you ought to say, "If the Lord wills, we will both live, and do this or that."
17To him therefore who knows to do good, and does not do it, to him it is sin.
Cross References
Psalms 52:7"Behold, this is the man who did not make God his strength,but trusted in the abundance of his riches,and strengthened himself in his wickedness."
Proverbs 27:1Do not boast about tomorrow;for you do not know what a day may bring forth.
Isaiah 47:10For you have trusted in your wickedness; you have said, No one sees me; your wisdom and your knowledge, it has perverted you, and you have said in your heart, 'I am, and there is none else besides me.'
1 Corinthians 5:6Your boasting is not good. Do you not know that a little yeast leavens the whole lump?
Revelation 18:7However much she glorified herself, and grew wanton, so much give her of torment and mourning. For she says in her heart, 'I sit a queen, and am no widow, and will in no way see mourning.'
Matthew Henry on James 4:12-17
Caution against Slander; Caution against Presumption. ( a. d. 61.) 11 Speak not evil one of another, brethren. He that speaketh evil of his brother, and judgeth his brother, speaketh evil of the law, and judgeth the law: but if thou judge the law, thou art not a doer of the law, but a judge. 12 There is one lawgiver, who is able to save and to destroy: who art thou that judgest another? 13 Go to now, ye that say, To day or to morrow we will go into such a city, and continue there a year, and buy and sell, and get… Read the whole commentary →