James 4:5
Or do you think that the Scripture says in vain, "The Spirit which He made to dwell in us yearns jealously"?
New Heart English Bible
In The King James Version
Do ye think that the scripture saith in vain, The spirit that dwelleth in us lusteth to envy?
In Context
6But He gives more grace. Therefore it says, "God resists the proud, but gives grace to the humble."
Cross References
Genesis 6:5The Lord saw that the wickedness of man was great in the earth, and that every imagination of the thoughts of his heart was only evil continually.
Genesis 26:14He had possessions of flocks, possessions of herds, and a great household. The Philistines envied him.
Genesis 37:11His brothers envied him, but his father kept this saying in mind.
Numbers 11:29Moses said to him, "Are you jealous for my sake? I wish that all the Lord's people were prophets, that the Lord would put his Spirit on them!"
Psalms 106:16They envied Moses also in the camp,and Aaron, the Lord's holy one.
Ecclesiastes 4:4Then I saw all the labor and achievement that is the envy of a man's neighbor. This also is vanity and a striving after wind.
Matthew Henry on James 4:2-11
Origin of War and Contention; Against Pride; Submission to God. ( a. d. 61.) 1 From whence come wars and fightings among you? come they not hence, even of your lusts that war in your members? 2 Ye lust, and have not: ye kill, and desire to have, and cannot obtain: ye fight and war, yet ye have not, because ye ask not. 3 Ye ask, and receive not, because ye ask amiss, that ye may consume it upon your lusts. 4 Ye adulterers and adulteresses, know ye not that the friendship of the world is enmity with God? whosoever… Read the whole commentary →