James 4:16
Whereas, now, are ye boasting in your pretensions:—All boasting like this, is, wicked,
The Emphasised Bible by J. B. Rotherham
In The King James Version
But now ye rejoice in your boastings: all such rejoicing is evil.
In Context
15Instead of your saying—If, the Lord, be pleased, we shall both, live and do this or that;
Cross References
Psalms 52:7Lo! the man who made not God his refuge,—But trusted in the abundance of his riches, Emboldened himself in his wealth!
Proverbs 27:1Do not boast thyself of to-morrow, for thou knowest not what a day may bring forth.
Isaiah 47:10And so thou didst trust in thy wickedness, Thou saidst, no one, seeth me, Thy wisdom and knowledge, the same, seduced thee,—Therefore saidst thou in thy heart, I [am], and there is no one besides.
1 Corinthians 5:6Unseemly, is your boast! Know ye not that, a little leaven, doth leaven, the whole of the lump?
Revelation 18:7As much as she glorified herself, and waxed wanton, so much give, unto her, torment and grief:—because, in her heart, she saith—I sit a Queen, and, widow, am I not, and, grief, in nowise shall I see!
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 →