James 4:5
Or think ye that, in vain, the scripture speaketh? Is it, for envying, that the spirit which hath taken an abode within us doth crave?
The Emphasised Bible by J. B. Rotherham
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
Cross References
Genesis 6:5Then Yahweh saw that great, was the wickedness of man in the earth, and that, every purpose of the devices of his heart, was only wicked all the day;
Genesis 26:14So he came to have possessions of flocks and possessions of herds, and a large body of servants,—and the Philistines envied him.
Genesis 37:11Then were his brethren jealous of him, but his father, marked the word.
Numbers 11:29But Moses said unto him, Art, thou, jealous for, me? Oh would that, all the people of Yahweh, were prophets! Yea let Yahweh put his spirit upon them!
Psalms 106:16And they became jealous of Moses in the camp,—of Aaron the holy one of Yahweh;
Ecclesiastes 4:4Then saw, I, all the toil and all the skill of the work, that, for this, a man was envied of his neighbour,—even this, was vanity, and a feeding on 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 →