James 3:14
But if ye have bitter jealousy and faction in your heart, glory not and lie not against the truth.
Revised Version 1895
In The King James Version
But if ye have bitter envying and strife in your hearts, glory not, and lie not against the truth.
In Context
15This wisdom is not a wisdom that cometh down from above, but is earthly, sensual, devilish.
Cross References
Genesis 37:11And his brethren envied him; but his father kept the saying in mind.
2 Kings 10:16And he said, Come with me, and see my zeal for the LORD. So they made him ride in his chariot.
Job 5:2For vexation killeth the foolish man, and jealousy slayeth the silly one.
Proverbs 27:4Wrath is cruel, and anger is outrageous; but who is able to stand before jealousy?
Habakkuk 1:3Why dost thou shew me iniquity, and look upon perverseness? for spoiling and violence are before me: and there is strife, and contention riseth up.
John 16:2They shall put you out of the synagogues: yea, the hour cometh, that whosoever killeth you shall think that he offereth service unto God.
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 →