James 3:16
For where jealousy and faction are, there is confusion and every vile deed.
Revised Version 1895
In The King James Version
For where envying and strife is, there is confusion and every evil work.
In Context
15This wisdom is not a wisdom that cometh down from above, but is earthly, sensual, devilish.
Cross References
Genesis 11:9Therefore was the name of it called Babel; because the LORD did there confound the language of all the earth: and from thence did the LORD scatter them abroad upon the face of all the earth.
Mark 3:25And if a house be divided against itself, that house will not be able to stand.
1 Corinthians 3:3for ye are yet carnal: for whereas there is among you jealousy and strife, are ye not carnal, and walk after the manner of men?
Galatians 5:20idolatry, sorcery, enmities, strife, jealousies, wraths, factions, divisions, heresies,
1 John 3:12not as Cain was of the evil one, and slew his brother. And wherefore slew he him? Because his works were evil, and his brother’s righteous.
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 →