James 4:16
But now ye rejoice in your boastings: all such rejoicing is evil.
Webster Bible
In The King James Version
But now ye rejoice in your boastings: all such rejoicing is evil.
In Context
15Instead of that ye ought to say, If the Lord will, we shall live, and do this, or that.
17Therefore to him that knoweth to do good, and doeth it not, to him it is sin.
Cross References
Psalms 52:7Lo, this is the man that made not God his strength; but trusted in the abundance of his riches, and strengthened himself in his wickedness.
Proverbs 27:1Boast not thyself of to-morrow; for thou knowest not what a day may bring forth.
Isaiah 47:10For thou hast trusted in thy wickedness: thou hast said, None seeth me. Thy wisdom and thy knowledge, it hath perverted thee; and thou hast said in thy heart, I am , and none else besides me.
1 Corinthians 5:6Your boasting is not good. Know ye not, that a little leaven leaveneth the whole lump?
Revelation 18:7How much she hath glorified herself, and lived deliciously, so much torment and sorrow give her: for she saith in her heart, I sit a queen, and am no widow, and shall see no sorrow.
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 →