James 3:16

For where envy and rivalry are, there also are unrest and every vile deed.

Weymouth NT (1912)

In The King James Version

For where envying and strife is, there is confusion and every evil work.

In Context

15That is not the wisdom which comes down from above: it belongs to earth, to the unspiritual nature, and to evil spirits.

17The wisdom from above is first of all pure, then peaceful, courteous, not self-willed, full of compassion and kind actions, free from favouritism and from all insincerity.

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Cross References

Mark 3:25and if a family splits into parties, that family cannot continue.

1 Corinthians 3:3you are still unspiritual. For so long as jealousy and strife continue among you, can it be denied that you are unspiritual and are living and acting like mere men of the world?

Galatians 5:20enmity, strife, jealousy, outbursts of passion, intrigues, dissensions, factions, envyings;

1 John 3:12We are not to resemble Cain, who was a child of the Evil one and killed his own brother. And why did he kill him? Because his own actions were wicked and his brother's actions 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 →

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