James 4:16
But, as the case stands, it is in mere self-confidence that you boast: all such boasting is evil.
Weymouth NT (1912)
In The King James Version
But now ye rejoice in your boastings: all such rejoicing is evil.
In Context
15Instead of that you ought to say, "If it is the Lord's will, we shall live and do this or that."
17If, however, a man knows what it is right to do and yet does not do it, he commits a sin.
Cross References
1 Corinthians 5:6It is no good thing--this which you make the ground of your boasting. Do you not know that a little yeast corrupts the whole of the dough?
Revelation 18:7She has freely glorified herself and revelled in luxury; equally freely administer torment to her, and woe. For in her heart she boasts, saying, `I sit enthroned as Queen: no widow am I: I shall never know 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 →