James 3:16
for where envying and strife is, there is confusion and every evil work.
1770 John Worsley NT
In The King James Version
For where envying and strife is, there is confusion and every evil work.
In Context
15this is not the wisdom, that cometh down from above, but is earthly, sensual, and diabolical:
Cross References
Mark 3:25and if a family be divided against itself, that family cannot stand: and if Satan oppose himself and be divided,
1 Corinthians 3:3Because ye are still carnal: for while there is among you envy and strife and divisions, are ye not carnal, and do ye not walk as men?
Galatians 5:20lasciviousness, idolatry, witchcraft, enmities, strifes, emulations, animosities, contentions, divisions,
1 John 3:12and why did he slay him? because his own 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 →