James 4:16
And now ye make full out joy in your prides; every such joying is wicked.
Wycliffe Modern Spelling
In The King James Version
But now ye rejoice in your boastings: all such rejoicing is evil.
In Context
17Therefore it is sin to him, that knoweth to do good, and doeth not.
Cross References
Psalms 52:7and they shall say, Lo! the man that setted not God his helper. But he hoped in the multitude of his riches; and had mastery in his vanity. (and they shall say, Behold! the man who did not want God to be his helper. But he trusted in the multitude of his riches; and had the mastery through his wickedness.)
Proverbs 27:1Have thou not glory of the morrow, that knowest not what thing the day coming shall bring forth. (Do not thou have glory over, or boast about, tomorrow, for thou knowest not what the coming day shall bring.)
Isaiah 47:10And (for) thou haddest trust in thy malice, and saidest, None is that seeth me; this, thy wisdom and thy knowing, (hath) deceived thee; and thou saidest in thine heart, I am, and besides me there is none other, (or I am, and there is no one else besides me).
1 Corinthians 5:6Your glorying is not good. Know ye not, that a little sourdough impaireth [or corrupteth] all the gobbet? (Your boasting, or your pride, is not good. Know ye not, that a little yeast corrupteth all the piece?)
Revelation 18:7As much as she glorified herself, and was in delights, so much torment give ye to her, and wailing, [or weeping, or mourning]; for in her heart she saith, I sit a queen, and I am not a widow, and I shall not see wailing, [or weeping, or mourning].
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 →