James 3:14
and if bitter zeal ye have, and rivalry in your heart, glory not, nor lie against the truth;
Young's Literal Translation
In The King James Version
But if ye have bitter envying and strife in your hearts, glory not, and lie not against the truth.
In Context
15this wisdom is not descending from above, but earthly, physical, demon-like,
Cross References
Genesis 37:11and his brethren are zealous against him, and his father hath watched the matter.
2 Kings 10:16and saith, 'Come with me, and look on my zeal for Jehovah;' and they cause him to ride in his chariot.
Job 5:2For provocation slayeth the perverse, And envy putteth to death the simple,
Proverbs 27:4Fury [is] fierce, and anger [is] overflowing, And who standeth before jealousy?
Habakkuk 1:3Why dost Thou shew me iniquity, And perversity dost cause to behold? And spoiling and violence [are] before me, And there is strife, and contention doth lift [itself] up,
John 16:2out of the synagogues they will put you; but an hour doth come, that every one who hath killed you, may think to offer service unto God;
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 →