James 3:16
for where zeal and rivalry [are], there is insurrection and every evil matter;
Young's Literal Translation
In The King James Version
For where envying and strife is, there is confusion and every evil work.
In Context
15this wisdom is not descending from above, but earthly, physical, demon-like,
Cross References
Genesis 11:9therefore hath [one] called its name Babel, for there hath Jehovah mingled the pronunciation of all the earth, and from thence hath Jehovah scattered them over the face of all the earth.
Mark 3:25and if a house against itself be divided, that house cannot be made to stand;
1 Corinthians 3:3for yet ye are fleshly, for where [there is] among you envying, and strife, and divisions, are ye not fleshly, and in the manner of men do walk?
Galatians 5:20idolatry, witchcraft, hatred, strifes, emulations, wraths, rivalries, dissensions, sects,
1 John 3:12not as Cain — of the evil one he was, and he did slay his brother, and wherefore did he slay him? because his works were evil, and those of his brother 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 →