James 4:16
and now ye glory in your pride; all such glorying is evil;
Young's Literal Translation
In The King James Version
But now ye rejoice in your boastings: all such rejoicing is evil.
In Context
15instead of your saying, 'If the Lord may will, we shall live, and do this or that;'
17to him, then, knowing to do good, and not doing, sin it is to him.
Cross References
Psalms 52:7'Lo, the man who maketh not God his strong place, And trusteth in the abundance of his riches, He is strong in his mischiefs.'
Proverbs 27:1Boast not thyself of to-morrow, For thou knowest not what a day bringeth forth.
Isaiah 47:10And thou art confident in thy wickedness, Thou hast said, 'There is none seeing me,' Thy wisdom and thy knowledge, It is turning thee back, And thou sayest in thy heart, 'I [am], and none else.'
1 Corinthians 5:6Not good [is] your glorying; have ye not known that a little leaven the whole lump doth leaven?
Revelation 18:7'As much as she did glorify herself and did revel, so much torment and sorrow give to her, because in her heart she saith, I sit a queen, and a widow I am not, and sorrow I shall not see;
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 →