James 3:14

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Summary

James 3:14

But if ye have bitter envying and strife in your hearts, glory not, and lie not against the truth.

If

Glory

And lie

2 Kings 10:16

John 16:2

Acts 26:9

General references

Bible References

If

For where envy and selfish ambition exist, there is disorder and every kind of evil.

What is the source of wars and fights among you? Don’t they come from the cravings that are at war within you?

When Rachel saw that she was not bearing Jacob any children, she envied her sister. “Give me sons, or I will die!” she said to Jacob.

His brothers were jealous of him, but his father kept the matter in mind.

For anger kills a fool,
and jealousy slays the gullible.

A tranquil heart is life to the body,
but jealousy is rottenness to the bones.

Fury is cruel, and anger a flood,
but who can withstand jealousy?

Ephraim’s envy will cease;
Judah’s harassment will end.
Ephraim will no longer be envious of Judah,
and Judah will not harass Ephraim.

Why do You force me to look at injustice?
Why do You tolerate wrongdoing?
Oppression and violence are right in front of me.
Strife is ongoing, and conflict escalates.

For he knew they had handed Him over because of envy.

Then the high priest took action. He and all his colleagues, those who belonged to the party of the Sadducees, were filled with jealousy.

“The patriarchs became jealous of Joseph and sold him into Egypt, but God was with him

But when the Jews saw the crowds, they were filled with jealousy and began to oppose what Paul was saying by insulting him.

They are filled with all unrighteousness, evil, greed, and wickedness. They are full of envy, murder, quarrels, deceit, and malice. They are gossips,

Let us walk with decency, as in the daylight: not in carousing and drunkenness; not in sexual impurity and promiscuity; not in quarreling and jealousy.

because you are still fleshly. For since there is envy and strife

among you, are you not fleshly and living like unbelievers?

Love is patient, love is kind.
Love does not envy,
is not boastful, is not conceited,

For I fear that perhaps when I come I will not find you to be what I want, and I may not be found by you to be what you want; there may be quarreling, jealousy, outbursts of anger, selfish ambitions, slander, gossip, arrogance, and disorder.

But if you bite and devour one another, watch out, or you will be consumed by one another.

To be sure, some preach Christ out of envy and strife, but others out of good will.

Do nothing out of rivalry or conceit, but in humility consider others as more important than yourselves.

he is conceited, understanding nothing, but has a sick interest in disputes and arguments over words. From these come envy, quarreling, slander, evil suspicions,

For we too were once foolish, disobedient, deceived, enslaved by various passions and pleasures, living in malice and envy, hateful, detesting one another.

So rid yourselves of all malice, all deceit, hypocrisy, envy, and all slander.

Glory

Now if you call yourself a Jew, and rest in the law, boast in God,

For who makes you so superior? What do you have that you didn’t receive? If, in fact, you did receive it, why do you boast as if you hadn’t received it?

And you are inflated with pride, instead of filled with grief so that he who has committed this act might be removed from your congregation.

For even the circumcised don’t keep the law themselves; however, they want you to be circumcised in order to boast about your flesh.

And lie

Then he said, “Come with me and see my zeal for the Lord!” So he let him ride with him in his chariot.

They will ban you from the synagogues. In fact, a time is coming when anyone who kills you will think he is offering service to God.

In fact, I myself supposed it was necessary to do many things in opposition to the name of Jesus the Nazarene.

General references

Because of my brothers and friends,
I will say, “Peace be with you.”

Take care then, that the light in you is not darkness.

But this crowd, which doesn’t know the law, is accursed!”

because he was the reason many of the Jews were deserting them and believing in Jesus.

But if you bite and devour one another, watch out, or you will be consumed by one another.

But as it is, you boast in your arrogance. All such boasting is evil.