James 3:14

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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 envying and strife are, there is confusion and every foul deed.

From where do wars and fightings among you come? Is it not from this, from your lusts which war in your members?

And when Rachel saw that she bore Jacob no children, Rachel envied her sister. And she said to Jacob, Give me sons, or else I will die.

And his brothers were jealous of him. But his father observed the saying.

For vexation kills the fool, and envy slays the simple one.

A sound heart is the life of the flesh, but envy the rottenness of the bones.

Wrath is cruel, and anger is overwhelming; but who is able to stand before envy?

And the envy of Ephraim shall depart, and the foes of Judah shall be cut off; Ephraim shall not envy Judah, and Judah shall not trouble Ephraim.

Why do You show me evil, and You look on toil? For destruction and violence are before me; and there is strife, and contention rises up.

For he knew they had delivered Him because of envy.

And rising up, the high priest, and all those who were with him (which is the sect of the Sadducees) were filled with anger,

And being jealous of Joseph, the patriarchs sold Joseph into Egypt. But God was with him

But when the Jews saw the multitudes, they were filled with envy and contradicted those things which were spoken by Paul, contradicting and blaspheming.

being filled with all unrighteousness, fornication, wickedness, covetousness, maliciousness; being full of envy, murder, quarrels, deceit, evil habits, becoming whisperers,

Let us walk becomingly, as in the day; not in carousings and drinking; not in co-habitation and lustful acts; not in strife and envy.

For you are yet carnal. For in that there is among you envyings and strife and divisions, are you not carnal, and do you not walk according to men?

Charity has patience, is kind; charity is not envious, is not vain, is not puffed up;

For I fear, lest somehow coming I might not find you as I wish, and that I shall be found by you such as you might not wish; lest somehow there be strifes, envyings, angers, contentions, backbitings, whisperings, proud thoughts, tumults;

But if you bite and devour one another, take heed that you are not consumed by one another.

Some indeed even preach Christ because of envy and strife, and some also of good will.

Let nothing be done through strife or vainglory, but in lowliness of mind let each esteem others better than themselves.

he is proud, knowing nothing. He is sick concerning doubts and arguments, from which comes envy, strife, evil speakings, evil suspicions,

For we ourselves also were once foolish, disobedient, deceived, slaving for various lusts and pleasures, living in malice and envy, hateful, hating one another.

Therefore laying aside all malice and all guile and hypocrisies and envyings, and all evil speakings,

Glory

Behold, you are called a Jew, and rest in the Law, and boast in God;

For who makes you to differ from another? And what do you have that you did not receive? And if you did receive it, why do you boast as if you had not received it?

And you are puffed up, and have not rather mourned, so that he who has done this deed may be taken from your midst.

For they themselves, having been circumcised, do not even keep the Law, but they desire you to be circumcised so that they may boast in your flesh.

And lie

And he said, Come with me and see my zeal for Jehovah. And they made him ride in his chariot.

They shall put you out of the synagogue. But an hour is coming that everyone who kills you will think that he bears God service.

I truly thought within myself that I ought to do many things contrary to the name of Jesus of Nazareth,

General references

For my brothers and companions' sakes, I will now say, Peace be within you.

Therefore take heed that the light in you is not darkness.

But this crowd, not knowing the Law, is cursed.

because many of the Jews went away and believed on Jesus because of him.

But if you bite and devour one another, take heed that you are not consumed by one another.

But now you boast in your presumptions. All such boasting is evil.