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 is, there is confusion and every evil work.

From whence come wars and fightings among you? come they not hence, even from your lusts that war in your members?

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

And his brethren envied him; but his father observed the saying.

For wrath killeth the foolish man, and envy slayeth the silly one.

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

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

The envy also of Ephraim shall depart, and the adversaries of Judah shall be cut off: Ephraim shall not envy Judah, and Judah shall not distress Ephraim.

Why dost thou show me iniquity, and cause me to behold grievance? for devastation and violence are before me: and there are that raise strife and contention.

(For he knew that for envy they had delivered him.)

Then the high priest rose up, and all they that were with him; (which is the sect of the Sadducees) and were filled with indignation,

And the patriarchs, moved with envy, sold Joseph into Egypt: but God was with him,

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

Being filled with all unrighteousness, fornication, wickedness, covetousness, maliciousness; full of envy, murder, debate, deceit, malignity; whisperers,

Let us walk honestly, as in the day; not in rioting and drunkenness, not in chambering and wantonness, not in strife and envying.

For ye are yet carnal: for whereas there is among you envying, and strife, and divisions, are ye not carnal, and walk as men?

Charity suffereth long, and is kind; charity envieth not; charity vaunteth not itself, is not puffed up,

For I fear, lest, when I come, I shall not find you such as I would, and that I shall be found by you such as ye would not: lest there be debates, envyings, wraths, strifes, backbitings, whisperings, swellings, tumults:

But if ye bite and devour one another, take heed that ye be not consumed one by another.

Some indeed preach Christ even from envy and strife; and some also from good will.

Let nothing be done through strife or vain glory; but in lowliness of mind let each esteem other better than themselves.

He is proud, knowing nothing, but doting about questions and strifes of words, from which cometh envy, strife, railings, evil surmisings,

For we ourselves also were sometimes foolish, disobedient, deceived, serving divers lusts and pleasures, living in malice and envy, hateful, and hating one another.

Wherefore, laying aside all malice, and all guile, and hypocrisies, and envies, and all evil-speakings,

Glory

Behold, thou art called a Jew, and restest in the law, and makest thy boast of God,

For who maketh thee to differ from another? and what hast thou that thou didst not receive? now if thou didst receive it, why dost thou glory, as if thou hadst not received it?

And ye are puffed up, and have not rather mourned, that he who hath done this deed might be taken away from among you.

For neither they themselves who are circumcised keep the law; but desire to have you circumcised, that they may glory in your flesh.

And lie

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

They shall put you out of the synagogues: yes, the time cometh, that whoever killeth you, will think that he doeth God service.

I verily thought with myself, that I ought to do many things contrary to the name of Jesus of Nazareth.

General references

For my brethren and companions' sake, I will now say, Peace be within thee.

Take heed therefore, that the light which is in thee be not darkness.

But this people who know not the law are cursed.

Because that by reason of him many of the Jews went away, and believed on Jesus.

But if ye bite and devour one another, take heed that ye be not consumed one by another.

But now ye rejoice in your boastings: all such rejoicing is evil.