James 3:14

The Wisdom That Comes Down From Above

¹³ Who is wise and knowing among you? Let him show his works by his good conduct with meekness of wisdom. ¹⁴ But if you have bitter jealousy and strife in your hearts, do not glory and lie against the truth. ¹⁵ This is not the wisdom coming down from above, but is earthly, sensual, devilish.

No

James 3:16

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

2 Corinthians 12:20

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;

Acts 5:17

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

Romans 13:13

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.

Philippians 1:15

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

Philippians 2:3

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

Genesis 30:1-2

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.

Genesis 37:11

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

2 Kings 10:16

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

2 Kings 10:31

But Jehu did not care to walk in the Law of Jehovah, the God of Israel with all his heart, for he did not turn from the sins of Jeroboam, who made Israel to sin.

Job 5:2

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

Proverbs 14:30

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

Proverbs 27:4

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

Isaiah 11:13

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.

Habakkuk 1:3

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.

Matthew 27:18

For he knew they had delivered Him because of envy.

John 16:2

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.

Acts 7:9

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

Acts 13:45

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

Acts 26:9

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

Romans 1:29

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

Romans 2:8

But to those who indeed disobeying the truth out of self-seeking, and obeying unrighteousness, will be anger and wrath,

Romans 2:17

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

Romans 2:23-29

You who boast in Law, do you dishonor God through breaking the Law?

1 Corinthians 3:3

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?

1 Corinthians 4:7-8

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?

1 Corinthians 5:2

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

1 Corinthians 5:6

Your boasting is not good. Do you not know that a little leaven leavens the whole lump?

1 Corinthians 13:4

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

Galatians 5:15

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

Galatians 5:21

envyings, murders, drunkennesses, revelings, and things like these; of which I tell you before, as I also said before, that they who do such things shall not inherit the kingdom of God.

Galatians 5:26

Let us not become glory-seeking, provoking one another, envying one another.

Galatians 6:13

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.

1 Timothy 6:4

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

Titus 3:3

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

James 4:1-5

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

James 5:19

Brothers, if anyone among you err from the truth, and if anyone turns him back,

1 Peter 2:1-2

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