James 3:16

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Translations sourced from the public-domain WEB, KJV, and ASV. See all sources.

“For where jealousy and selfish ambition are, there is confusion and every evil deed.”

— WEB

“For where envying and strife is, there is confusion and every evil work.”

— KJV

“For where jealousy and faction are, there is confusion and every vile deed.”

— ASV

Bible Verses About Jealousy

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James 3:14 "But if you have bitter jealousy and selfish ambition in your heart, don’t boast and don’t lie against the truth."
1 Corinthians 3:3 "for you are still fleshly. For insofar as there is jealousy, strife, and factions among you, aren’t you fleshly, and don’t you walk in th…"
1 Corinthians 14:33 "for God is not a God of confusion, but of peace, as in all the assemblies of the saints."
1 John 3:12 "unlike Cain, who was of the evil one, and killed his brother. Why did he kill him? Because his deeds were evil, and his brother’s righteous."
Galatians 5:20 "idolatry, sorcery, hatred, strife, jealousies, outbursts of anger, rivalries, divisions, heresies,"
Genesis 11:9 "Therefore its name was called Babel, because there Yahweh confused the language of all the earth. From there, Yahweh scattered them abroa…"
Acts 19:29 "The whole city was filled with confusion, and they rushed with one accord into the theater, having seized Gaius and Aristarchus, men of M…"

Commentary

envying--So English Version translates the Greek, which usually means "zeal"; "emulation," in Rom 13:13. "The envious man stands in his own light. He thinks his candle cannot shine in the presence of another's sun. He aims directly at men, obliquely at God, who makes men to differ." strife--rivalry [ALFORD]. confusion--literally, "tumultuous anarchy": both in society (translated "commotions," Luk 21:9; "tumults," Co2 6:5), and in the individual mind; in contrast to the "peaceable" composure of true "wisdom," Jam 3:17. James does not honor such effects of this earthly wisdom with the name "fruit," as he does in the case of the wisdom from above. Jam 3:18; compare Gal 5:19-22, "works of the flesh . . . fruit of the Spirit."

— Jamieson-Fausset-Brown Commentary (public domain)

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