James 3:16
BSB · Public Domain (CC0)“For where jealousy and selfish ambition exist, there will be disorder and every evil practice.”
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“For where jealousy and selfish ambition exist, there will be disorder and every evil practice.”
Berean Standard Bible · Public Domain (CC0)“For where envying and strife is, there is confusion and every evil work.”
King James Version · Public Domain“For where jealousy and faction are, there is confusion and every vile deed.”
American Standard Version · Public Domain“for where zeal and rivalry <FI>are<Fi> , there is insurrection and every evil matter;”
Young's Literal Translation · Public DomainOther passages that echo James 3:16 — 9 related verses from the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge.
- Genesis 11:9That is why it is called Babel, for there the LORD confused the language of the whole world, and from that place the LORD scattered them over the face of all the earth.
- Genesis 38:9But Onan knew that the offspring would not belong to him; so whenever he would sleep with his brother’s wife, he would spill his seed on the ground so that he would not produce offspring for his brother.
- Mark 3:25If a house is divided against itself, it cannot stand.
- Acts 19:29Soon the whole city was in disarray. They rushed together into the theatre, dragging with them Gaius and Aristarchus, Paul’s traveling companions from Macedonia.
- 1 Corinthians 3:3for you are still worldly. For since there is jealousy and dissension among you, are you not worldly? Are you not walking in the way of man?
- 1 Corinthians 14:33For God is not a God of disorder, but of peace—as in all the churches of the saints.
- Galatians 5:20idolatry and sorcery; hatred, discord, jealousy, and rage; rivalries, divisions, factions,
- James 3:14But if you harbor bitter jealousy and selfish ambition in your hearts, do not boast in it or deny the truth.
- 1 John 3:12Do not be like Cain, who belonged to the evil one and murdered his brother. And why did Cain slay him? Because his own deeds were evil, while those of his brother were righteous.
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