James 3:16 - Christian Standard Bible Anglicised

¹⁶ For where there is envy and selfish ambition, there is disorder and every evil practice.

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King James Version (Oxford) 1769

¹⁶ For where envying and strife is, there is confusion and every evil work.

Amplified Bible - Classic Edition

¹⁶ For wherever there is jealousy (envy) and contention (rivalry and selfish ambition), there will also be confusion (unrest, disharmony, rebellion) and all sorts of evil and vile practices.

American Standard Version (1901)

¹⁶ For where jealousy and faction are, there is confusion and every vile deed.

Common English Bible

¹⁶ Wherever there is jealousy and selfish ambition, there is disorder and everything that is evil.

Catholic Public Domain Version

¹⁶ For wherever envy and contention is, there too is inconstancy and every depraved work.

James 3:16 Cross References

Genesis 11:9

Therefore it is called Babylon,  ,, for there the Lord confused the language of the whole earth, and from there the Lord scattered them throughout the earth.

Genesis 38:9

But Onan knew that the offspring would not be his, so whenever he slept with his brother’s wife, he released his semen on the ground so that he would not produce offspring for his brother.

Mark 3:25

If a house is divided against itself, that house cannot stand.

Acts 19:29

So the city was filled with confusion, and they rushed all together into the amphitheatre, dragging along Gaius  and Aristarchus,  Macedonians who were Paul’s travelling companions.

Romans 2:8

but wrath and anger to those who are self-seeking  and disobey the truth  while obeying unrighteousness.

1 Corinthians 14:33

since God is not a God of disorder but of peace. As in all the churches of the saints,

1 Corinthians 3:3

because you are still worldly. For since there is envy  and strife  , among you, are you not worldly and behaving like mere humans?

2 Corinthians 12:20

For I fear that perhaps when I come I will not find you to be what I want, and you may not find me to be what you want. Perhaps there will be quarrelling,  jealousy,  angry outbursts, selfish ambitions,  slander,  gossip, arrogance, and disorder.

Galatians 5:20

idolatry,  sorcery,  hatreds,  strife,  jealousy,  outbursts of anger,  selfish ambitions,  dissensions,  factions,

James 3:14

But if you have bitter envy and selfish ambition in your heart, don’t boast and deny the truth.

1 John 3:12

unlike Cain,  who was of the evil one  and murdered his brother. And why did he murder him? Because his deeds were evil, and his brother’s were righteous.