James 3:16 - The Scriptures 1998

¹⁶ For where jealousy and self-seeking are, there is confusion and every foul deed.

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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

That is why its name was called Baḇ

Genesis 38:9

And Onan knew that the offspring would not be his. And it came to be, when he went in to his brother’s wife, that he spilled on the ground, lest he should give an offspring to his brother.

Mark 3:25

“And if a house is divided against itself, that house is unable to stand.

Acts 19:29

And the entire city was filled with confusion, and they rushed with one mind into the theatre, having seized Gaios and Aristarchos, Makedonians, Sha’ul’s fellow travellers.

Romans 2:8

but wrath and displeasure to those who are self-seeking and do not obey the truth, but obey unrighteousness;

1 Corinthians 14:33

For Elohim is not Elohim of disorder but of peace, as in all the assemblies of the set-apart ones.

1 Corinthians 3:3

for you are still fleshly. For since there is envy, and strife, and divisions among you, are you not fleshly and walking according to man?

2 Corinthians 12:20

For I fear lest, when I come, I do not find you such as I wish, and I be found by you such as you do not wish – lest there be strife, jealousies, outbursts of wrath, selfish ambitions, slander, gossip, puffings up, unrests,

Galatians 5:20

idolatry, drug sorcery, hatred, quarrels, jealousies, fits of rage, selfish ambitions, dissensions, factions,

James 3:14

But if you have bitter jealousy and self-seeking in your hearts, do not boast against and lie against the truth.

1 John 3:12

not as Qayin who was of the wicked one and killed his brother. And why did he kill him? Because his works were wicked but those of his brother were righteous.