James 4:16 - The Scriptures 1998

¹⁶ But now you boast in your proud speeches. All such boasting is wicked.

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King James Version (Oxford) 1769

¹⁶ But now ye rejoice in your boastings: all such rejoicing is evil.

Amplified Bible - Classic Edition

¹⁶ But as it is, you boast [falsely] in your presumption and your self-conceit. All such boasting is wrong.

American Standard Version (1901)

¹⁶ But now ye glory in your vauntings: all such glorying is evil.

Common English Bible

¹⁶ But now you boast and brag, and all such boasting is evil.

Catholic Public Domain Version

¹⁶ But now you exult in your arrogance. All such exultation is wicked.

James 4:16 Cross References

Psalm 52:1

Why do you boast in evil, O mighty man? The kindness of Ě

Psalm 52:7

“See the man who did not make Elohim his strength, But trusted in his many riches, Being strong in his destruction.”

Proverbs 25:14

He who boasts of his gifts falsely Is like clouds and wind without rain.

Proverbs 27:1

Do not boast of tomorrow, For you do not know what a day brings forth.

Isaiah 47:10

“And you have trusted in your evil, you have said, ‘No one sees me.’ Your wisdom and your knowledge have led you astray. And you have said in your heart, ‘I am, and there is none but me.’

1 Corinthians 5:6

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

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 2:16

Because all that is in the world – the lust of the flesh, the lust of the eyes, and the pride of life – is not of the Father but is of the world.

Revelation 18:7

“As much as she esteemed herself and lived riotously, so much torture and grief give to her, because in her heart she says, ‘I sit as sovereigness, and I am not a widow, and I do not see mourning at all.’