James 3:14

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But if you have bitter jealousy and selfish ambition in your heart, don't boast about it and don't lie against the truth.

Cross References

Genesis 37:11

Joseph's brothers became jealous of him, but his father puzzled over the meaning of the dream.

Genesis 38:9

Onan realized that any children he had wouldn't be his own, so whenever he slept with his brother's wife he made sure she wouldn't become pregnant by withdrawing and spilling his semen on the ground. In this way he prevented any children being born on behalf of his brother.

2 Kings 10:16

“Come with me and see how dedicated I am to the Lord!” Jehu said, and had him ride in his chariot.

2 Kings 10:31

But Jehu was not completely committed to following the law of the Lord, the God of Israel. He did not end the sins that Jeroboam had made Israel commit.

Job 5:2

Surely anger slays the fool and jealousy kills the simple.

Proverbs 14:30

A peaceful mind makes your body healthy, but jealousy makes your bones rot.

Proverbs 27:4

Fury may be fierce and cruel, anger may be a destructive flood, but who can withstand jealousy?

Isaiah 11:13

Ephraim's jealousy will disappear, and Judah's enemies will be destroyed; Ephraim won't be jealous of Judah, and Judah won't treat Ephraim as an enemy.

Habakkuk 1:3

Why do you force me to see this wickedness and suffering? Why do you just observe such destruction and violence? Arguments and fighting happen right in front of me!

Matthew 27:18

(He had realized it was because of jealousy that they had handed Jesus over to him to be tried.)

John 16:2

They will expel you from the synagogues—in fact the time is coming when those who kill you will think they are doing God a service.

Acts 13:45

However, when the Jews saw the crowds, they became extremely jealous, contradicting what Paul was saying and cursing him.

Acts 26:9

Previously I was sincerely convinced I should do as much as I could to oppose the name of Jesus of Nazareth.

Acts 5:17

However, the high priest and those with him (who were Sadducees) became very jealous and decided to intervene.

Acts 7:9

The patriarchs, who were jealous of Joseph, sold him into slavery in Egypt. But God was with him,

Romans 1:29

They filled themselves with all that's wrong: evil, greed, hate, envy, murder, quarreling, deception, malice, and gossip.

Romans 13:13

Let's behave properly, showing that we're people who are living in the light. We shouldn't spend our time going to wild parties and getting drunk, or having affairs and acting immorally, or getting into fights and being jealous.

Romans 2:17

What about you who call yourself a Jew? You rely on the written law and boast about having a special relationship to God.

Romans 2:8

But those who think only of themselves, rejecting the truth and deliberately choosing to do evil, will receive punishment and furious hostility.

1 Corinthians 13:4

Love is patient and kind. Love is not jealous. Love is not boastful. Love is not proud.

1 Corinthians 3:3

Even now you're not ready for it, because you're still worldly. Since you're still jealous and argumentative, doesn't that show you're worldly, behaving just like ordinary people do?

1 Corinthians 5:2

You are so proud of yourselves! Shouldn't you have wept with sadness, and excluded the man who did this?

1 Corinthians 5:6

You shouldn't be proud about this. Don't you know that it only takes a little yeast to make the whole batch of dough rise?

2 Corinthians 12:20

I do worry when I visit that somehow I won't find you as I would want to, and that you won't find me as you would want to! I'm afraid that there will be arguments, jealousy, anger, rivalry, slander, gossip, arrogance, and disorder.

Galatians 5:15

But if you attack and tear into one another, watch out that you don't completely destroy yourselves!

Galatians 5:20

idolatry, sorcery, hatred, rivalry, jealousy, anger, selfish ambition, dissension, heresy,

Galatians 5:21

envy, drunkenness, feasting, and similar things. As I warned you before so I warn you again: nobody who behaves like this will inherit the kingdom of God.

Galatians 5:26

Let's not become boastful, or irritate and envy one another.

Galatians 6:13

Even those who are circumcised don't keep the law, but they want to have you circumcised so that they can boast about you and claim you as their followers.

Philippians 1:15

Yes, some speak out of jealousy and rivalry. However, there are those who speak from good motives.

Philippians 2:3

Don't do anything from a spirit of selfishness or pride, but humbly think of others better than you do of yourself.

1 Timothy 2:4

He wants everyone to be saved, and come to understand what truth really is.

1 Timothy 6:4

are arrogant and don't understand anything. They're obsessed with speculation and philosophical debates which only lead to jealousy, arguments, malicious gossip and evil suspicions—

Titus 3:3

For there was a time when we too were foolish and disobedient. We were deceived and slaves to various desires and pleasures. We lived wicked lives full of jealousy, hateful people hating one another.

James 1:18

He chose to give us new life through the word of truth, so that out of all his creation we would be very special to him.

James 3:16

Wherever there is jealousy and selfish ambition you'll also find confusion and all kinds of evil practices.

James 5:19

My friends, if any one of you strays from the truth and someone brings you back,