James 3:16

Good News Translation

Where there is jealousy and selfishness, there is also disorder and every kind of evil.

Cross References

Genesis 11:9

The city was called Babylon, because there the Lord mixed up the language of all the people, and from there he scattered them all over the earth.

Genesis 38:9

But Onan knew that the children would not belong to him, so when he had intercourse with his brother's widow, he let the semen spill on the ground, so that there would be no children for his brother.

Mark 3:25

If a family divides itself into groups which fight each other, that family will fall apart.

Acts 19:29

The uproar spread throughout the whole city. The mob grabbed Gaius and Aristarchus, two Macedonians who were traveling with Paul, and rushed with them to the theater.

Romans 2:8

Other people are selfish and reject what is right, in order to follow what is wrong; on them God will pour out his anger and fury.

1 Corinthians 14:33

because God does not want us to be in disorder but in harmony and peace. As in all the churches of God's people,

1 Corinthians 3:3

because you still live as the people of this world live. When there is jealousy among you and you quarrel with one another, doesn't this prove that you belong to this world, living by its standards?

2 Corinthians 12:20

I am afraid that when I get there I will find you different from what I would like you to be and you will find me different from what you would like me to be. I am afraid that I will find quarreling and jealousy, hot tempers and selfishness, insults and gossip, pride and disorder.

Galatians 5:20

in worship of idols and witchcraft. People become enemies and they fight; they become jealous, angry, and ambitious. They separate into parties and groups;

James 3:14

But if in your heart you are jealous, bitter, and selfish, don't sin against the truth by boasting of your wisdom.

1 John 3:12

We must not be like Cain; he belonged to the Evil One and murdered his own brother Abel. Why did Cain murder him? Because the things he himself did were wrong, and the things his brother did were right.