James 4:16

Modern English Version

But now you are rejoicing in your boastings. All such rejoicing is evil.

Cross References

Proverbs 27:1

Do not boast about tomorrow, for you do not know what a day may bring.

1 Corinthians 5:6

Your boasting is not good. Do you not know that a little yeast leavens the whole batch?

Psalm 52:7

“Behold, the man who did not make God his refuge, but trusted in the abundance of his riches, and sought refuge in his wickedness.”

Proverbs 25:14

Like clouds and wind without the rain, so is he who boasts himself of a false gift.

Revelation 18:7

To the extent that she glorified herself and lived luxuriously, so give her torment and sorrow; for in her heart she says, ‘I sit as a queen, and am no widow, and will see no sorrow.’

James 3:14

But if you have bitter envying and strife in your hearts, do not boast and do not lie against the truth.

Isaiah 47:10

For you have trusted in your wickedness; you have said, “No one sees me”; your wisdom and your knowledge have perverted you; and you have said in your heart, “I am, and there is no one besides me.”

Psalm 52:1

Why do you boast of evil, O mighty man? The goodness of God endures continually.

1 John 2:16

For 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.