James 3:14

New International Version

But if you harbor bitter envy and selfish ambition in your hearts, do not boast about it or deny the truth.

Cross References

Genesis 37:11

His brothers were jealous of him, but his father kept the matter in mind.

Genesis 38:9

But Onan knew that the child would not be his; so whenever he slept with his brother’s wife, he spilled his semen on the ground to keep from providing offspring for his brother.

2 Kings 10:16

Jehu said, “Come with me and see my zeal for the Lord.” Then he had him ride along in his chariot.

2 Kings 10:31

Yet Jehu was not careful to keep the law of the Lord, the God of Israel, with all his heart. He did not turn away from the sins of Jeroboam, which he had caused Israel to commit.

Job 5:2

Resentment kills a fool, and envy slays the simple.

Proverbs 14:30

A heart at peace gives life to the body, but envy rots the bones.

Proverbs 27:4

Anger is cruel and fury overwhelming, but who can stand before jealousy?

Isaiah 11:13

Ephraim’s jealousy will vanish, and Judah’s enemies will be destroyed; Ephraim will not be jealous of Judah, nor Judah hostile toward Ephraim.

Habakkuk 1:3

Why do you make me look at injustice? Why do you tolerate wrongdoing? Destruction and violence are before me; there is strife, and conflict abounds.

Matthew 27:18

For he knew it was out of self-interest that they had handed Jesus over to him.

John 16:2

They will put you out of the synagogue; in fact, the time is coming when anyone who kills you will think they are offering a service to God.

Acts 13:45

When the Jews saw the crowds, they were filled with jealousy. They began to contradict what Paul was saying and heaped abuse on him.

Acts 26:9

“I too was convinced that I ought to do all that was possible to oppose the name of Jesus of Nazareth.

Acts 5:17

Then the high priest and all his associates, who were members of the party of the Sadducees, were filled with jealousy.

Acts 7:9

“Because the patriarchs were jealous of Joseph, they sold him as a slave into Egypt. But God was with him

Romans 1:29

They have become filled with every kind of wickedness, evil, greed and depravity. They are full of envy, murder, strife, deceit and malice. They are gossips,

Romans 13:13

Let us behave decently, as in the daytime, not in carousing and drunkenness, not in sexual immorality and debauchery, not in dissension and jealousy.

Romans 2:17

Now you, if you call yourself a Jew; if you rely on the law and boast in God;

Romans 2:8

But for those who are self-seeking and who reject the truth and follow evil, there will be wrath and anger.

1 Corinthians 13:4

Love is patient, love is kind. It does not envy, it does not boast, it is not proud.

1 Corinthians 3:3

You are still worldly. For since there is jealousy and quarreling among you, are you not worldly? Are you not acting like mere humans?

1 Corinthians 5:2

And you are proud! Shouldn’t you rather have gone into mourning and have put out of your fellowship the man who has been doing this?

1 Corinthians 5:6

Your boasting is not good. Don’t you know that a little yeast leavens the whole batch of dough?

2 Corinthians 12:20

For I am afraid that when I come I may not find you as I want you to be, and you may not find me as you want me to be. I fear that there may be discord, jealousy, fits of rage, selfish ambition, slander, gossip, arrogance and disorder.

Galatians 5:15

If you bite and devour each other, watch out or you will be destroyed by each other.

Galatians 5:20

idolatry and witchcraft; hatred, discord, jealousy, fits of rage, selfish ambition, dissensions, factions

Galatians 5:21

and envy; drunkenness, orgies, and the like. I warn you, as I did before, that those who live like this will not inherit the kingdom of God.

Galatians 5:26

Let us not become conceited, provoking and envying each other.

Galatians 6:13

Not even those who are circumcised keep the law, yet they want you to be circumcised that they may boast about your circumcision in the flesh.

Philippians 1:15

It is true that some preach Christ out of envy and rivalry, but others out of goodwill.

Philippians 2:3

Do nothing out of selfish ambition or vain conceit. Rather, in humility value others above yourselves,

1 Timothy 2:4

who wants all people to be saved and to come to a knowledge of the truth.

1 Timothy 6:4

they are conceited and understand nothing. They have an unhealthy interest in controversies and quarrels about words that result in envy, strife, malicious talk, evil suspicions

Titus 3:3

At one time we too were foolish, disobedient, deceived and enslaved by all kinds of passions and pleasures. We lived in malice and envy, being hated and hating one another.

James 1:18

He chose to give us birth through the word of truth, that we might be a kind of firstfruits of all he created.

James 3:16

For where you have envy and selfish ambition, there you find disorder and every evil practice.

James 5:19

My brothers and sisters, if one of you should wander from the truth and someone should bring that person back,