James 3:14

Revised Standard Version (RSV-CI)

But if you have bitter jealousy and selfish ambition in your hearts, do not boast and be false to the truth.

Cross References

Genesis 37:11

And his brothers were jealous of him, but his father kept the saying in mind.

Genesis 38:9

But Onan knew that the offspring would not be his; so when he went in to his brother's wife he spilled the semen on the ground, lest he should give offspring to his brother.

2 Kings 10:16

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

2 Kings 10:31

But Jehu was not careful to walk in the law of the Lord the God of Israel with all his heart; he did not turn from the sins of Jeroboam, which he made Israel to sin.

Job 5:2

Surely vexation kills the fool, and jealousy slays the simple.

Proverbs 14:30

A tranquil mind gives life to the flesh, but passion makes the bones rot.

Proverbs 27:4

Wrath is cruel, anger is overwhelming; but who can stand before jealousy?

Isaiah 11:13

The jealousy of Ephraim shall depart, and those who harass Judah shall be cut off; Ephraim shall not be jealous of Judah, and Judah shall not harass Ephraim.

Habakkuk 1:3

Why dost thou make me see wrongs and look upon trouble? Destruction and violence are before me; strife and contention arise.

Matthew 27:18

For he knew that it was out of envy that they had delivered him up.

John 16:2

They will put you out of the synagogues; indeed, the hour is coming when whoever kills you will think he is offering service to God.

Acts 13:45

But when the Jews saw the multitudes, they were filled with jealousy, and contradicted what was spoken by Paul, and reviled him.

Acts 26:9

“I myself was convinced that I ought to do many things in opposing the name of Jesus of Nazareth.

Acts 5:17

But the high priest rose up and all who were with him, that is, the party of the Sadducees, and filled with jealousy

Acts 7:9

“And the patriarchs, jealous of Joseph, sold him into Egypt; but God was with him,

Romans 1:29

They were filled with all manner of wickedness, evil, covetousness, malice. Full of envy, murder, strife, deceit, malignity, they are gossips,

Romans 13:13

let us conduct ourselves becomingly as in the day, not in reveling and drunkenness, not in debauchery and licentiousness, not in quarreling and jealousy.

Romans 2:17

But if you call yourself a Jew and rely upon the law and boast of your relation to God

Romans 2:8

but for those who are factious and do not obey the truth, but obey wickedness, there will be wrath and fury.

1 Corinthians 13:4

Love is patient and kind; love is not jealous or boastful;

1 Corinthians 3:3

for you are still of the flesh. For while there is jealousy and strife among you, are you not of the flesh, and behaving like ordinary men?

1 Corinthians 5:2

And you are arrogant! Ought you not rather to mourn? Let him who has done this be removed from among you.

1 Corinthians 5:6

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

2 Corinthians 12:20

For I fear that perhaps I may come and find you not what I wish, and that you may find me not what you wish; that perhaps there may be quarreling, jealousy, anger, selfishness, slander, gossip, conceit, and disorder.

Galatians 5:15

But if you bite and devour one another take heed that you are not consumed by one another.

Galatians 5:20

idolatry, sorcery, enmity, strife, jealousy, anger, selfishness, dissension, party spirit,

Galatians 5:21

envy, drunkenness, carousing, and the like. I warn you, as I warned you before, that those who do such things shall not inherit the kingdom of God.

Galatians 5:26

Let us have no self-conceit, no provoking of one another, no envy of one another.

Galatians 6:13

For even those who receive circumcision do not themselves keep the law, but they desire to have you circumcised that they may glory in your flesh.

Philippians 1:15

Some indeed preach Christ from envy and rivalry, but others from good will.

Philippians 2:3

Do nothing from selfishness or conceit, but in humility count others better than yourselves.

1 Timothy 2:4

who desires all men to be saved and to come to the knowledge of the truth.

1 Timothy 6:4

he is puffed up with conceit, he knows nothing; he has a morbid craving for controversy and for disputes about words, which produce envy, dissension, slander, base suspicions,

Titus 3:3

For we ourselves were once foolish, disobedient, led astray, slaves to various passions and pleasures, passing our days in malice and envy, hated by men and hating one another;

James 1:18

Of his own will he brought us forth by the word of truth that we should be a kind of first fruits of his creatures.

James 3:16

For where jealousy and selfish ambition exist, there will be disorder and every vile practice.

James 5:19

My brethren, if any one among you wanders from the truth and some one brings him back,