James 4:16

The English Standar Version

As it is, you boast in your arrogance. All such boasting is evil.

Cross References

Psalm 52:1

Why do you boast of evil, O mighty man? The steadfast love of God endures all the day.

Psalm 52:7

"See the man who would not make God his refuge, but trusted in the abundance of his riches and sought refuge in his own destruction!"[2]

Proverbs 25:14

Like clouds and wind without rain is a man who boasts of a gift he does not give.

Proverbs 27:1

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

Isaiah 47:10

You felt secure in your wickedness, you said, "No one sees me"; your wisdom and your knowledge led you astray, and you said in your heart, "I am, and there is no one besides me."

1 Corinthians 5:6

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

James 3:14

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

1 John 2:16

For all that is in the world -- the desires of the flesh and the desires of the eyes and pride in possessions -- is not from the Father but is from the world.

Revelation 18:7

As she glorified herself and lived in luxury, so give her a like measure of torment and mourning, since in her heart she says, 'I sit as a queen, I am no widow, and mourning I shall never see.'