James 4:5 - Modern King James Version

Do you think that the Scripture says in vain, The spirit that dwells in us yearns to envy?

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King James Version (Oxford) 1769

Do ye think that the scripture saith in vain, The spirit that dwelleth in us lusteth to envy?

Amplified Bible - Classic Edition

Or do you suppose that the Scripture is speaking to no purpose that says, The Spirit Whom He has caused to dwell in us yearns over us and He yearns for the Spirit [to be welcome] with a jealous love? [Jer. 3:14; Hos. 2:19ff.]

American Standard Version (1901)

Or think ye that the scripture speaketh in vain? Doth the spirit which he made to dwell in us long unto envying?

Common English Bible

Or do you suppose that scripture is meaningless? Doesn’t God long for our faithfulness in the life he has given to us?

Catholic Public Domain Version

Or do you think that Scripture says in vain: "The spirit which lives within you desires unto envy?"

Douay-Rheims version of The Bible - 1752 version

Or do you think that the scripture saith in vain: To envy doth the spirit covet which dwelleth in you?

James 4:5 Tagairtí Cros

Genesis 26:14

And he had possession of flocks and possession of herds, and many servants. And the Philistines envied him.

Genesis 30:1

And when Rachel saw that she bore Jacob no children, Rachel envied her sister. And she said to Jacob, Give me sons, or else I will die.

Genesis 37:11

And his brothers were jealous of him. But his father observed the saying.

Genesis 38:9

And Onan knew that the seed would not be his. And it happened when he went in to his brother's wife, that he spilled on the ground, not giving seed to his brother.

Genesis 6:5

And Jehovah saw that the wickedness of man was great in the earth, and every imagination of the thoughts of his heart was only evil continually.

Genesis 8:21

And Jehovah smelled a sweet odor. And Jehovah said in His heart, I will never again curse the ground for man's sake, because the imagination of man's heart is evil from his youth. And I will not again smite every living thing as I have done.

Psalm 106:16

And they were jealous of Moses in the camp, and Aaron the saint of Jehovah.

Psalm 37:1

A Psalm of David. Do not fret yourself with evil doers; and do not be envious against the workers of iniquity.

Proverbs 21:10

The soul of the wicked desires evil; his neighbor finds no favor in his eyes.

Ecclesiastes 4:4

Again, I considered all labor, and every right work, that for this a man is envied by his neighbor. This is also vanity and vexation of spirit.

Isaiah 11:13

And the envy of Ephraim shall depart, and the foes of Judah shall be cut off; Ephraim shall not envy Judah, and Judah shall not trouble Ephraim.

Numbers 11:29

And Moses said to him, Are you jealous for my sake? Would God that all Jehovah's people were prophets, that Jehovah would put His Spirit upon them!

Numbers 23:19

God is not a man that He should lie, neither the son of man that He should repent. Has He said, and shall He not do it? Or has He spoken, and shall He not make it good?

John 10:35

If He called those gods with whom the Word of God was, and the Scripture cannot be broken,

John 19:37

And again another Scripture says, "They shall look upon Him whom they pierced."

John 7:42

Has the Scripture not said that Christ comes from the seed of David and out of the town of Bethlehem, where David was?

Acts 7:9

And being jealous of Joseph, the patriarchs sold Joseph into Egypt. But God was with him

Romans 1:29

being filled with all unrighteousness, fornication, wickedness, covetousness, maliciousness; being full of envy, murder, quarrels, deceit, evil habits, becoming whisperers,

Romans 9:17

For the Scripture says to Pharaoh, "Even for this same purpose I have raised you up, that I might show My power in you, and that My name might be declared throughout all the earth."

1 Corinthians 6:19

Or do you not know that your body is a temple of the Holy Spirit in you, whom you have of God? And you are not your own,

2 Corinthians 6:16

And what agreement does a temple of God have with idols? For you are the temple of the living God, as God has said, "I will dwell in them and walk among them; and I will be their God, and they shall be My people."

Galatians 3:8

And the Scripture, foreseeing that God would justify the nations through faith, preached the gospel before to Abraham, saying, "In you shall all nations be blessed."

Titus 3:3

For we ourselves also were once foolish, disobedient, deceived, slaving for various lusts and pleasures, living in malice and envy, hateful, hating one another.