James 3:14
But if ye have bitter envying and strife in your hearts, glory not, and lie not against the truth.
KJV
εἰ δὲ ζῆλον πικρὸν ἔχετε καὶ ἐριθείαν ἐν τῇ καρδίᾳ ὑμῶν, μὴ κατακαυχᾶσθε τῆς ἀληθείας καὶ ψεύδεσθε.
Greek NT
Quod si zelum amarum habetis, et contentiones sint in cordibus vestris : nolite gloriari, et mendaces esse adversus veritatem :
Vulgate
But if ye have bitter jealousy and faction in your heart, glory not and lie not against the truth.
ASV
But if you have bitter zeal, and there be contention in your hearts: glory not and be not liars against the truth.
Douay-Rheims
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In the original Greek
15 distinct Greek words appear in this verse.
δέ
de
conjunction · 2781×
εἰ
ei
conditional · 491×
ζῆλος
zelos
noun · 16×
καί
kai
conjunction · 8973×
καρδία
kardia
noun · 156×
κατακαυχάομαι
katakauchaomai
verb · 4×
μή
me
particle · 1033×
πικρός
pikros
adjective · 2×
ψεύδομαι
pseudomai
verb · 12×
ἀλήθεια
aletheia
noun · 109×
ἐν
en
preposition · 2743×
ἐριθεία
eritheia
noun · 7×
ἔχω
echo
verb · 707×
ὁ
o
article · 19778×
ὑμεῖς
umeis
pronoun · 1828×
Themes
Historic Christian voices
3 passages from patristic writers, Reformers, and church catechisms citing this verse.
Cross-references
- 1Cor 3:3 — For ye are yet carnal: for whereas there is among you envying, and strife, and divisions, are ye not carnal, and walk as men?
- 1Cor 5:2 — And ye are puffed up, and have not rather mourned, that he that hath done this deed might be taken away from among you.
- 1Cor 13:4 — Charity suffereth long, and is kind; charity envieth not; charity vaunteth not itself, is not puffed up,
- 1Cor 13:4 — Charity suffereth long, and is kind; charity envieth not; charity vaunteth not itself, is not puffed up,
- 1Pet 2:1 — Wherefore laying aside all malice, and all guile, and hypocrisies, and envies, and all evil speakings,
- 1Pet 2:1 — Wherefore laying aside all malice, and all guile, and hypocrisies, and envies, and all evil speakings,
- 1Tim 6:4 — He is proud, knowing nothing, but doting about questions and strifes of words, whereof cometh envy, strife, railings, evil surmisings,
- 2Cor 12:20 — For I fear, lest, when I come, I shall not find you such as I would, and that I shall be found unto you such as ye would not: lest there be debates, envyings, wraths, strifes, backbitings, whisperings
- 2Kgs 10:31 — But Jehu took no heed to walk in the law of the LORD God of Israel with all his heart: for he departed not from the sins of Jeroboam, which made Israel to sin.
- 2Sam 19:43 — And the men of Israel answered the men of Judah, and said, We have ten parts in the king, and we have also more right in David than ye: why then did ye despise us, that our advice should not be first
- Acts 5:17 — Then the high priest rose up, and all they that were with him, (which is the sect of the Sadducees,) and were filled with indignation,
- Acts 23:10 — And when there arose a great dissension, the chief captain, fearing lest Paul should have been pulled in pieces of them, commanded the soldiers to go down, and to take him by force from among them, an
- Col 2:18 — Let no man beguile you of your reward in a voluntary humility and worshipping of angels, intruding into those things which he hath not seen, vainly puffed up by his fleshly mind,
- Col 3:8 — But now ye also put off all these; anger, wrath, malice, blasphemy, filthy communication out of your mouth.
- Col 3:19 — Husbands, love your wives, and be not bitter against them.
- Eph 4:31 — Let all bitterness, and wrath, and anger, and clamour, and evil speaking, be put away from you, with all malice:
- Exod 1:9 — And he said unto his people, Behold, the people of the children of Israel are more and mightier than we:
- Gal 5:15 — But if ye bite and devour one another, take heed that ye be not consumed one of another.
- Gal 5:19 — Now the works of the flesh are manifest, which are these; Adultery, fornication, uncleanness, lasciviousness,
- Gal 5:26 — Let us not be desirous of vain glory, provoking one another, envying one another.
- Gen 30:1 — And when Rachel saw that she bare Jacob no children, Rachel envied her sister; and said unto Jacob, Give me children, or else I die.
- Jas 3:16 — For where envying and strife is, there is confusion and every evil work.
- Jas 3:16 — For where envying and strife is, there is confusion and every evil work.
- Jas 4:1 — From whence come wars and fightings among you? come they not hence, even of your lusts that war in your members?
- Jas 4:16 — But now ye rejoice in your boastings: all such rejoicing is evil.
- Jas 5:19 — Brethren, if any of you do err from the truth, and one convert him;
- Jer 9:23 — Thus saith the LORD, Let not the wise man glory in his wisdom, neither let the mighty man glory in his might, let not the rich man glory in his riches:
- John 3:26 — And they came unto John, and said unto him, Rabbi, he that was with thee beyond Jordan, to whom thou barest witness, behold, the same baptizeth, and all men come to him.
- John 12:11 — Because that by reason of him many of the Jews went away, and believed on Jesus.
- Luke 9:54 — And when his disciples James and John saw this, they said, Lord, wilt thou that we command fire to come down from heaven, and consume them, even as Elias did?
- Mark 9:50 — Salt is good: but if the salt have lost his saltness, wherewith will ye season it? Have salt in yourselves, and have peace one with another.
- Matt 18:35 — So likewise shall my heavenly Father do also unto you, if ye from your hearts forgive not every one his brother their trespasses.
- Num 11:29 — And Moses said unto him, Enviest thou for my sake? would God that all the LORD’s people were prophets, and that the LORD would put his spirit upon them!
- Phil 1:15 — Some indeed preach Christ even of envy and strife; and some also of good will:
- Phil 2:3 — Let nothing be done through strife or vainglory; but in lowliness of mind let each esteem other better than themselves.
- Phil 2:3 — Let nothing be done through strife or vainglory; but in lowliness of mind let each esteem other better than themselves.
- Phil 2:14 — Do all things without murmurings and disputings:
- Prov 6:19 — A false witness that speaketh lies, and he that soweth discord among brethren.
- Prov 13:10 — Only by pride cometh contention: but with the well advised is wisdom.
- Prov 14:30 — A sound heart is the life of the flesh: but envy the rottenness of the bones.