James 3:16

Geneva Bible (1560)

For where enuying and strife is, there is sedition, and all maner of euill workes.

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Referenced Verses

  • 1 Cor 3:3 : 3 For yee are yet carnall: for whereas there is among you enuying, and strife, and diuisions, are ye not carnall, and walke as men?
  • Jas 3:14 : 14 But if ye haue bitter enuying and strife in your hearts, reioyce not, neither be liars against the trueth.
  • 1 John 3:12 : 12 Not as Cain which was of that wicked one, and slewe his brother: and wherefore slewe he him? because his owne workes were euill, and his brothers good.
  • Gal 5:20 : 20 Idolatrie, witchcraft, hatred, debate, emulations, wrath, contentions, seditions, heresies,
  • 1 Cor 14:33 : 33 For God is not the author of confusion, but of peace, as we see in all ye Churches of the Saints.
  • Gen 11:9 : 9 Therefore the name of it was called Babel, because the Lorde did there confounde the language of all the earth: from thence then did the Lord scatter them vpon all the earth.
  • Acts 19:29 : 29 And the whole citie was full of confusion, and they rushed into the common place with one assent, and caught Gaius, and Aristarchus, men of Macedonia, and Pauls companions of his iourney.

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    13 Who is a wise man & endued with knowledge among you? let him shew by good conuersation his workes in meekenesse of wisdome.

    14 But if ye haue bitter enuying and strife in your hearts, reioyce not, neither be liars against the trueth.

    15 This wisedome descendeth not from aboue, but is earthly, sensuall, and deuilish.

  • Jas 3:17-18
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    17 But the wisedome that is from aboue, is first pure, then peaceable, gentle, easie to be intreated, full of mercie & good fruites, without iudging, and without hipocrisie.

    18 And the fruite of righteousnesse is sowen in peace, of them that make peace.

  • 1 Cor 3:3
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    3 For yee are yet carnall: for whereas there is among you enuying, and strife, and diuisions, are ye not carnall, and walke as men?

  • Jas 4:4-5
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    4 Ye adulterers and adulteresses, knowe ye not that the amitie of the world is the enimitie of God? Whosoeuer therefore will be a friend of the world, maketh himselfe the enemie of God.

    5 Doe ye thinke that the Scripture sayeth in vaine, The spirit that dwelleth in vs, lusteth after enuie?

  • Phil 1:15-16
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    15 Some preache. Christ euen through enuie and strife, and some also of good will.

    16 The one part preacheth Christ of contention and not purely, supposing to adde more affliction to my bandes.

  • 1 Tim 6:4
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    4 He is puft vp & knoweth nothing, but doteth about questions & strife of words, whereof commeth enuie, strife, railings, euill surmisings,

  • Prov 27:4
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    4 Anger is cruell, and wrath is raging: but who can stand before enuie?

  • Jas 4:1-2
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    1 From whence are warres and contentions among you? are they not hence, euen of your pleasures, that fight in your members?

    2 Ye lust, and haue not: ye enuie, and desire immoderately, and cannot obtaine: ye fight and warre, and get nothing, because ye aske not.

  • Gal 5:20
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    20 Idolatrie, witchcraft, hatred, debate, emulations, wrath, contentions, seditions, heresies,

  • Prov 16:28
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    28 A frowarde person soweth strife: and a tale teller maketh diuision among princes.

  • 2 Cor 12:20
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    20 For I feare least when I come, I shall not finde you such as I would: and that I shalbe found vnto you such as ye woulde not, and least there be strife, enuying, wrath, contentions, backebitings, whisperings, swellings and discord.

  • Prov 14:30
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    30 A sounde heart is the life of the flesh: but enuie is the rotting of the bones.

  • Prov 17:14
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    14 The beginning of strife is as one that openeth the waters: therefore or the contention be medled with, leaue off.

  • Prov 13:10
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    10 Onely by pride doeth man make contention: but with the well aduised is wisdome.

  • Gal 5:26
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    26 Let vs not be desirous of vaine glorie, prouoking one another, enuying one another.

  • Job 5:2
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    2 Doubtlesse anger killeth the foolish, and enuie slayeth the idiote.

  • Jas 1:19-20
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    19 Wherefore my deare brethren, let euery man be swift to heare, slowe to speake, and slowe to wrath.

    20 For the wrath of man doeth not accomplish the righteousnesse of God.

  • Prov 6:14
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    14 Lewde things are in his heart: he imagineth euill at all times, and raiseth vp contentions.

  • 1 John 2:16
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    16 For all that is in this world (as the lust of the flesh, the lust of the eyes, and the pride of life) is not of the Father, but is of this world.

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    16 But nowe ye reioyce in your boastings: all such reioycing is euill.

  • Prov 15:18
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    18 An angrie man stirreth vp strife: but hee that is slowe to wrath, appeaseth strife.

  • Prov 24:1
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    1 Bee not thou enuious against euill men, neither desire to be with them.

  • Rom 1:29
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    29 Being full of all vnrighteousnesse, fornication, wickednes, couetousnes, maliciousnes, full of enuie, of murther, of debate, of deceit, taking all things in the euill part, whisperers,

  • Titus 3:3
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    3 For wee our selues also were in times past vnwise, disobedient, deceiued, seruing the lustes and diuers pleasures, liuing in maliciousnes and enuie, hatefull, and hating one another:

  • Jas 1:15
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    15 Then when lust hath conceiued, it bringeth foorth sinne, and sinne when it is finished, bringeth foorth death.

  • Prov 6:19
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    19 A false witnesse that speaketh lyes, and him that rayseth vp contentions among brethren.

  • 1 Cor 14:33
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    33 For God is not the author of confusion, but of peace, as we see in all ye Churches of the Saints.

  • 1 John 3:12
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    12 Not as Cain which was of that wicked one, and slewe his brother: and wherefore slewe he him? because his owne workes were euill, and his brothers good.

  • Prov 29:22
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    22 An angrie man stirreth vp strife, and a furious man aboundeth in transgression.

  • Jas 1:8
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    8 A double minded man is vnstable in all his waies.

  • 2 Thess 3:11
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    11 For we heare, that there are some which walke among you inordinately, and worke not at all, but are busie bodies.

  • Jas 3:10
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    10 Out of one mouth proceedeth blessing and cursing: my brethren, these things ought not so to be.

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    1 Wherefore, laying aside all maliciousnes, and all guile, and dissimulation, and enuie, and all euill speaking,

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    3 For I feared at the foolish, when I sawe the prosperitie of the wicked.

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    16 Destruction & calamity are in their waies,

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    19 He loueth transgression, that loueth strife: and he that exalteth his gate, seeketh destruction.

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    19 For out of the heart come euil thoughts, murders, adulteries, fornications, thefts, false testimonies, slaunders.

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    1 For the desire thereof hee will separate himselfe to seeke it, and occupie himselfe in all wisdome.

  • Mark 7:21-22
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    21 For from within, euen out of the heart of men, proceede euill thoughtes, adulteries, fornications, murthers,

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