James 4:16

Geneva Bible (1560)

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

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  • 1 Cor 5:6 : 6 Your reioycing is not good: knowe ye not that a litle leauen, leaueneth ye whole lumpe?
  • Jas 3:14 : 14 But if ye haue bitter enuying and strife in your hearts, reioyce not, neither be liars against the trueth.
  • Isa 47:10 : 10 For thou hast trusted in thy wickednesse: thou hast sayd, None seeth me. Thy wisdom and thy knowledge, they haue caused thee to rebel, & thou hast saide in thine heart, I am, and none els.
  • Ps 52:1 : 1 To him that excelleth. A Psalme of Dauid to giue instruction. When Doeg the Edomite came and shewed Saul, and saide to him, Dauid is come to the house of Abimelech. Why boastest thou thy selfe in thy wickednesse, O man of power? the louing kindenesse of God indureth dayly.
  • Ps 52:7 : 7 Beholde the man that tooke not God for his strength, but trusted vnto the multitude of his riches, and put his strength in his malice.
  • Prov 25:14 : 14 A man that boasteth of false liberalitie, is like cloudes and winde without raine.
  • Prov 27:1 : 1 Boast not thy selfe of to morowe: for thou knowest not what a day may bring forth.
  • Isa 47:7-8 : 7 And thou saidest, I shal be a ladie for euer, so that thou diddest not set thy mind to these things, neither diddest thou remeber ye latter end therof. 8 Therefore nowe heare, thou that art giuen to pleasures, and dwellest carelesse, Shee sayeth in her heart, I am and none els: I shall not sit as a widowe, neither shall knowe the losse of children.
  • 1 Cor 4:7-8 : 7 For who separateth thee? And what hast thou, that thou hast not receiued? If thou hast receiued it, why reioycest thou, as though thou haddest not receiued it? 8 Nowe ye are full: nowe ye are made rich: ye reigne as kings without vs, and would to God ye did reigne, that we also might reigne with you.
  • Rev 18:7 : 7 In as much as she glorified her selfe, and liued in pleasure, so much giue ye to her torment & sorow: for she saith in her heart, I sit being a queene, and am no widowe, and shall see no mourning.

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    16And to preache the Gospel in those regions which are beyonde you: not to reioyce in another mans line, that is, in the thinges that are prepared alreadie.

    17But let him that reioyceth, reioyce in the Lorde.

  • Jas 4:17
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    17Therefore, to him that knoweth howe to doe well, and doeth it not, to him it is sinne.

  • 1 Cor 5:6
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    6Your reioycing is not good: knowe ye not that a litle leauen, leaueneth ye whole lumpe?

  • 1 Cor 1:31
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    31That, according as it is written, Hee that reioyceth, let him reioyce in the Lord.

  • Jas 4:15
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    15For that ye ought to say, If the Lord will, and, if we liue, we will doe this or that.

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    4Wherein it seemeth to them strange, that yee runne not with them vnto the same excesse of riot: therefore speake they euill of you,

  • Rom 14:16
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    16Cause not your commoditie to be euill spoken of.

  • Jas 3:14
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    14But if ye haue bitter enuying and strife in your hearts, reioyce not, neither be liars against the trueth.

  • 2 Cor 11:17-18
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    17That I speake, I speake it not after the Lord: but as it were foolishly, in this my great boasting.

    18Seeing that many reioyce after the flesh, I will reioyce also.

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

  • Prov 2:14
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    14Which reioyce in doing euill, and delite in the frowardnesse of the wicked,

  • 1 Pet 4:13
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    13But reioyce, in asmuch as ye are partakers of Christs suffrings, that when his glory shall appeare, ye may be glad and reioyce.

  • Gal 6:4
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    4But let euery man prooue his owne worke: and then shal he haue reioycing in himselfe onely and not in another.

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    2And ye are puffed vp and haue not rather sorowed, that he which hath done this deede, might be put from among you.

  • 1 Cor 1:29
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    29That no flesh shoulde reioyce in his presence.

  • Ps 52:1
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  • Mal 3:15
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    15Therefore wee count the proude blessed: euen they that worke wickednesse, are set vp, and they that tempt God, yea, they are deliuered.

  • 1 Cor 4:7-8
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    7For who separateth thee? And what hast thou, that thou hast not receiued? If thou hast receiued it, why reioycest thou, as though thou haddest not receiued it?

    8Nowe ye are full: nowe ye are made rich: ye reigne as kings without vs, and would to God ye did reigne, that we also might reigne with you.

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    16Reioyce euermore.

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    3For the wicked hath made boast of his owne heartes desire, and the couetous blesseth himselfe: he contemneth the Lord.

  • Prov 27:1
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    1Boast not thy selfe of to morowe: for thou knowest not what a day may bring forth.

  • 1 Cor 3:21
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    21Therefore let no man reioyce in men: for all things are yours.

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    17Beholde, thou art called a Iewe, and restest in the Lawe, and gloriest in God,

  • 1 Cor 6:8
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    8Nay, yee your selues doe wrong, and doe harme, and that to your brethren.

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    13Goe to now ye that say, To day or to morowe we will goe into such a citie, and continue there a yeere, and bye and sell, and get gaine,

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

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    23Thou that gloriest in the Lawe, through breaking the Lawe, dishonourest thou God?

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

  • 1 Thess 2:20
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    6In the transgression of an euill man is his snare: but the righteous doeth sing and reioyce.

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    4A hautie looke, and a proude heart, which is the light of the wicked, is sinne.

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    19For your obedience is come abroade among all: I am glad therefore of you: but yet I woulde haue you wise vnto that which is good, and simple concerning euill.

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    9The triall of their countenance testifieth against them, yea, they declare their sinnes as Sodom, they hide them not. Wo be vnto their soules: for they haue rewarded euil vnto themselues.

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    5Hee that mocketh the poore, reprocheth him, that made him: and he that reioyceth at destruction, shall not be vnpunished.

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    4Lest if they of Macedonia come with me, and finde you vnprepared, we (that wee may not say, you) should be ashamed in this my constant boasting.

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    17Bee thou not glad when thine enemie falleth, and let not thine heart reioyce when hee stumbleth,

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    9Let the brother of lowe degree reioyce in that he is exalted:

  • 1 Pet 1:6
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    18Boast not thy selfe against the branches: and if thou boast thy selfe, thou bearest not the roote, but the roote thee.