James 3:14
But if ye have bitter envying and strife in your hearts, glory not, and lie not against the truth.
Cross-reference
In James 3:16, the same vices (jealousy and selfish ambition) lead to disorder, showing the destructive outcome warned in James 3:14.
James 4:1-5 traces quarrels and wars to the same selfish desires and envy, revealing the root of conflicts.
James 4:16 condemns boasting in arrogance, directly echoing James 3:14's warning against boasting falsely.
Galatians 5:26 warns against conceit and envying one another, mirroring the selfish ambition and envy in this verse.
Genesis 30:1 shows Rachel's bitter envy of Leah's children, a vivid example of the envy James condemns.
In Romans 13:13, jealousy and quarreling are behaviors to avoid — directly matching the warning about bitter jealousy and selfish ambition.
In 1 Corinthians 3:3, jealousy and strife mark worldly behavior — the same fruit of bitter envy and selfish ambition James describes.
1 Corinthians 4:7 directly rebukes boasting about what one has received—echoes James' point that such boasting is false to the truth.
In 1 Corinthians 13:4, love does not envy or boast — the opposite of the bitter jealousy and selfish ambition warned against here.
In 2 Corinthians 12:20, Paul fears finding jealousy, selfish ambition, and disorder — the very things James warns stem from bitter envy.
Galatians 5:15 shows the destructive outcome of bitter envy and selfish ambition — biting and devouring one another.
Galatians 5:21 lists 'envyings' as a work of the flesh, directly echoing the 'bitter envy' warned against here.
In Romans 1:29, envy and strife are listed among sins — the same vices that stem from bitter jealousy and selfish ambition.
Philippians 1:15 describes preaching Christ from envy and rivalry, an example of the selfish ambition condemned here.
Philippians 2:3 explicitly forbids selfish ambition and conceit, the very attitudes addressed here.
1 Timothy 6:4 describes someone puffed up with conceit and morbid craving for controversy, tied to envy — similar to the bitter envy here.
Titus 3:3 recalls that we once lived in malice and envy, identifying these attitudes as part of our former sinful nature.
1 Peter 2:1 commands putting away envy, directly addressing the 'bitter envy' that believers must renounce.
In Acts 7:9, the patriarchs' jealousy of Joseph leads to selling him — a concrete case of bitter envy causing harm.
Genesis 37:11 depicts Joseph's brothers' jealousy, a classic example of bitter envy James warns against.
Proverbs 14:30 says envy rots the bones, directly supporting James 3:14's warning about envy's harm.
In Matthew 27:18, envy is the motive behind delivering Jesus — the same bitter jealousy James warns against.
In Acts 5:17, the high priest and Sadducees are filled with jealousy — an example of the bitter envy James condemns.
In Acts 13:45, Jews filled with jealousy contradict Paul — illustrating the destructive outcome of bitter envy.
Mark 15:10 shows envy as the motive for handing Jesus over — the same 'bitter envy' James warns produces evil.
John 3:26 shows John's disciples envious of Jesus' success — the bitter envy James warns against.
Ephesians 4:31 commands putting away bitterness — exactly the 'bitter envy' James warns against.
Proverbs 13:10 directly links insolence to strife, showing that the envy and ambition in James lead to the same outcome.
In Psalm 37:8, the command to cease from anger parallels James' warning against bitter jealousy—both address destructive emotions.
In Numbers 11:29, Moses rebukes jealousy and desires all to be prophets—opposite of the bitter jealousy James condemns.
Proverbs 17:14 warns that strife begins like a leak — James identifies the internal attitudes (envy, ambition) as that beginning.
Proverbs 27:4 highlights jealousy's overwhelming power, similar to James's caution against bitter envy.
Proverbs 17:19 says loving transgression leads to loving strife — James shows that selfish ambition is that kind of transgression.
Proverbs 16:28 says a dishonest man spreads strife — James condemns envy that leads to falsehood and strife. Shared theme of deceit causing division.
Proverbs 15:18 attributes strife to hot temper, while James points to envy — both cause conflict but from different roots.
Colossians 3:8 lists vices to put away (anger, wrath, malice) similar to James 3:14's bitter envy and selfish ambition.
Job 5:2 states that jealousy kills the foolish, reinforcing James's point that envy is destructive.
Proverbs 20:3 honors avoiding strife, while James warns against the attitudes that create it — both see strife as negative.