James 3:14

But if you harbor bitter jealousy and selfish ambition in your hearts, do not boast in it or deny the truth.

Cross References (38)

  • James 3:16 (49)

    For where jealousy and selfish ambition exist, there will be disorder and every evil practice.

  • 1 Corinthians 13:4 (40)

    Love is patient, love is kind. It does not envy, it does not boast, it is not proud.

  • Philippians 2:3 (21)

    Do nothing out of selfish ambition or empty pride, but in humility consider others more important than yourselves.

  • 1 Corinthians 3:3 (11)

    for you are still worldly. For since there is jealousy and dissension among you, are you not worldly? Are you not walkin

  • Romans 13:13 (9)

    Let us behave decently, as in the daytime, not in carousing and drunkenness, not in sexual immorality and debauchery, no

  • 2 Corinthians 12:20 (8)

    For I am afraid that when I come, I may not find you as I wish, and you may not find me as you wish. I fear that there m

  • 1 Peter 2:1–2 (7)

    Rid yourselves, therefore, of all malice, deceit, hypocrisy, envy, and slander.

  • Philippians 1:15 (6)

    It is true that some preach Christ out of envy and rivalry, but others out of goodwill.

  • James 5:19 (4)

    My brothers, if one of you should wander from the truth and someone should bring him back,

  • Titus 3:3 (4)

    For at one time we too were foolish, disobedient, misled, and enslaved to all sorts of desires and pleasures—living in m

  • 1 Timothy 6:4 (4)

    he is conceited and understands nothing. Instead, he has an unhealthy interest in controversies and disputes about words

  • Acts 5:17 (3)

    Then the high priest and all his associates, who belonged to the party of the Sadducees, were filled with jealousy. They

  • Romans 2:8 (3)

    But for those who are self-seeking and who reject the truth and follow wickedness, there will be wrath and anger.

  • 1 Corinthians 5:2 (3)

    And you are proud! Shouldn’t you rather have been stricken with grief and have removed from your fellowship the man who

  • Proverbs 27:4 (3)

    Wrath is cruel and anger is like a flood, but who can withstand jealousy?

  • Proverbs 14:30 (3)

    A tranquil heart is life to the body, but envy rots the bones.

  • 2 Kings 10:31 (3)

    Yet Jehu was not careful to follow the instruction of the LORD, the God of Israel, with all his heart. He did not turn a

  • Romans 2:23–29 (3)

    You who boast in the law, do you dishonor God by breaking the law?

  • Matthew 27:18 (2)

    For he knew it was out of envy that they had handed Jesus over to him.

  • Acts 26:9 (2)

    So then, I too was convinced that I ought to do all I could to oppose the name of Jesus of Nazareth.

  • Genesis 37:11 (2)

    And his brothers were jealous of him, but his father kept in mind what he had said.

  • Isaiah 11:13 (2)

    Then the jealousy of Ephraim will depart, and the adversaries of Judah will be cut off. Ephraim will no longer envy Juda

  • Galatians 5:26 (2)

    Let us not become conceited, provoking and envying one another.

  • 1 Corinthians 4:7–8 (2)

    For who makes you so superior? What do you have that you did not receive? And if you did receive it, why do you boast as

  • James 4:1–5 (2)

    What causes conflicts and quarrels among you? Don’t they come from the passions at war within you?

  • John 16:2 (2)

    They will put you out of the synagogues. In fact, a time is coming when anyone who kills you will think he is offering a

  • Galatians 6:13 (2)

    For the circumcised do not even keep the law themselves, yet they want you to be circumcised that they may boast in your

  • Galatians 5:15 (2)

    But if you keep on biting and devouring one another, watch out, or you will be consumed by one another.

  • Habakkuk 1:3 (2)

    Why do You make me see iniquity? Why do You tolerate wrongdoing? Destruction and violence are before me. Strife is ongoi

  • Genesis 30:1–2 (2)

    When Rachel saw that she was not bearing any children for Jacob, she envied her sister. “Give me children, or I will die

  • Romans 2:17 (2)

    Now you, if you call yourself a Jew; if you rely on the law and boast in God;

  • Galatians 5:21 (2)

    and envy; drunkenness, orgies, and the like. I warn you, as I did before, that those who practice such things will not i

  • Job 5:2 (2)

    For resentment kills a fool, and envy slays the simple.

  • 2 Kings 10:16 (2)

    saying, “Come with me and see my zeal for the LORD!” So he had him ride in his chariot.

  • 1 Corinthians 5:6 (2)

    Your boasting is not good. Do you not know that a little leaven works through the whole batch of dough?

  • Acts 13:45 (2)

    But when the Jews saw the crowds, they were filled with jealousy, and they blasphemously contradicted what Paul was sayi

  • Romans 1:29 (2)

    They have become filled with every kind of wickedness, evil, greed, and depravity. They are full of envy, murder, strife

  • Acts 7:9 (1)

    Because the patriarchs were jealous of Joseph, they sold him as a slave into Egypt. But God was with him