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James 3:14

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But if ye have bitter envying and strife in your hearts, glory not, and lie not against the truth.
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  1. James 3:16Rank 1 from verse 14
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    16For where envying and strife is, there is confusion and every evil work.

  2. 1 Corinthians 13:4Rank 2 from verse 14
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    4Charity suffereth long, and is kind; charity envieth not; charity vaunteth not itself, is not puffed up,

  3. Philippians 2:3Rank 3 from verse 14
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    3Let nothing be done through strife or vainglory; but in lowliness of mind let each esteem other better than themselves.

  4. 1 Corinthians 3:3Rank 4 from verse 14
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    3For ye are yet carnal: for whereas there is among you envying, and strife, and divisions, are ye not carnal, and walk as men?

  5. Romans 13:13Rank 5 from verse 14
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    13Let us walk honestly, as in the day; not in rioting and drunkenness, not in chambering and wantonness, not in strife and envying.

  6. 2 Corinthians 12:20Rank 6 from verse 14
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    20For 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, swellings, tumults:

  7. 1 Peter 2:1–2Rank 7 from verse 14
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    1WHEREFORE laying aside all malice, and all guile, and hypocrisies, and envies, and all evil speakings,

    2As newborn babes, desire the sincere milk of the word, that ye may grow thereby:

  8. Philippians 1:15Rank 8 from verse 14
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    15Some indeed preach Christ even of envy and strife; and some also of good will:

  9. 1 Timothy 6:4Rank 9 from verse 14
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    4He is proud, knowing nothing, but doting about questions and strifes of words, whereof cometh envy, strife, railings, evil surmisings,

  10. James 5:19Rank 10 from verse 14
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    19Brethren, if any of you do err from the truth, and one convert him;

  11. Titus 3:3Rank 11 from verse 14
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    3For we ourselves also were sometimes foolish, disobedient, deceived, serving divers lusts and pleasures, living in malice and envy, hateful, and hating one another.

  12. 1 Corinthians 5:2Rank 12 from verse 14
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    2And ye are puffed up, and have not rather mourned, that he that hath done this deed might be taken away from among you.

  13. 2 Kings 10:31Rank 13 from verse 14
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    31But 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.

  14. Acts 5:17Rank 14 from verse 14
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    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,

  15. Proverbs 14:30Rank 15 from verse 14
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    30A sound heart is the life of the flesh: but envy the rottenness of the bones.

  16. Proverbs 27:4Rank 16 from verse 14
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    4Wrath is cruel, and anger is outrageous; but who is able to stand before envy?

  17. Romans 2:23–29Rank 17 from verse 14
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    23Thou that makest thy boast of the law, through breaking the law dishonourest thou God?

    24For the name of God is blasphemed among the Gentiles through you, as it is written.

    25For circumcision verily profiteth, if thou keep the law: but if thou be a breaker of the law, thy circumcision is made uncircumcision.

    26Therefore if the uncircumcision keep the righteousness of the law, shall not his uncircumcision be counted for circumcision?

    27And shall not uncircumcision which is by nature, if it fulfil the law, judge thee, who by the letter and circumcision dost transgress the law?

    28For he is not a Jew, which is one outwardly; neither is that circumcision, which is outward in the flesh:

    29But he is a Jew, which is one inwardly; and circumcision is that of the heart, in the spirit, and not in the letter; whose praise is not of men, but of God.

  18. Romans 2:8Rank 18 from verse 14
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    8But unto them that are contentious, and do not obey the truth, but obey unrighteousness, indignation and wrath,

  19. 1 Corinthians 4:7–8Rank 19 from verse 14
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    7For who maketh thee to differ from another? and what hast thou that thou didst not receive? now if thou didst receive it, why dost thou glory, as if thou hadst not received it?

    8Now ye are full, now ye are rich, ye have reigned as kings without us: and I would to God ye did reign, that we also might reign with you.

  20. 1 Corinthians 5:6Rank 20 from verse 14
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    6Your glorying is not good. Know ye not that a little leaven leaveneth the whole lump?

  21. 2 Kings 10:16Rank 21 from verse 14
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    16And he said, Come with me, and see my zeal for the Lord. So they made him ride in his chariot.

  22. Acts 13:45Rank 22 from verse 14
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    45But when the Jews saw the multitudes, they were filled with envy, and spake against those things which were spoken by Paul, contradicting and blaspheming.

  23. Acts 26:9Rank 23 from verse 14
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    9I verily thought with myself, that I ought to do many things contrary to the name of Jesus of Nazareth.

  24. Galatians 5:15Rank 24 from verse 14
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    15But if ye bite and devour one another, take heed that ye be not consumed one of another.

  25. Galatians 5:21Rank 25 from verse 14
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    21Envyings, murders, drunkenness, revellings, and such like: of the which I tell you before, as I have also told you in time past, that they which do such things shall not inherit the kingdom of God.

  26. Galatians 5:26Rank 26 from verse 14
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    26Let us not be desirous of vain glory, provoking one another, envying one another.

  27. Galatians 6:13Rank 27 from verse 14
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    13For neither they themselves who are circumcised keep the law; but desire to have you circumcised, that they may glory in your flesh.

  28. Genesis 30:1–2Rank 28 from verse 14
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    1AND when Rachel saw that she bare Jacob no children, Rachel envied her sister; and said unto Jacob, Give me children, or else I die.

    2And Jacob’s anger was kindled against Rachel: and he said, Am I in God’s stead, who hath withheld from thee the fruit of the womb?

  29. Genesis 37:11Rank 29 from verse 14
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    11And his brethren envied him; but his father observed the saying.

  30. Habakkuk 1:3Rank 30 from verse 14
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    3Why dost thou shew me iniquity, and cause me to behold grievance? for spoiling and violence are before me: and there are that raise up strife and contention.

  31. Isaiah 11:13Rank 31 from verse 14
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    13The envy also of Ephraim shall depart, and the adversaries of Judah shall be cut off: Ephraim shall not envy Judah, and Judah shall not vex Ephraim.

  32. James 4:1–5Rank 32 from verse 14
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    1FROM whence come wars and fightings among you? come they not hence, even of your lusts that war in your members?

    2Ye lust, and have not: ye kill, and desire to have, and cannot obtain: ye fight and war, yet ye have not, because ye ask not.

    3Ye ask, and receive not, because ye ask amiss, that ye may consume it upon your lusts.

    4Ye adulterers and adulteresses, know ye not that the friendship of the world is enmity with God? whosoever therefore will be a friend of the world is the enemy of God.

    5Do ye think that the scripture saith in vain, The spirit that dwelleth in us lusteth to envy?

  33. Job 5:2Rank 33 from verse 14
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    2For wrath killeth the foolish man, and envy slayeth the silly one.

  34. John 16:2Rank 34 from verse 14
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    2They shall put you out of the synagogues: yea, the time cometh, that whosoever killeth you will think that he doeth God service.

  35. Matthew 27:18Rank 35 from verse 14
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    18For he knew that for envy they had delivered him.

  36. Romans 1:29Rank 36 from verse 14
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    29Being filled with all unrighteousness, fornication, wickedness, covetousness, maliciousness; full of envy, murder, debate, deceit, malignity; whisperers,

  37. Romans 2:17Rank 37 from verse 14
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    17Behold, thou art called a Jew, and restest in the law, and makest thy boast of God,

  38. Acts 7:9Rank 38 from verse 14
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    9And the patriarchs, moved with envy, sold Joseph into Egypt: but God was with him,

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James 3:14

COMBINED MEANING

but

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Sense 1: However; marking contrast or qualification. Sense 2: Except or unless; excluding all others or alternatives. Sense 3: Only; no more than what follows.

Meaning drawn from: KJV context and cross-references · Skeat 1893 · Webster 1828

COMBINED MEANING

ye

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The second-person plural subject pronoun, referring to the persons being addressed as those who are, do, or receive the stated predicate.

Meaning drawn from: KJV context and cross-references

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bitter

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Having a sharp, unpleasant taste opposed to sweet; grievous, harsh, painful, sorrowful, resentful, or severe in condition, feeling, speech, or effect.

Meaning drawn from: KJV context and cross-references

COMBINED MEANING

envying

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Present-participial or verbal-noun form of envy, meaning to feel such jealousy.

Meaning drawn from: KJV context and cross-references · Webster 1828

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in

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1. A preposition marking position, presence, state, circumstance, manner, means, sphere, reference, relation, association, or participation. 2. As an adverb, inward, inside, or into the place or position referred to.

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your

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The possessive form of ye or you, ordinarily plural, marking what belongs to, concerns, proceeds from, or stands in relation to the persons addressed.

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hearts

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The inward lives of persons: their thoughts, understanding, conscience, affections, desires, purposes, will, courage, or disposition.

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glory

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Sense 1: Splendour, honour, praise, majesty, or a ground of rejoicing or boasting. Sense 2: To boast, exult, take pride, or rejoice in a person or thing.

Meaning drawn from: KJV context and cross-references

COMBINED MEANING

lie

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Sense 1: To recline, rest, remain, or be situated. Sense 2: In ‘lie with,’ to have sexual intercourse. Sense 3: To speak falsely. Sense 4: A false statement or deception.

Meaning drawn from: KJV context and cross-references

COMBINED MEANING

against

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Opposed to, contrary to, facing, toward, or in contact with; in some settings, exposed to or ready for a stated time.

Meaning drawn from: KJV context and cross-references · Skeat 1893

COMBINED MEANING

truth

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1. That which is true; conformity to fact or reality. 2. Faithfulness. 3. God's revealed word.

Meaning drawn from: Direct Scripture definition · KJV context and cross-references · Webster 1828

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3:13Who is a wise man and endued with knowledge among you? let him shew out of a good conversation his works with meekness of wisdom.

3:14But if ye have bitter envying and strife in your hearts, glory not, and lie not against the truth.

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3:15This wisdom descendeth not from above, but is earthly, sensual, devilish.

3:16For where envying and strife is, there is confusion and every evil work.

3:17But the wisdom that is from above is first pure, then peaceable, gentle, and easy to be intreated, full of mercy and good fruits, without partiality, and without hypocrisy.

3:18And the fruit of righteousness is sown in peace of them that make peace.

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