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James 4:5
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James 4:5
5Do ye think that the scripture saith in vain, The spirit that dwelleth in us lusteth to envy?
5Doe ye thinke that the Scripture saith in vaine, the spirit that dwelleth in vs lusteth ‖to enuy?
- Or, enuiously.
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DEFINED WORDS
James 4:5
To form or hold a thought; to judge, suppose, intend, consider, remember, imagine, or esteem, according to context.
Meaning drawn from: Webster 1828 · KJV usage (PCE + 1611)
Writing; particularly, the sacred writings.
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Empty, worthless, fruitless, false, or without effect.
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Lusts; strongly desires or craves, especially in a sinful or fleshly way.
Meaning drawn from: KJV usage (PCE + 1611) · Strong 1890 (KJV alignment witness)
Resentful desire at another's good; as a verb, to feel such jealousy.
Meaning drawn from: KJV usage (PCE + 1611)
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Open the full verse study16And what agreement hath the temple of God with idols? for ye are the temple of the living God; as God hath said, I will dwell in them, and walk in them; and I will be their God, and they shall be my people.
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Open the full verse study19What? know ye not that your body is the temple of the Holy Ghost which is in you, which ye have of God, and ye are not your own?
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Open the full verse study29And Moses said unto him, Enviest thou for my sake? would God that all the Lord’s people were prophets, and that the Lord would put his spirit upon them!
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Open the full verse study3For we ourselves also were sometimes foolish, disobedient, deceived, serving divers lusts and pleasures, living in malice and envy, hateful, and hating one another.
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Open the full verse study21And the Lord smelled a sweet savour; and the Lord said in his heart, I will not again curse the ground any more for man’s sake; for the imagination of man’s heart is evil from his youth; neither will I again smite any more every thing living, as I have done.
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Open the full verse study1FRET not thyself because of evildoers, neither be thou envious against the workers of iniquity.
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Open the full verse study5¶ And God saw that the wickedness of man was great in the earth, and that every imagination of the thoughts of his heart was only evil continually.
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Open the full verse study14For he had possession of flocks, and possession of herds, and great store of servants: and the Philistines envied him.
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Open the full verse study1AND when Rachel saw that she bare Jacob no children, Rachel envied her sister; and said unto Jacob, Give me children, or else I die.
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Open the full verse study11And his brethren envied him; but his father observed the saying.
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Open the full verse study35If he called them gods, unto whom the word of God came, and the scripture cannot be broken;
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Open the full verse study10The soul of the wicked desireth evil: his neighbour findeth no favour in his eyes.
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Open the full verse study9And the patriarchs, moved with envy, sold Joseph into Egypt: but God was with him,
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Open the full verse study4¶ Again, I considered all travail, and every right work, that for this a man is envied of his neighbour. This is also vanity and vexation of spirit.
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Open the full verse study8And the scripture, foreseeing that God would justify the heathen through faith, preached before the gospel unto Abraham, saying, In thee shall all nations be blessed.
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Open the full verse study5But unto Cain and to his offering he had not respect. And Cain was very wroth, and his countenance fell.
6And the Lord said unto Cain, Why art thou wroth? and why is thy countenance fallen?
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Open the full verse study16They envied Moses also in the camp, and Aaron the saint of the Lord.
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Open the full verse study29Being filled with all unrighteousness, fornication, wickedness, covetousness, maliciousness; full of envy, murder, debate, deceit, malignity; whisperers,
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Open the full verse study13The 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.
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Open the full verse study17For the scripture saith unto Pharaoh, Even for this same purpose have I raised thee up, that I might shew my power in thee, and that my name might be declared throughout all the earth.
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Open the full verse study37And again another scripture saith, They shall look on him whom they pierced.
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Open the full verse study42Hath not the scripture said, That Christ cometh of the seed of David, and out of the town of Bethlehem, where David was?
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