James 3:14

“But if ye have bitter envying and strife in your hearts, glory not, and lie not against the truth.”

"But if ye have bitter envying and strife in your hearts, glory not, and lie not against the truth." - James 3:14
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What does James 3:14 mean?

The Bible verse James 3:14 in the King James Version (KJV) reads, "But if ye have bitter envying and strife in your hearts, glory not, and lie not against the truth." This verse is part of a larger passage in the book of James that addresses the power of the tongue and the…

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The Weight of Envy: A Heart Divided

**Scriptural Foundation** James 3:14 (KJV): "But if ye have bitter envying and strife in your hearts, glory not, and lie not against the truth." **Introduction** James, the brother of our Lord Jesus Christ, writes to the early church with a heart full of wisdom and revelation…

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A Prayer for Purity of Heart: Overcoming Bitter Envy and Strife

Heavenly Father, in the stillness of this moment, we come before You with hearts laid bare and spirits yearning for Your truth. We acknowledge the powerful words of James 3:14, which reminds us, "But if ye have bitter envying and strife in your hearts, glory not, and lie not…

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James 3:14 - "But if ye have bitter envying and strife in your hearts, glory not, and lie not against the truth."
James 3:14-16 - "But if you harbor bitter envy and selfish ambition in your hearts, do not boast about it or deny the truth. Such “wisdom” does not come down from heaven but is earthly, unspiritual, demonic. For where you have envy and selfish ambition, there you find disorder and every evil practice."
"But if you harbor bitter envy and selfish ambition in your hearts, do not boast about it or deny the truth. Such “wisdom” does not come down from heaven but is earthly, unspiritual, demonic. For where you have envy and selfish ambition, there you find disorder and every evil practice." - James 3:14-16
James 5:14-15
Mark 3:17 - "And James the son of Zebedee, and John the brother of James; and he surnamed them Boanerges, which is, The sons of thunder:"
James 1:3 - "Knowing this, that the trying of your faith worketh patience."
James 3:18 - "And the fruit of righteousness is sown in peace of them that make peace."
James 3:15 - "This wisdom descendeth not from above, but is earthly, sensual, devilish."
Mark 14:33 - "And he taketh with him Peter and James and John, and began to be sore amazed, and to be very heavy;"
James 3:16 - "For where envying and strife is, there is confusion and every evil work."
James 1:14 - "But every man is tempted, when he is drawn away of his own lust, and enticed."
James 3:3 - "Behold, we put bits in the horses' mouths, that they may obey us; and we turn about their whole body."
Luke 6:14 - "Simon, (whom he also named Peter,) and Andrew his brother, James and John, Philip and Bartholomew,"
James 3:11 - "Doth a fountain send forth at the same place sweet water and bitter?"
James 3:8 - "But the tongue can no man tame; it is an unruly evil, full of deadly poison."
James 3:1 - "My brethren, be not many masters, knowing that we shall receive the greater condemnation."
Mark 3:18 - "And Andrew, and Philip, and Bartholomew, and Matthew, and Thomas, and James the son of Alphaeus, and Thaddaeus, and Simon the Canaanite,"
James 3:10 - "Out of the same mouth proceedeth blessing and cursing. My brethren, these things ought not so to be."
"And James the son of Zebedee, and John the brother of James; and he surnamed them Boanerges, which is, The sons of thunder:" - Mark 3:17
James 4:14 - "Whereas ye know not what shall be on the morrow. For what is your life? It is even a vapour, that appeareth for a little time, and then vanisheth away."
Matthew 10:3 - "Philip, and Bartholomew; Thomas, and Matthew the publican; James the son of Alphaeus, and Lebbaeus, whose surname was Thaddaeus;"
James 3:7 - "For every kind of beasts, and of birds, and of serpents, and of things in the sea, is tamed, and hath been tamed of mankind:"
James 4:3 KJVA (3) Ye ask, and receive not, because ye ask amiss, that ye may consume it upon your lusts.
James 2:14 - "What doth it profit, my brethren, though a man say he hath faith, and have not works? can faith save him?"
James 4:3 - "Ye ask, and receive not, because ye ask amiss, that ye may consume it upon your lusts."
"Knowing this, that the trying of your faith worketh patience." - James 1:3
"Knowing this, that the trying of your faith worketh patience." - James 1:3
James 5:14 - "Is any sick among you? let him call for the elders of the church; and let them pray over him, anointing him with oil in the name of the Lord:"
Matthew 17:1-3: After six days Jesus took with him Peter, James and John the brother of James, and led them up a high mountain by themselves. 2 There he was transfigured before them. His face shone like the sun, and his clothes became as white as the light. 3 Just then there appeared before them Moses and Elijah, talking with Jesus.