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James 3:16

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

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ASV

For where jealousy and faction are, there is confusion and every vile deed.

KJV

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

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11 tagged words
OriginalTransliterationMeaningWord study
ὅπουhopouWhereG3699 →
γὰρgarforG1063 →
ζῆλοςzēlosjealousyG2205 →
καὶkaiandG2532 →
ἐριθεία,eritheiaself-interest [exist],G2052 →
ἐκεῖekeithere [will be]G1563 →
ἀκαταστασίαakatastasiadisorderG181 →
καὶkaiandG2532 →
πᾶνpaneveryG3956 →
φαῦλονphaulonevilG5337 →
πρᾶγμα.¶pragmathing.G4229 →

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James 3:14But if you harbor bitter jealousy and selfish ambition in your hearts, do not boast in it or deny the truth.1 Corinthians 3:3for you are still worldly. For since there is jealousy and dissension among you, are you not worldly? Are you not walking in the way of man?1 Corinthians 14:33For God is not a God of disorder, but of peace—as in all the churches of the saints.Mark 3:25If a house is divided against itself, it cannot stand.1 John 3:12Do not be like Cain, who belonged to the evil one and murdered his brother. And why did Cain slay him? Because his own deeds were evil, while those of his brother were righteous.Galatians 5:20idolatry and sorcery; hatred, discord, jealousy, and rage; rivalries, divisions, factions,Judges 12:1Then the men of Ephraim assembled and crossed the Jordan to Zaphon. They said to Jephthah, “Why have you crossed over to fight the Ammonites without calling us to go with you? We will burn your house down with you inside!”Genesis 13:7And there was discord between the herdsmen of Abram and the herdsmen of Lot. At that time the Canaanites and the Perizzites were also living in the land.Proverbs 29:22An angry man stirs up dissension, and a hot-tempered man abounds in transgression.Genesis 38:9But Onan knew that the offspring would not belong to him; so whenever he would sleep with his brother’s wife, he would spill his seed on the ground so that he would not produce offspring for his brother.Zechariah 11:14Then I cut in two my second staff called Union, breaking the brotherhood between Judah and Israel.Genesis 11:9That is why it is called Babel, for there the LORD confused the language of the whole world, and from that place the LORD scattered them over the face of all the earth.Judges 9:49So each man also cut his own branch and followed Abimelech. Then they piled the branches against the inner chamber and set it on fire above them, killing everyone in the tower of Shechem, about a thousand men and women.Acts 19:29Soon the whole city was in disarray. They rushed together into the theatre, dragging with them Gaius and Aristarchus, Paul’s traveling companions from Macedonia.

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