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James 4:16

As it is, you boast in your proud intentions. All such boasting is evil.

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ASV

But now ye glory in your vauntings: all such glorying is evil.

KJV

But now ye rejoice in your boastings: all such rejoicing is evil.

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12 tagged words
OriginalTransliterationMeaningWord study
νῦνnunNowG3568 →
δὲdehoweverG1161 →
καυχᾶσθεkauchastheyou boastG2744 →
ἐνeninG1722 →
ταῖςtaistheG3588 →
ἀλαζονείαιςalazoneiaisarroganceG212 →
ὑμῶν·humōnof you;G4771 →
πᾶσαpasaAllG3956 →
καύχησιςkauchēsisboastingG2746 →
τοιαύτηtoiautēsuchG5108 →
πονηράponēraevilG4190 →
ἐστιν.estinis.G1510 →

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Proverbs 27:1Do not boast about tomorrow, for you do not know what a day may bring.Galatians 5:26Let us not become conceited, provoking and envying one another.1 Corinthians 5:6Your boasting is not good. Do you not know that a little leaven works through the whole batch of dough?Psalms 52:7“Look at the man who did not make God his refuge, but trusted in the abundance of his wealth and strengthened himself by destruction.”Proverbs 25:14Like clouds and wind without rain is the man who boasts of gifts never given.Isaiah 47:10You were secure in your wickedness; you said, ‘No one sees me.’ Your wisdom and knowledge led you astray; you told yourself, ‘I am, and there is none besides me.’James 3:14But if you harbor bitter jealousy and selfish ambition in your hearts, do not boast in it or deny the truth.Psalms 52:1Why do you boast of evil, O mighty man? The loving devotion of God endures all day long.1 Corinthians 4:7–8For 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 though you did not?Revelation 18:7As much as she has glorified herself and lived in luxury, give her the same measure of torment and grief. In her heart she says, ‘I sit as queen; I am not a widow and will never see grief.’Amos 6:13you who rejoice in Lo-debar and say, ‘Did we not take Karnaim by our own strength?’Romans 1:30slanderers, God-haters, insolent, arrogant, and boastful. They invent new forms of evil; they disobey their parents.2 Timothy 3:2For men will be lovers of themselves, lovers of money, boastful, arrogant, abusive, disobedient to their parents, ungrateful, unholy,Hosea 9:1Do not rejoice, O Israel, with exultation like the nations, for you have played the harlot against your God; you have made love for hire on every threshing floor.Isaiah 47:7–8You said, ‘I will be queen forever.’ You did not take these things to heart or consider their outcome.1 Samuel 11:15So all the people went to Gilgal and confirmed Saul as king in the presence of the LORD. There they sacrificed peace offerings before the LORD, and Saul and all the Israelites rejoiced greatly.Judges 9:19if you have acted faithfully and honestly toward Jerubbaal and his house this day, then may you rejoice in Abimelech, and he in you.Jeremiah 11:15What right has My beloved in My house, having carried out so many evil schemes? Can consecrated meat avert your doom, so that you can rejoice?

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