Verse of the Day
James 3:16 NIV
Where you have envy and selfish ambition, there you find disorder and every evil practice.
Translations of Today's Verse
King James Version
Where envying and strife is, there is confusion and every evil work.English Standard Version
For where jealousy and selfish ambition exist, there will be disorder and every vile practice.The Message
Whenever you're trying to look better than others or get the better of others, things fall apart and everyone ends up at the others' throats.New King James Version
Where envy and self-seeking exist, confusion and every evil thing are there.New Living Translation
Wherever there is jealousy and selfish ambition, there you will find disorder and every kind of evil.James 3:16 In-Context
14 But if you harbor bitter envy and selfish ambition in your hearts, do not boast about it or deny the truth.
15 Such "wisdom" does not come down from heaven but is earthly, unspiritual, demonic.
16 For where you have envy and selfish ambition, there you find disorder and every evil practice.
17 But the wisdom that comes from heaven is first of all pure; then peace-loving, considerate, submissive, full of mercy and good fruit, impartial and sincere.
18 Peacemakers who sow in peace reap a harvest of righteousness.
This Week's Daily Bible Verses
Tuesday, August 05
Romans 1:20
For since the creation of the world God's invisible qualities -- his eternal power and divine nature -- have been clearly seen, being understood from what has been made, so that men are without excuse.
Read all of Romans 1 NIVMonday, August 04
1 John 2:15-17
Do not love the world or anything in the world. If anyone loves the world, the love of the Father is not in him. For everything in the world -- the cravings of sinful man, the lust of his eyes and the boasting of what he has and does -- comes not from the Father but from the world. The world and its desires pass away, but the man who does the will of God lives forever.
Read all of 1 John 2 NIVSunday, August 03
Acts 4:13
When they saw the courage of Peter and John and realized that they were unschooled, ordinary men, they were astonished and they took note that these men had been with Jesus.
Read all of Acts 4 NIVSaturday, August 02
Psalm 121:1-2
I lift up my eyes to the hills -- where does my help come from? My help comes from the LORD, the Maker of heaven and earth.
Read all of Psalm 121 NIVFriday, August 01
Colossians 3:12
Therefore, as God's chosen people, holy and dearly loved, clothe yourselves with compassion, kindness, humility, gentleness and patience.
Read all of Colossians 3 NIVThursday, July 31
Titus 2:1
You must teach what is in accord with sound doctrine.
Read all of Titus 2 NIVWednesday, July 30
Psalm 63:1
O God, you are my God, earnestly I seek you; my soul thirsts for you, my body longs for you, in a dry and weary land where there is no water.
Read all of Psalm 63 NIV
Commentary on Today's Verse
Commentary on James 3:13-18
(Read James 3:13-18)
These verses show the difference between men's pretending to be wise, and their being really so. He who thinks well, or he who talks well, is not wise in the sense of the Scripture, if he does not live and act well. True wisdom may be know by the meekness of the spirit and temper. Those who live in malice, envy, and contention, live in confusion; and are liable to be provoked and hurried to any evil work. Such wisdom comes not down from above, but springs up from earthly principles, acts on earthly motives, and is intent on serving earthly purposes. Those who are lifted up with such wisdom, described by the apostle James, is near to the Christian love, described by the apostle Paul; and both are so described that every man may fully prove the reality of his attainments in them. It has no disguise or deceit. It cannot fall in with those managements the world counts wise, which are crafty and guileful; but it is sincere, and open, and steady, and uniform, and consistent with itself. May the purity, peace, gentleness, teachableness, and mercy shown in all our actions, and the fruits of righteousness abounding in our lives, prove that God has bestowed upon us this excellent gift.