James 4:16

James chapter 4 · verse 16 in three public-domain English translations with cross-references

Parallel translations

World English Bible · 2000

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

King James Version · 1611

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

American Standard Version · 1901

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

v.15For that ye ought to say, If the Lord will, we shall both live, and do this or that.

v.16This passage

v.17To him therefore that knoweth to do good, and doeth it not, to him it is sin.

Related passages from across Scripture, drawn from the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge.

James 3:14
But if ye have bitter jealousy and faction in your heart, glory not and lie not against the truth.
Isaiah 47:7
And thou saidst, I shall be mistress for ever; so that thou didst not lay these things to thy heart, neither didst remember the latter end thereof.
Isaiah 47:10
For thou hast trusted in thy wickedness; thou hast said, None seeth me; thy wisdom and thy knowledge, it hath perverted thee, and thou hast said in thy heart, I am, and there is none else besides me.
Psalms 52:1
Why boastest thou thyself in mischief, O mighty man? The lovingkindness of God endureth continually.
1 Corinthians 4:7
For who maketh thee to differ? and what hast thou that thou didst not receive? but if thou didst receive it, why dost thou glory as if thou hadst not received it?
Proverbs 25:14
As clouds and wind without rain, So ishe that boasteth himself of his gifts falsely.