James 3:16
James · New Testament · Chapter 3
“For where envying and strife is, there is confusion and every evil work.”James 3:16
What Does James 3:16 Mean?
James 3:16 is found in the book of James, chapter 3, verse 16 of the New Testament. This verse connects to 17 other passages through cross-references, placing it within a rich network of biblical meaning.
Cross-References (17)
These passages are connected to James 3:16 through shared themes, quotations, or prophetic fulfillment.
Matthew 5:9“Blessed are the peacemakers: for they shall be called the children of God.”James 3:14“But if ye have bitter envying and strife in your hearts, glory not, and lie not against the truth.”Romans 12:18“If it be possible, as much as lieth in you, live peaceably with all men.”1 Corinthians 3:3“For ye are yet carnal: for whereas there is among you envying, and strife, and divisions, are ye not carnal, and walk as men?”1 Corinthians 14:33“For God is not the author of confusion, but of peace, as in all churches of the saints.”Mark 3:25“And if a house be divided against itself, that house cannot stand.”1 John 3:12“Not as Cain, who was of that wicked one, and slew his brother. And wherefore slew he him? Because his own works were evil, and his brother’s righteous.”Galatians 5:20“Idolatry, witchcraft, hatred, variance, emulations, wrath, strife, seditions, heresies,”1 Peter 2:1“Wherefore laying aside all malice, and all guile, and hypocrisies, and envies, and all evil speakings,”Genesis 13:7“And there was a strife between the herdmen of Abram’s cattle and the herdmen of Lot’s cattle: and the Canaanite and the Perizzite dwelled then in the land.”Judges 12:1“And the men of Ephraim gathered themselves together, and went northward, and said unto Jephthah, Wherefore passedst thou over to fight against the children of Ammon, and didst not call us to go with thee? we will burn thine house upon thee with fire.”Proverbs 29:22“An angry man stirreth up strife, and a furious man aboundeth in transgression.”Genesis 38:9“And Onan knew that the seed should not be his; and it came to pass, when he went in unto his brother’s wife, that he spilled it on the ground, lest that he should give seed to his brother.”Zechariah 11:14“Then I cut asunder mine other staff, even Bands, that I might break the brotherhood between Judah and Israel.”Genesis 11:9“Therefore is the name of it called Babel; because the LORD did there confound the language of all the earth: and from thence did the LORD scatter them abroad upon the face of all the earth.”Judges 9:49“And all the people likewise cut down every man his bough, and followed Abimelech, and put them to the hold, and set the hold on fire upon them; so that all the men of the tower of Shechem died also, about a thousand men and women.”Acts 19:29“And the whole city was filled with confusion: and having caught Gaius and Aristarchus, men of Macedonia, Paul’s companions in travel, they rushed with one accord into the theatre.”
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