James 4:16
but now ye glory in your boastings. All such glorying is evil.
Noyes Bible
In The King James Version
But now ye rejoice in your boastings: all such rejoicing is evil.
In Context
15instead of saying, If the Lord will, we shall both live and do this or that;
17Therefore to him that knoweth how to do good, and doeth it not, to him it is sin.
Cross References
Psalms 52:7“Behold the man that made not God his strength, But trusted in the abundance of his riches, And placed his strength in his wickedness!”
Proverbs 27:1Boast not thyself of to-morrow; For thou knowest not what a day may bring forth!
Isaiah 47:10Thou didst trust in thy wickedness, and saidst, “No one seeth me”; Thy wisdom and thy knowledge have led thee astray; Thou saidst in thy heart, “I am, and there is none besides me”;
1 Corinthians 5:6Your glorying is not good. Know ye not, that a little leaven leaveneth the whole lump?
Revelation 18:7As much as she glorified herself and lived luxuriously, so much torment and mourning give her. For she saith in her heart, I sit a queen, and am no widow, and shall see no mourning;
Matthew Henry on James 4:12-17
Caution against Slander; Caution against Presumption. ( a. d. 61.) 11 Speak not evil one of another, brethren. He that speaketh evil of his brother, and judgeth his brother, speaketh evil of the law, and judgeth the law: but if thou judge the law, thou art not a doer of the law, but a judge. 12 There is one lawgiver, who is able to save and to destroy: who art thou that judgest another? 13 Go to now, ye that say, To day or to morrow we will go into such a city, and continue there a year, and buy and sell, and get… Read the whole commentary →