James 4:5
“Do ye think that the scripture saith in vain, The spirit that dwelleth in us lusteth to envy?”
Ye ask, and receive not, because ye ask amiss, that ye may consume it upon your lusts.
Ye adulterers and adulteresses, know ye not that the friendship of the world is enmity with God? whosoever therefore will be a friend of the world is the enemy of God.
Do ye think that the scripture saith in vain, The spirit that dwelleth in us lusteth to envy?
But he giveth more grace. Wherefore he saith, God resisteth the proud, but giveth grace unto the humble.
Submit yourselves therefore to God. Resist the devil, and he will flee from you.
Related Verses
“Ye lust, and have not: ye kill, and desire to have, and cannot obtain: ye fight and war, yet ye have not, because ye ask not.”
“From whence come wars and fightings among you? come they not hence, even of your lusts that war in your members?”
“Ye ask, and receive not, because ye ask amiss, that ye may consume it upon your lusts.”
“But if ye have bitter envying and strife in your hearts, glory not, and lie not against the truth.”
“Let us not be desirous of vain glory, provoking one another, envying one another.”