Daily Reading for Personal Growth, 40 Days with God

¹³ True Wisdom and Its Opposite.^[a] Who among you is wise and understanding? Prove by your good life that your works are done with the humility that comes from wisdom. ¹⁴ But if your hearts are filled with bitter envy and selfish ambition, do not be boastful in defiance of the truth.

¹⁵ Such wisdom does not come down from above, but is earthly, unspiritual, and demonic. ¹⁶ For where there is envy and selfish ambition, there will also be disharmony and every type of wickedness.

¹⁷ However, the wisdom that comes from above is first of all pure, then peaceable, gentle, and considerate, full of mercy and good fruits, without any trace of partiality or hypocrisy. ¹⁸ And a harvest of righteousness is sown in peace by those who are peacemakers.