In my thoughts it is easier for someone that is close to you to get under your skin, because the devil wants to disrupt the harmony in one's household, or if your talking about brothers and sisters in Christ....then the devil wants to disrupt the flow of the anointing, and the power in the anointing that many have together (dt 32:30... one can chase a thousand and two can put ten thousand to flight), so he tries harder to create a spirit of division or getting people to walk in offense that leads to unforgiveness and out of walking in Love.
Blessings
James 3:17 also paints another good picture
KJ21
For where envy and strife are, there is confusion and every evil work.
ASV
For where jealousy and faction are, there is confusion and every vile deed.
AMP
For wherever there is jealousy (envy) and contention (rivalry and selfish ambition), there will also be confusion (unrest, disharmony, rebellion) and all sorts of evil
and vile practices.
BRG
For where envying and strife
is, there
is confusion and every evil work.
CEB
Wherever there is jealousy and selfish ambition, there is disorder and everything that is evil.
CJB
For where there are jealousy and selfish ambition, there will be disharmony and every foul practice.
CEV
Whenever people are jealous or selfish, they cause trouble and do all sorts of cruel things.
DARBY
For where emulation and strife [are], there [is] disorder and every evil thing.
DLNT
For where jealousy and selfish-interest
are, in-that-place
there is disorder and every bad thing.
DRA
For where envying and contention is, there is inconstancy, and every evil work.
ERV
Where there is jealousy and selfishness, there will be confusion and every kind of evil.
ESV
For where jealousy and selfish ambition exist, there will be disorder and every vile practice.
ESVUK
For where jealousy and selfish ambition exist, there will be disorder and every vile practice.
EXB
Where ·jealousy [
or envy] and ·selfishness [selfish ambition] are, there will be ·confusion [chaos; disorder] and every ·kind of evil [evil thing/practice].
GNV
For where envying and strife
is, there
is sedition, and all manner of evil works.
GW
Wherever there is jealousy and rivalry, there is disorder and every kind of evil.
GNT
Where there is jealousy and selfishness, there is also disorder and every kind of evil.
HCSB
For where envy and selfish ambition exist, there is disorder and every kind of evil.
ICB
Where there is jealousy and selfishness, there will be confusion and every kind of evil.
ISV
For wherever jealousy and rivalry exist, there is disorder and every kind of evil.
PHILLIPS
Are there some wise and understanding men among you? Then your lives will be an example of the humility that is born of true wisdom. But if your heart is full of rivalry and bitter jealousy, then do not boast of your wisdom—don’t deny the truth that you must recognise in your inmost heart. You may acquire a certain superficial wisdom, but it does not come from God—it comes from this world, from your own lower nature, even from the devil. For wherever you find jealousy and rivalry you also find disharmony and all other kinds of evil.
JUB
For where there is envy and contention, there is confusion and every perverse work.
KJV
For where envying and strife is, there is confusion and every evil work.
AKJV
For where envying and strife
is, there
is confusion and every evil work.
LEB
For where
there is jealousy and selfish ambition, there
is disorder and every evil practice.
TLB
For wherever there is jealousy or selfish ambition, there will be disorder and every other kind of evil.
MSG
Do you want to be counted wise, to build a reputation for wisdom? Here’s what you do: Live well, live wisely, live humbly. It’s the way you live, not the way you talk, that counts. Mean-spirited ambition isn’t wisdom. Boasting that you are wise isn’t wisdom. Twisting the truth to make yourselves sound wise isn’t wisdom. It’s the furthest thing from wisdom—it’s animal cunning, devilish conniving. Whenever you’re trying to look better than others or get the better of others, things fall apart and everyone ends up at the others’ throats.
MEV
For where there is envying and strife, there is confusion and every evil work.
MOUNCE
For where jealousy and selfish ambition exist, there you will find disorder and every evil practice.
NOG
Wherever there is jealousy and rivalry, there is disorder and every kind of evil.
NABRE
For where jealousy and selfish ambition exist, there is disorder and every foul practice.
NASB
For where jealousy and selfish ambition exist, there is disorder and every evil thing.
NCV
Where jealousy and selfishness are, there will be confusion and every kind of evil.
NET
For where there is jealousy and selfishness, there is disorder and every evil practice.
NIRV
Are you jealous? Are you concerned only about getting ahead? Then your life will be a mess. You will be doing all kinds of evil things.
NIV
For where you have envy and selfish ambition, there you find disorder and every evil practice.
NIVUK
For where you have envy and selfish ambition, there you find disorder and every evil practice.
NKJV
For where envy and self-seeking
exist, confusion and every evil thing
are there.
NLV
Wherever you find jealousy and fighting, there will be trouble and every other kind of wrong-doing.
NLT
For wherever there is jealousy and selfish ambition, there you will find disorder and evil of every kind.
NRSV
For where there is envy and selfish ambition, there will also be disorder and wickedness of every kind.
NRSVA
For where there is envy and selfish ambition, there will also be disorder and wickedness of every kind.
NRSVACE
For where there is envy and selfish ambition, there will also be disorder and wickedness of every kind.
NRSVCE
For where there is envy and selfish ambition, there will also be disorder and wickedness of every kind.
OJB
For where kina and anochiyut are, there is tohu vavohu (disorder, chaos) and every ra’ah.
RSV
For where jealousy and selfish ambition exist, there will be disorder and every vile practice.
RSVCE
For where jealousy and selfish ambition exist, there will be disorder and every vile practice.
VOICE
Any place where you find jealousy and selfish ambition, you will discover chaos and evil thriving under its rule.
WEB
For where jealousy and selfish ambition are, there is confusion and every evil deed.
WE
If people are jealous of others, their lives are not right. They do every kind of wrong thing to get what they want. They confuse and upset people.
WYC
For where is envy and strife, there
is unsteadfastness and all depraved work [and all shrewd work].
YLT
for where zeal and rivalry [are], there is insurrection and every evil matter;