James 3:16-17

What is the nature of the wisdom from God? James lists out its qualities as being pure, peaceable, gentle, open to reason, full of mercy and good fruits, impartial and sincere. What's interesting is that the list has an order to it, because he begins by saying that it is "first" pure. After being pure, it is "then" having the rest of the qualities. This is contrasted by jealousy and selfish ambition, which results in disorder and every vile practice. Basically, nothing good can come from this jealousy and selfish ambition.