James 4:10

Be ye made lower in the sight of the Lord, and he will lift you up.

A Conservative Version

In The King James Version

Humble yourselves in the sight of the Lord, and he shall lift you up.

In Context

9Be ye sorrowful, and mourn, and weep. Let your laughter be turned into mourning, and your joy into a downcast look.

11Speak not against each other, brothers. He who speaks against a brother and judges his brother, speaks against law and judges law. But if thou judge law, thou are not a doer of law, but a judge.

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Cross References

Job 22:29When they cast [thee] down, thou shall say, [There is] lifting up, and he will save the humble man.

Psalms 28:9Save thy people, and bless thine inheritance. Be their shepherd also, and bear them up forever.

Psalms 113:7He raises up a poor man out of the dust, and lifts up a needy man from the dunghill,

Matthew 23:12And he who will exalt himself will be made low, and he who will make himself low will be exalted.

Luke 14:11Because every man who lifts himself up will be made lower, and he who makes himself lower will be lifted up.

James 4:6But he gives greater grace. Therefore it says, God is opposed to the arrogant, but gives grace to the lowly.

Matthew Henry on James 4:2-11

Origin of War and Contention; Against Pride; Submission to God. ( a. d. 61.) 1 From whence come wars and fightings among you? come they not hence, even of your lusts that war in your members? 2 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. 3 Ye ask, and receive not, because ye ask amiss, that ye may consume it upon your lusts. 4 Ye adulterers and adulteresses, know ye not that the friendship of the world is enmity with God? whosoever… Read the whole commentary →

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