James 4:10

Humble yourselves in the sight of the Lord, and he will exalt you.

Henry Tompkins Anderson’s 1864 New Testament

In The King James Version

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

In Context

9Be afflicted, and mourn, and weep: let your laughter be turned to mourning, and your joy to sorrow.

11Do not speak evil one of another, brethren. He that speaks evil of his brother, and judges his brother, speaks evil of the law, and judges the law: but if you judge the law, you are not a doer of the law, but a judge.

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Cross References

Matthew 23:12Whoever exalts himself shall be humbled; and whoever humbles himself shall be exalted.

Luke 14:11For every one that exalts himself shall be humbled; and he that humbles himself shall be exalted.

James 4:6But he gives more grace. Wherefore he says: God sets himself against the proud, 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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