James 4:10

Humble yourselves before [the] Lord, and he shall exalt you.

Darby Translation

In The King James Version

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

In Context

9Be wretched, and mourn, and weep: let your laughter be turned to mourning, and [your] joy to heaviness.

11Speak not against one another, brethren. He that speaks against [his] brother, or judges his brother, speaks against [the] law and judges [the] law. But if thou judgest [the] law, thou art not doer of [the] law, but judge.

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Cross References

Job 22:29When they are made low, then thou shalt say, Rise up! and he shall save him that is of downcast eyes.

Psalms 28:9Save thy people, and bless thine inheritance; and feed them, and lift them up for ever.

Psalms 113:7He raiseth up the poor out of the dust; from the dung-hill he lifteth up the needy,

Matthew 23:12And whoever shall exalt himself shall be humbled, and whoever shall humble himself shall be exalted.

Luke 14:11for every one that exalts himself shall be abased, and he that abases 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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