James 4:7
Be subject therefore to God, but resist the devil, and he will fly from you.
Douay-Rheims 1899
In The King James Version
Submit yourselves therefore to God. Resist the devil, and he will flee from you.
In Context
Cross References
2 Samuel 15:26But if he shall say to me: Thou pleasest me not: I am ready, let him do that which is good before him.
2 Chronicles 30:8Harden not your necks, as your fathers did: yield yourselves to the Lord, and come to his sanctuary, which he hath sanctified for ever: serve the Lord the God of your fathers, and the wrath of his indignation shall be turned away from you.
Job 1:21And said: Naked came I out of my mother's womb, and naked shall I return thither: the Lord gave, and the Lord hath taken away: as it hath pleased the Lord so is it done: blessed be the name of the Lord.
Job 42:1Then Job answered the Lord, and said :
Psalms 66:3Say unto God, How terrible are thy works, O Lord! in the multitude of thy strength thy enemies shall lie to thee.
Jeremiah 13:18Say to the king, and to the queen: Humble yourselves, sit down: for the crown of your glory is come down from your head.
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 →