James 4:10

Be humble before the Lord and he will lift you up.

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In The King James Version

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

In Context

9Show some remorse, cry and weep! Turn your laughter into mourning, and your joy to sadness.

11Friends, don't speak badly of one another. Anyone who criticizes a fellow-believer and condemns them, criticizes and condemns the law. If you condemn the law you're not someone who keeps the law, because you're sitting in judgment of it.

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Cross References

Job 22:29When others are humbled, and you say, ‘please help them,’ God will save them.

Psalms 28:9Save your people! Bless your “special possession”! Be their shepherd and carry them in your arms forever!

Psalms 113:7He helps the poor up from the dust; he lifts the needy from the dump.

Matthew 23:12Those who make themselves great will be humbled, and those who humble themselves will be made great.

Luke 14:11For those who exalt themselves will be humbled, and those who humble themselves will be exalted.”

James 4:6But God gives us even more grace, as Scripture says: “God is against those who are arrogant, but gives grace to those who are humble.”

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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