James 4:6

but he giveth more grace. Wherefore he saith, “God resisteth the proud, but giveth grace to the humble.”

Noyes Bible

In The King James Version

But he giveth more grace. Wherefore he saith, God resisteth the proud, but giveth grace unto the humble.

In Context

5Do ye think that the scripture saith in vain, “Zealously doth the Spirit, which made its abode in us, long for us”?

7Submit yourselves therefore to God; resist the Devil, and he will flee from you.

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Cross References

Job 40:10Deck thyself with grandeur and majesty, And array thyself in splendor and glory!

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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