James 4:10
Be humbled before Hashem and He will exalt you. + 4:10 Job 5:11
Orthodox Jewish Bible
In The King James Version
Humble yourselves in the sight of the Lord, and he shall lift you up.
In Context
Cross References
Job 22:29When they are cast down, thou shalt say: Arise, 1 and He shall save the one with low eynayim. + 22:29 i.e., humility 1
Psalms 28:9Save Thy people, and bless Thine nachalah; 1 shepherd them also, and carry them ad olam.
Psalms 113:7He raiseth up the poor out of the aphar (dust), 1 and lifteth the needy out of the ash heap; 1
Matthew 23:12But whoever will lift up himself will be humbled, and whoever will humble himself will be lifted up.
Luke 14:11For everyone exalting himself shall be humbled, and the one humbling himself shall be exalted.
James 4:6But He gives all the more Chen v'Chesed! Therefore it says, Hashem LALETZIM HU YALITZ V'LA'ANAYIM YITEN CHEN + 4:6 Prov 3:34 ( Hashem opposes the proud mocker but gives grace to the 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 →