James 4:10

Humble yourselves before the Lord, and he will exalt you.

Text-Critical English NT

In The King James Version

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

In Context

9Grieve, mourn, and weep. Turn your laughter into mourning and your joy into gloom.

11Do not speak evil against one another, brothers. He who speaks evil against a brother and judges his brother, speaks evil against the law and judges the law. Now if yoʋ judge the law, yoʋ are not a doer of the law but a judge.

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Cross References

Matthew 23:12For whoever exalts himself will be humbled, and whoever humbles himself will be exalted.

Luke 14:11For everyone who exalts himself will be humbled, and he who humbles himself will be exalted.”

James 4:6but God gives greater grace. Therefore it says, “God opposes the proud 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 →

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