James 4:10

Be humbled before the Lord, and he will exalt you.

The Peschito Syriac New Testament: Translated into English by John Wesley Etheridge

In The King James Version

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

In Context

9Be humbled and sorrowful, and let your laughter be turned into grief, and your gladness into anxiety.

11Speak not against one another, my brethren; for he who speaketh against his brother, or judgeth his brother, speaketh against the law, and judgeth the law. And if the law thou judgest, thou art not a doer of the law, but the judge of it.

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Cross References

Matthew 23:12For whosoever will exalt himself shall be humbled; and whosoever will abase himself shall be exalted.

Luke 14:11For every one who exalteth himself shall be humbled; and every one who humbleth himself shall be exalted.

James 4:6But more excellent grace hath our Lord given unto us. Wherefore he saith, Aloha humbleth the proud, and to the humble he giveth grace.

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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