James 4:10

Cast downe your selues before the Lord, and he will lift you vp.

Geneva Bible 1599

In The King James Version

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

In Context

9Suffer afflictions, and sorrowe ye, and weepe: let your laughter be turned into mourning, and your ioy into heauinesse.

11Speake not euill one of another, brethren. He that speaketh euill of his brother, or he that condemneth his brother, speaketh euill of ye Law, and condemneth the Lawe: and if thou condemnest the Lawe, thou art not an obseruer of the Lawe, but a iudge.

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Cross References

Job 22:29When others are cast downe, then shalt thou say, I am lifted vp: and God shall saue the humble person.

Psalms 28:9Saue thy people, and blesse thine inheritance: feede them also, and exalt them for euer.

Psalms 113:7He raiseth the needie out of the dust, and lifteth vp the poore out of the dung,

Matthew 23:12For whosoeuer will exalt himselfe, shall be brought lowe: and whosoeuer will humble himselfe, shalbe exalted.

Luke 14:11For whosoeuer exalteth himselfe, shall be brought lowe, and he that humbleth himselfe, shall be exalted.

James 4:6But the Scripture offereth more grace, and therefore sayth, God resisteth the proude, and giueth 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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