James 4:10

Humble yourselves before the Lord, and he will raise you up.

1902 William Baxter Godbey NT

In The King James Version

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

In Context

9Weep, and mourn, lament: let your laughter be turned into mourning, and your joy into sorrow.

11Do not calumniate one another, brethren: the one speaking against his brother, and judging his brother, speaks against the law, and judges the law: if you judge the law, you are not a doer of the law, but a judge.

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Cross References

Matthew 23:12But whosoever shall exalt himself, shall be abased; and whosoever shall humble himself shall be exalted.

Luke 14:11Because every one who shall exalt himself shall be abased; and he that humbleth himself shall be exalted.

James 4:6and he gives more grace. Therefore he says, God resists the proud, and 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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