James 4:10

Be humbled in the presence of God, so he will exalt you.

Thomas Haweis 1795 New Testament

In The King James Version

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

In Context

9Be bitterly afflicted and lament, and let your tears run down; let your laughter be converted into mourning, and your joy into dejection.

11Traduce not one another, brethren. He that traduceth his brother, and judgeth his brother, traduceth the law, and judgeth the law: but if thou judgest the law, thou art not a doer of the law, but as judge.

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Cross References

Matthew 23:12For whosoever exalteth himself shall be abased; and whosoever abaseth himself shall be exalted.

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

James 4:6But he giveth mightier grace. Wherefore he saith, “God sets himself against the proud, but giveth grace to the lowly.”

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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