James 4:10

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

Montgomery New Testament

In The King James Version

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

In Context

9Lament and mourn, and weep aloud! Let your laughter be turned into mourning, And your joy into gloom!

11Do not be talking against each other, brothers. He who is talking against a brother and condemning his brothers is talking against the Law and condemning the Law. But if you are condemning the Law, you are not a doer of the Law, but a judge.

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Cross References

Matthew 23:12"whoever exalts himself shall be humbled, and he who humbles himself shall be exalted.

Luke 14:11"For every one who exalts himself shall be humbled, and he who humbles himself shall be exalted."

James 4:6But he gives more and more grace. therefore it is said, God ever resists the proud; but to the humble he gives grace continually.

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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