James 4:10

Humble yourselves before the Lord, and he will exalt you.

James Murdock's Translation of the Syriac Peshitta

In The King James Version

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

In Context

9Humble yourselves, and mourn: let your laughter be turned into mourning, and your joy into grief.

11Speak not against each other, my brethren; for he that speaketh against his brother, or judgeth his brother, speaketh against the law, and judgeth the law. And if thou judgest the law, thou art not a doer of the law, but its judge.

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Cross References

Matthew 23:12For whoever shall exalt himself, will be abased: and whoever shall abase himself, will be exalted.

Luke 14:11For, every one that exalteth himself, will be humbled: and every one that humbleth himself, will be exalted.

James 4:6But our Lord hath given us more grace. Therefore he said: The Lord humbleth the lofty, and 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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