James 4:7

Be subject therefore to God. But resist the devil, and he will flee from you.

New Heart English Bible

In The King James Version

Submit yourselves therefore to God. Resist the devil, and he will flee from you.

In Context

6But He gives more grace. Therefore it says, "God resists the proud, but gives grace to the humble."

8Draw near to God, and he will draw near to you. Cleanse your hands, you sinners; and purify your hearts, you double-minded.

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Cross References

2 Samuel 15:26but if he say thus, 'I have no delight in you;' behold, here am I. Let him do to me as seems good to him."

2 Chronicles 30:8Now do not be stiff-necked, as your fathers were; but yield yourselves to the Lord, and enter into his sanctuary, which he has sanctified forever, and serve the Lord your God, that his fierce anger may turn away from you.

Job 1:21He said, "Naked I came out of my mother's womb, and naked shall I return there. The Lord gave, and the Lord has taken away. Blessed be the name of the Lord."

Job 42:1Then Job answered the Lord,

Psalms 66:3Tell God, "How awesome are your deeds!Through the greatness of your power, your enemies submit themselves to you.

Jeremiah 13:18"Say to the king and to the queen mother, 'Humble yourselves, sit down; for your headdresses have come down, even the crown of your glory.

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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