James 4:10

Be made low in presence of the Lord, and he will lift you up.

The Emphasised Bible by J. B. Rotherham

In The King James Version

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

In Context

9Be miserable and lament and weep, let, your laughter, into lamentation, be turned, and, your joy, into dejection;

11Be not speaking one against another, brethren! He that speaketh against a brother, or judgeth his brother, speaketh against law, and judgeth law; Now, if, upon law, thou art passing judgment, thou art not a doer of law, but a judge!

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Cross References

Job 22:29When men cast themselves down, then thou shalt say: Up! And, him that is of downcast eyes, shall he save;

Psalms 28:9Oh save thy people, and bless thine inheritance, Tend them also, and carry them, Unto times age-abiding.

Psalms 113:7That raiseth, out of the dust, the poor, From the dunghill, uplifteth the needy;

Matthew 23:12And, whoever shall exalt himself, shall be, abased, and, whoever shall abase himself, shall be, exalted,

Luke 14:11Because, everyone who exalteth himself, shall be abased; and, he that abaseth himself, shall be exalted?

James 4:6Howbeit he giveth, greater, favour. Wherefore it saith—God, against the haughty, arrayeth himself, Whereas, unto the lowly, he giveth favour.

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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