James 4:10

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

Revised Version 1895

In The King James Version

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

In Context

9Be afflicted, and mourn, and weep: let your laughter be turned to mourning, and your joy to heaviness.

11Speak not one against another, brethren. He that speaketh against a brother, or judgeth his brother, speaketh against the law, and judgeth the law: but if thou judgest the law, thou art not a doer of the law, but a judge.

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Cross References

Job 22:29When they cast thee down, thou shalt say, There is lifting up; and the humble person he shall save.

Psalms 28:9Save thy people, and bless thine inheritance: feed them also, and bear them up for ever.

Psalms 113:7He raiseth up the poor out of the dust, and lifteth up the needy from the dunghill;

Matthew 23:12And whosoever shall exalt himself shall be humbled; and whosoever shall humble himself shall be exalted.

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

James 4:6But he giveth more grace. Wherefore the scripture saith, God resisteth the proud, but giveth grace to the humble.

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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