James 4:7
Be subject therefore unto God; but resist the devil, and he will flee from you.
Revised Version 1895
In The King James Version
Submit yourselves therefore to God. Resist the devil, and he will flee from you.
In Context
Cross References
2 Samuel 15:26but if he say thus, I have no delight in thee; behold, here am I, let him do to me as seemeth good unto him.
2 Chronicles 30:8Now be ye not stiffnecked, as your fathers were; but yield yourselves unto the LORD, and enter into his sanctuary, which he hath sanctified for ever, and serve the LORD your God, that his fierce anger may turn away from you.
Job 1:21and he said, Naked came I out of my mother’s womb, and naked shall I return thither: the LORD gave, and the LORD hath taken away; blessed be the name of the LORD.
Job 42:1Then Job answered the LORD, and said,
Psalms 66:3Say unto God, How terrible are thy works! through the greatness of thy power shall thine enemies submit themselves unto thee.
Jeremiah 13:18Say thou unto the king and to the queen-mother, Humble yourselves, sit down: for your headtires are 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 →