James 4:10

Be humbled before the Lord, and He will exalt you.

1770 John Worsley NT

In The King James Version

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

In Context

9Be grieved, and mourn, and weep: let your mirth be turned into mourning, and your joy to sadness.

11Speak not against one another, my brethren; he that speaketh against his brother, and judgeth his brother, speaketh against the law, and judgeth the law; but if thou judge the law, thou art not a doer of the law, but a judge.

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Cross References

Matthew 23:12and whosoever will humble himself shall be exalted.

Luke 14:11for whosoever exalteth himself shall be humbled, and he that humbleth himself shall be exalted.

James 4:6No, He giveth more grace: wherefore it is said, God resisteth the proud, but sheweth favor 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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