James 4:10

be made low before the Lord, and He shall exalt you.

Young's Literal Translation

In The King James Version

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

In Context

9be exceeding afflicted, and mourn, and weep, let your laughter to mourning be turned, and the joy to heaviness;

11Speak not one against another, brethren; he who is speaking against a brother, and is judging his brother, doth speak against law, and doth judge law, and if law thou dost judge, thou art not a doer of law but a judge;

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Cross References

Job 22:29For they have made low, And thou sayest, 'Lift up.' And the bowed down of eyes he saveth.

Psalms 28:9Save Thy people, and bless Thine inheritance, And feed them, and carry them to the age!

Psalms 113:7He is raising up from the dust the poor, From a dunghill He exalteth the needy.

Matthew 23:12and whoever shall exalt himself shall be humbled, and whoever shall humble himself shall be exalted.

Luke 14:11because every one who is exalting himself shall be humbled, and he who is humbling himself shall be exalted.'

James 4:6and greater grace he doth give, wherefore he saith, 'God against proud ones doth set Himself up, and to lowly ones He doth give grace?'

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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