James

James 4:1–10

1What causes conflicts and quarrels among you? Don’t they come from the passions at war within you?a 2You crave what you do not have; you kill and covet, but are unable to obtain it. You quarrel and fight. You do not have, because you do not ask. 3And when you do ask, you do not receive, because you ask with wrong motives, that you may squander it on your pleasures.

4You adulteresses!b Do you not know that friendship with the world is hostility toward God? Therefore, whoever chooses to be a friend of the world renders himselfc an enemy of God. 5Or do you think the Scripture says without reason that the Spiritd He caused to dwell in us yearns with envy? 6But He gives us more grace. This is why it says:

“God opposes the proud,

but gives grace to the humble.”e

7Submit yourselves, then, to God. Resist the devil, and he will flee from you. 8Draw near to God, and He will draw near to you. Cleanse your hands, you sinners, and purify your hearts, you double-minded. 9Grieve, mourn, and weep. Turn your laughter to mourning, and your joy to gloom. 10Humble yourselves before the Lord, and He will exalt you.

Footnotes

  • a 4:1 Literally passions warring among your members?
  • b 4:4 See Hosea 3:1|HOS 3:1.
  • c 4:4 Or is appointed
  • d 4:5 Or the spirit
  • e 4:6 Proverbs 3:34|PRO 3:34(see also LXX)

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James 4:1 1 Peter 2:11 · Galatians 5:17 · Romans 7:23 · James 1:14 · Romans 8:7 · 1 John 2:15–17 · Jeremiah 17:9 · Jude 1:16–18 · 1 Peter 1:14 · Colossians 3:5 · Mark 7:21–23 · James 3:14–18

James 4:2 John 16:24 · Matthew 7:7–8 · James 1:5 · Luke 11:9–13 · John 4:10 · 1 Timothy 6:9–10 · James 5:1–5 · Proverbs 1:19

James 4:3 1 John 5:14 · 1 John 3:22 · James 1:6–7 · James 4:1 · Proverbs 15:8 · Psalm 66:18–19 · Micah 3:4 · Job 35:12 · Zechariah 7:13 · Job 27:8–10 · Luke 16:1–2 · Proverbs 21:13

James 4:4 1 John 2:15–16 · Romans 8:7 · Matthew 6:24 · John 15:19 · Galatians 1:10 · John 17:14 · James 1:27 · John 15:23–24 · Romans 5:10 · Hosea 3:1 · John 7:7 · Matthew 16:4

James 4:5 2 Corinthians 6:16 · 1 Corinthians 6:19 · Numbers 11:29 · Titus 3:3

James 4:6 Matthew 23:12 · Proverbs 3:34 · 1 Peter 5:5 · Psalm 138:6 · Proverbs 18:12 · Proverbs 29:23 · Proverbs 6:16–17 · Proverbs 22:4 · Isaiah 2:11–12 · Job 22:29 · Isaiah 2:17 · Luke 18:14

James 4:7 1 Peter 5:8–9 · Ephesians 4:27 · Ephesians 6:11–12 · 1 Peter 5:6 · Luke 4:2–13 · Matthew 4:3–11 · Hebrews 12:9 · Romans 10:3 · Matthew 11:29 · 2 Chronicles 30:8 · Psalm 66:3 · Ephesians 5:21

James 4:8 Psalm 145:18 · Hebrews 10:22 · Malachi 3:7 · Zechariah 1:3 · Isaiah 55:6–7 · 2 Chronicles 15:2 · Hosea 6:1–2 · Jeremiah 4:14 · Ezekiel 36:25–27 · Psalm 51:6–7 · 1 John 3:3 · Psalm 51:10

James 4:9 Matthew 5:4 · 2 Corinthians 7:10–11 · Luke 6:25 · Proverbs 14:13 · James 5:1–2 · Psalm 119:67 · Ezekiel 16:63 · Jeremiah 31:18–20 · Ecclesiastes 7:2–6 · Revelation 18:7–8 · Ezekiel 7:16 · Lamentations 5:15

James 4:10 Matthew 23:12 · Psalm 147:6 · 1 Peter 5:6 · Luke 14:11 · James 4:6–7 · Job 22:29 · Luke 1:52 · Psalm 113:7 · 1 Samuel 2:9 · Luke 18:14 · Psalm 30:1 · Psalm 27:6

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Scripture text: Berean Standard Bible.