James 4:7
Good News Translation
So then, submit yourselves to God. Resist the Devil, and he will run away from you.

New Revised Standard Version
Submit yourselves therefore to God. Resist the devil, and he will flee from you.

Contemporary English Version
Surrender to God! Resist the devil, and he will run from you.

New American Bible
So submit yourselves to God. Resist the devil, and he will flee from you.

Douay-Rheims Bible
Be subject therefore to God. But resist the devil: and he will fly from you.

Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

Be subject therefore to God. But resist the devil: and he will fly from you.

Submit.

1 Samuel 3:18 So Samuel told him all the words, and did not hide them from him. And he answered: It is the Lord: let him do what is good in his sight.

2 Samuel 15:26 But if he shall say to me: Thou pleasest me not: I am ready, let him do that which is good before him.

2 Kings 1:13-15 Again he sent a third captain of fifty men, and the fifty that were with him. And when he was come, he fell upon his knees before Elias, and besought him, and said: Man of God, despise not my life, and the lives of thy servants that are with me. . . .

2 Chronicles 30:8 Harden not your necks, as your fathers did: yield yourselves to the Lord, and come to his sanctuary, which he hath sanctified forever: serve the Lord the God of your fathers, and the wrath of his indignation shall be turned away from you.

2 Chronicles 33:12,13 And after that he was in distress he prayed to the Lord his God: and did penance exceedingly before the God of his fathers. . . .

Job 1:21 And 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: as it hath pleased the Lord, so is it done: blessed be the name of the Lord.

Job 40:3-5 Then Job answered the Lord, and said: . . .

Job 42:1-6 Then Job answered the Lord, and said: . . .

Psalm 32:3-5 Because I was silent my bones grew old; whilst I cried out all the day long. . . .

Psalm 66:3 Say unto God, How terrible are thy works, O Lord! in the multitude of thy strength thy enemies shall lie to thee.

Psalm 68:30 Rebuke the wild beasts of the reeds, the congregation of bulls with the kine of the people; who seek to exclude them who are tried with silver. Scatter thou the nations that delight in wars:

Jeremiah 13:18 Say to the king, and to the queen: Humble yourselves, sit down: for the crown of your glory is come down from your head.

Daniel 4:25,32,34-37 All these things came upon king Nabuchodonosor. . . .

Matthew 11:29 Take up my yoke upon you, and learn of me, because I am meek, and humble of heart: And you shall find rest to your souls.

Acts 9:6 And he, trembling and astonished, said: Lord, what wilt thou have me to do?

Acts 16:29-31 Then calling for a light, he went in: and trembling, fell down at the feet of Paul and Silas. . . .

Acts 26:19 Whereupon, O king Agrippa, I was not incredulous to the heavenly vision.

Romans 10:3 For they, not knowing the justice of God and seeking to establish their own, have not submitted themselves to the justice of God.

Romans 14:11 For it is written: As I live, saith the Lord, every knee shall bow to me and every tongue shall confess to God.

Ephesians 5:21 Being subject one to another, in the fear of Christ.

Hebrews 12:9 Moreover, we have had fathers of our flesh for instructors, and we reverenced them. Shall we not much more obey the Father of spirits and live?

1 Peter 2:13 Be ye subject therefore to every human creature for God's sake: whether it be to the king as excelling,

Resist.

Matthew 4:3-11 And the tempter coming said to him: If thou be the Son of God, command that these stones be made bread. . . .

Luke 4:2-13 For the space of forty days, and was tempted by the devil. And he ate nothing in those days. And when they were ended, he was hungry. . . .

Ephesians 4:27 Give not place to the devil.

Ephesians 6:11,12 Put you on the armour of God, that you may be able to stand against the deceits of the devil. . . .

1 Peter 5:8,9 Be sober and watch: because your adversary the devil, as a roaring lion, goeth about seeking whom he may devour. . . .

Revelation 12:9-11 And that great dragon was cast out, that old serpent, who is called the devil and Satan, who seduceth the whole world. And he was cast unto the earth: and his angels were thrown down with him. . . .

Context
Drawing Near to God
6But he giveth greater grace. Wherefore he saith: God resisteth the proud and giveth grace to the humble. 7Be subject therefore to God. But resist the devil: and he will fly from you. 8Draw nigh to God: and he will draw nigh to you. Cleanse your hands, ye sinners, and purify your hearts, ye double minded.…
Cross References
Ephesians 4:27
Give not place to the devil.

Ephesians 6:11
Put you on the armour of God, that you may be able to stand against the deceits of the devil.

Ephesians 6:13
Therefore, take unto you the armour of God, that you may be able to resist in the evil day and to stand in all things perfect.

1 Peter 5:6
Be you humbled therefore under the mighty hand of God, that he may exalt you in the time of visitation:

1 Peter 5:8
Be sober and watch: because your adversary the devil, as a roaring lion, goeth about seeking whom he may devour.

1 Peter 5:9
Whom resist ye, strong in faith: knowing that the same affliction befalls, your brethren who are in the world.

James 4:6
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