James 4
New King James Version Par ▾ 

Pride Promotes Strife

1Where do [a]wars and fights come from among you? Do they not come from your desires for pleasure that war in your members? 2You lust and do not have. You murder and covet and cannot obtain. You fight and [b]war. [c]Yet you do not have because you do not ask. 3You ask and do not receive, because you ask amiss, that you may spend it on your pleasures. 4[d]Adulterers and adulteresses! Do you not know that friendship with the world is enmity with God? Whoever therefore wants to be a friend of the world makes himself an enemy of God. 5Or do you think that the Scripture says in vain, “The Spirit who dwells in us yearns jealously”?

6But He gives more grace. Therefore He says:

“God resists the proud,
But gives grace to the humble.”

Humility Cures Worldliness

7Therefore submit 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. 9Lament and mourn and weep! Let your laughter be turned to mourning and your joy to gloom. 10Humble yourselves in the sight of the Lord, and He will lift you up.

Do Not Judge a Brother

11Do not speak evil of one another, brethren. He who speaks evil of a brother and judges his brother, speaks evil of the law and judges the law. But if you judge the law, you are not a doer of the law but a judge. 12There is one [e]Lawgiver, who is able to save and sa2.htm">12There is one [e]Lawgiver, who is able to save and sa2.htm">12There is one [e]Lawgiver, who is able to save and sa2.htm">12There is one [e]Lawgiver, who is able to save and sa2.htm">12There is one [e]Lawgiver, who is able to save and sa2.htm">12There is one [e]Lawgiver, who is able to save and sa2.htm">12There is one [e]Lawgiver, who is able to save and sa2.htm">12There is one [e]Lawgiver, who is able to save and sa2.htm">12There is one [e]Lawgiver, who is able to save and sa2.htm">12There is one [e]Lawgiver, who is able to save and sa2.htm">12There is one [e]Lawgiver, who is able to save and sa2.htm">12There is one [e]Lawgiver, who is able to save and sa2.htm">12There is one [e]Lawgiver, who is able to save and sa2.htm">12There is one [e]Lawgiver, who is able to save and sa2.htm">12There is one [e]Lawgiver, who is able to save and sa2.htm">12There is one [e]Lawgiver, who is able to save and sa2.htm">12There is one [e]Lawgiver, who is able to save and sa2.htm">12There is one [e]Lawgiver, who is able to save and sa2.htm">12There is one [e]Lawgiver, who is able to save and sa savsi ma, who is able to save and sa2.htm">1lass="fn">12<5b>There is obot, who is able t#footnotes">[e]Topd ofP"#fv>There is obotne [e]1lass="fn"botne Topd ofP"#fv>There is one life in keeping with yourable to save and ere is one they are far from your instruction.

life in keeping with your/psalms/119-151.htm">151There is obota> life in keeping with yourd19.151.2">