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8 Draw near to God, and he will draw near to you. Cleanse your hands, O you sinners! And purify your hearts, O you of doubtful mind! 9 Humble yourselves, and mourn; let your laughter be turned to weeping, and your joy to sorrow. 10 Humble yourselves before the LORD and he shall lift you up. 11 Do not speak against one another, my brethren, for he who speaks against his brother, and judges his brother, speaks against the law, and judges the law; but if you judge the law, you are not a doer of the law, but a judge of it. 12 For there is one lawgiver and judge, who is able to save and to destroy: who are you to judge your neighbor? 13 What then shall we say of those who say, Today or tomorrow we will go to a certain city, and will work there a year, and will trade and prosper? 14 They do not know what will happen tomorrow! For what is our life? It is but a vapour, which appears for a little while, and then vanishes away. 15 Instead of that they should say, If the LORD will, we shall live, and do this, or that. 16 But now they are proud in their boasting: all such pride is evil. 17 Therefore he who knows to do good, and does not do it, to him it is sin. James 4:8-17, Lamsa Bible. Public domain.
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