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James 4:7-10 KJV
James · chapter 4 · verses 7–10
7Submit yourselves therefore to God. Resist the devil, and he will flee 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. 9Be afflicted, and mourn, and weep: let your laughter be turned to mourning, and your joy to heaviness. 10Humble yourselves in the sight of the Lord, and he shall lift you up.James 4:7-10 · King James Version
James 4:7-10 in context
5Do ye think that the scripture saith in vain, The spirit that dwelleth in us lusteth to envy?
6But he giveth more grace. Wherefore he saith, God resisteth the proud, but giveth grace unto the humble.
7Submit yourselves therefore to God. Resist the devil, and he will flee 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.
9Be afflicted, and mourn, and weep: let your laughter be turned to mourning, and your joy to heaviness.
10Humble yourselves in the sight of the Lord, and he shall lift you up.
11Speak not evil one of another, brethren. He that speaketh evil of his brother, and judgeth his brother, speaketh evil of the law, and judgeth the law: but if thou judge the law, thou art not a doer of the law, but a judge.
12There is one lawgiver, who is able to save and to destroy: who art thou that judgest another?
Commentary
Cross references
- 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
- Psalms 145:18
- Hebrews 10:22
- Malachi 3:7
- Zechariah 1:3
Key words (Strong's)
- yourselveshypotassōto arrange under, to subordinate, to subject, put in subjection, to subject one s self…G5293 →
- yourselvestapeinoōto make low, bring low, to level, reduce to a plain, metaph. to bring into a humble…G5013 →
- afflictedtalaipōreōto toil heavily, to endure labours and hardships, to be afflicted, to feel afflicted and…G5003 →
- laughtergelōslaughterG1071 →
- mourningpenthosmourningG3997 →
- Cleansekatharizōto make clean, cleanse, from physical stains and dirt, utensils, food, a leper, to…G2511 →
- sinnershamartōlosdevoted to sin, a sinner, not free from sin, pre-eminently sinful, especially wicked, all…G268 →
- Resistanthistēmito set one s self against, to withstand, resist, oppose, to set againstG436 →
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The former chapter speaks of envying one another, as the great spring of strifes and contentions; this chapter speaks of a lust after worldly things, and a setting too great a value upon worldly pleasures and friendships, as that which carried their divisions to a shameful height. I.
— Matthew Henry's Concise Commentary on verses 1-10