James 4:7-11

7So place yourselves under God’s authority. Resist the devil, and he will run away from you.

8Come close to God, and he will come close to you. Clean up your lives, you sinners, and clear your minds, you doubters.

9Be miserable, mourn, and cry. Turn your laughter into mourning and your joy into gloom.

10Humble yourselves in the Lord’s presence. Then he will give you a high position.

11Brothers and sisters, stop slandering each other. Those who slander and judge other believers slander and judge God’s laws. If you judge God’s teachings, you are no longer following them. Instead, you are judging them.