New American Standard Bible 1995

James 4:5-12

5Or do you think that the Scripture 1speaks to no purpose: “2He 3jealously desires 4the Spirit which He has made to dwell in us”? 6But 5He gives a greater grace. Therefore it says, “6God is opposed to the proud, but gives grace to the humble.” 7 7Submit therefore to God. 8Resist the devil and he will flee from you. 8 9Draw near to God and He will draw near to you. 10Cleanse your hands, you sinners; and 11purify your hearts, you 12double-minded. 9 13Be miserable and mourn and weep; let your laughter be turned into mourning and your joy to gloom. 10 14Humble yourselves in the presence of the Lord, and He will exalt you.

11 15Do not speak against one another, 16brethren. He who speaks against a brother or 17judges his brother, speaks against 18the law and judges the law; but if you judge the law, you are not 19a doer of the law but a judge of it. 12There is only one 20Lawgiver and Judge, the One who is 21able to save and to destroy; but 22who are you who judge your neighbor?

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Notes

1. James 4:5 Num 23:19 ↩
2. James 4:5 Or The spirit which He has made to dwell in us lusts with envy ↩
3. James 4:5 Lit desires to jealousy ↩
4. James 4:5 1 Cor 6:19; 2 Cor 6:16 ↩
5. James 4:6 Is 54:7f; Matt 13:12 ↩
6. James 4:6 Ps 138:6; Prov 3:34; Matt 23:12; 1 Pet 5:5 ↩
7. James 4:7 1 Pet 5:6 ↩
8. James 4:7 Eph 4:27; 6:11f; 1 Pet 5:8f ↩
9. James 4:8 2 Chr 15:2; Zech 1:3; Mal 3:7; Heb 7:19 ↩
10. James 4:8 Job 17:9; Is 1:16; 1 Tim 2:8 ↩
11. James 4:8 Jer 4:14; James 3:17; 1 Pet 1:22; 1 John 3:3 ↩
12. James 4:8 James 1:8 ↩
13. James 4:9 Neh 8:9; Prov 14:13; Luke 6:25 ↩
14. James 4:10 Job 5:11; Ezek 21:26; Luke 1:52; James 4:6 ↩
15. James 4:11 2 Cor 12:20; James 5:9; 1 Pet 2:1 ↩
16. James 4:11 James 1:16; 5:7, 9, 10 ↩
17. James 4:11 Matt 7:1; Rom 14:4 ↩
18. James 4:11 James 2:8 ↩
19. James 4:11 James 1:22 ↩
20. James 4:12 Is 33:22; James 5:9 ↩
21. James 4:12 Matt 10:28 ↩
22. James 4:12 Rom 14:4 ↩

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