James 4:1–10

¹Whence come wars and whence fightings among you? Is it not thence, —from your pleasures, which war in your members? ²Ye lust and have not: ye kill and are full of envy, and cannot obtain; ye fight and war; ye have not because ye ask not. ³Ye ask and receive not, because ye ask evilly, that ye may consume it in your pleasures. ⁴Adulteresses, know ye not that friendship with the world is enmity with God? Whoever therefore is minded to be the friend of the world is constituted enemy of God. ⁵Think ye that the scripture speaks in vain? Does the Spirit which has taken his abode in us desire enviously? ⁶But he gives more grace. Wherefore he says, God sets himself against the proud, but gives grace to the lowly. ⁷Subject yourselves therefore 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, sinners, and purify your hearts, ye double-minded. ⁹Be wretched, and mourn, and weep: let your laughter be turned to mourning, and your joy to heaviness. ¹⁰Humble yourselves before the Lord, and he shall exalt you.