James 4

4From whence come wars and ^||fightings among you? come they not hence, even of your ^||lusts ^athat war in your members? ²Ye lust, and have not: ye ^||bkill, and ^cdesire to have, and cannot obtain: ye fight and war, yet ye have not, because ye ask not. ^3dYe ask, and receive not, ^ebecause ye ask amiss, that ye may consume it upon your ^||lusts. ^4fYe adulterers and adulteresses, know ye not that ^gthe friendship of the world is ^henmity with God? ⁱwhosoever therefore will be a friend of the world is the enemy of God. ⁵Do ye think that ^kthe scripture saith in vain, ^lThe spirit that dwelleth in us lusteth ^||to envy? ⁶But ^mhe giveth more grace. Wherefore ⁿhe saith, ^oGod resisteth the proud, but giveth grace unto the humble. ^7opSubmit yourselves therefore to God. ^qResist the devil, and he will flee from you. ^8rDraw nigh to God, and he will draw nigh to you. ^sCleanse your hands, ye sinners; and ^tpurify your hearts, ye ^udouble minded. ⁹Be afflicted, and ^vmourn, and weep: let your laughter be turned to mourning, and your joy to heaviness. ^10pwHumble yourselves in the sight of the Lord, and he shall lift you up.

^11xSpeak not evil one of another, brethren. He that speaketh evil of his brother, and ^yjudgeth his brother, ^zspeaketh evil of the law, and judgeth the law: but if thou judge the law, thou art not a ^adoer of the law, but a judge. ¹²There is one lawgiver, who is able to save and ^bto destroy: ^cwho art thou that judgest another?

^13dGo to now, ye that say, ^eTo day or to morrow we will go into such a city, and ^fcontinue there a year, and ^gbuy and sell, and get gain: ¹⁴Whereas ye know not what shall be on the morrow. For what is your life? ^||hIt is even a vapour, that appeareth for a little time, and then vanisheth away. ¹⁵For that ye ought to say, ⁱIf the Lord will, we shall live, and do this, or that. ¹⁶But now ye ^jrejoice in your ^kboastings: ^lall such ^mrejoicing is evil. ¹⁷Therefore ⁿto him that knoweth to do good, and doeth it not, to him it is sin.