²You lust and do not have; so you ^acommit murder. You are envious and cannot obtain; so you fight and quarrel. You do not have because you do not ask.

³You ask and ^ado not receive, because you ask ¹with wrong motives, so that you may spend it ²on your pleasures.

⁴You ^aadulteresses, do you not know that friendship with ^bthe world is ^chostility toward God? ^dTherefore whoever wishes to be a friend of the world makes himself an enemy of God.

⁵Or do you think that the Scripture ^aspeaks to no purpose: “¹He ²jealously desires ^bthe Spirit which He has made to dwell in us”?

⁶But ^aHe gives a greater grace. Therefore it says, “^bGod is opposed to the proud, but gives grace to the humble.”

⁷^aSubmit therefore to God. ^bResist the devil and he will flee from you.

⁸^aDraw near to God and He will draw near to you. ^bCleanse your hands, you sinners; and ^cpurify your hearts, you ^ddouble-minded.

⁹^aBe miserable and mourn and weep; let your laughter be turned into mourning and your joy to gloom.

¹⁰^aHumble yourselves in the presence of the Lord, and He will exalt you.

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James 4:10: Humble yourselves before the Lord, and he will exalt you.

Footnotes

1Lit From where wars and from where fightings
2Lit Are they not from here, from your
1Lit wickedly
2Lit in
1Or The spirit which He has made to dwell in us lusts with envy
2Lit desires to jealousy

Cross references

a Titus 3:9
b Rom 7:23
a James 5:6; 1 John 3:15
a 1 John 3:22; 5:14
a Jer 2:2; Ezek 16:32
b James 1:27
c Rom 8:7; 1 John 2:15
d Matt 6:24; John 15:19
a Num 23:19
b 1 Cor 6:19; 2 Cor 6:16
a Is 54:7f; Matt 13:12
b Ps 138:6; Prov 3:34; Matt 23:12; 1 Pet 5:5
a 1 Pet 5:6
b Eph 4:27; 6:11f; 1 Pet 5:8f
a 2 Chr 15:2; Zech 1:3; Mal 3:7; Heb 7:19
b Job 17:9; Is 1:16; 1 Tim 2:8
c Jer 4:14; James 3:17; 1 Pet 1:22; 1 John 3:3
d James 1:8
a Neh 8:9; Prov 14:13; Luke 6:25
a Job 5:11; Ezek 21:26; Luke 1:52; James 4:6