The project for the week of Aug 7 2018
The following verses are from the New King James Version
The following verses are from the New Living Transaction
4:1 From where are conflicts James asks about the origin of the disputes taking place in the church. among your members Refers to conflicts among church members. melesin: MEMBER Vines melos (μέλος, 3196), “a limb of the body,” is used (a) literally, Matt. 5:29–30; Rom. 6:13 (twice), 19 (twice); 7:5, 23 (twice); 12:4 (twice); 1 Cor. 12:12 (twice), 14, 18–20, 22, 25–26 (twice); Jas. 3:5, 6; 4:1; in Col. 3:5, “mortify therefore your members which are upon the earth”; since our bodies and their “members” belong to the earth, and are the instruments of sin, they are referred to as such (cf. Matt. 5:29–30; Rom. 7:5, 23, mentioned above); the putting to death is not physical, but ethical; as the physical “members” have distinct individualities, so those evils, of which the physical “members” are agents, are by analogy regarded as examples of the way in which the “members” work if not put to death; this is not precisely the same as “the old man,” v. 9, i.e., the old nature, though there is a connection; (b) metaphorically, “of believers as members of Christ,” 1 Cor. 6:15 (1st part); of one another, Rom. 12:5 (as with the natural illustration, so with the spiritual analogy, there is not only vital unity, and harmony in operation, but diversity, all being essential to effectivity; the unity is not due to external organization but to common and vital union in Christ); there is stress in v. 5 upon “many” and “in Christ” and “members;” 1 Cor. 12:27 (of the “members” of a local church as a body); Eph. 4:25 (of the “members” of the whole Church as the mystical body of Christ); in 1 Cor. 6:15 (2nd part), of one who practices fornication.¶[1]
Treasury - James 4:1 (King James Version)
Jas 3:14-18 — But if ye have bitter envying and strife in your hearts, glory not, and lie not against the truth. 15 This wisdom descendeth not from above, but is earthly, sensual, devilish. 16 For where envying and strife is, there is confusion and every evil work. 17 But the wisdom that is from above is first pure, then peaceable, gentle, and easy to be intreated, full of mercy and good fruits, without partiality, and without hypocrisy. 18 And the fruit of righteousness is sown in peace of them that make peace.
Jas 1:14 — But every man is tempted, when he is drawn away of his own lust, and enticed.
Ge 4:5-8 — But unto Cain and to his offering he had not respect. And Cain was very wroth, and his countenance fell. 6 And the LORD said unto Cain, Why art thou wroth? and why is thy countenance fallen? 7 If thou doest well, shalt thou not be accepted? and if thou doest not well, sin lieth at the door. And unto thee shall be his desire, and thou shalt rule over him. 8 And Cain talked with Abel his brother: and it came to pass, when they were in the field, that Cain rose up against Abel his brother, and slew him.
Jer 17:9 — The heart is deceitful above all things, and desperately wicked: who can know it?
Mt 15:19 — For out of the heart proceed evil thoughts, murders, adulteries, fornications, thefts, false witness, blasphemies:
Mk 7:21-23 — For from within, out of the heart of men, proceed evil thoughts, adulteries, fornications, murders, 22 Thefts, covetousness, wickedness, deceit, lasciviousness, an evil eye, blasphemy, pride, foolishness: 23 All these evil things come from within, and defile the man.
Jn 8:44 — Ye are of your father the devil, and the lusts of your father ye will do. He was a murderer from the beginning, and abode not in the truth, because there is no truth in him. When he speaketh a lie, he speaketh of his own: for he is a liar, and the father of it.
Ro 8:7 — Because the carnal mind is enmity against God: for it is not subject to the law of God, neither indeed can be.
1Ti 6:4-10 — He is proud, knowing nothing, but doting about questions and strifes of words, whereof cometh envy, strife, railings, evil surmisings, 5 Perverse disputings of men of corrupt minds, and destitute of the truth, supposing that gain is godliness: from such withdraw thyself. 6 But godliness with contentment is great gain. 7 For we brought nothing into this world, and it is certain we can carry nothing out. 8 And having food and raiment let us be therewith content. 9 But they that will be rich fall into temptation and a snare, and into many foolish and hurtful lusts, which drown men in destruction and perdition. 10 For the love of money is the root of all evil: which while some coveted after, they have erred from the faith, and pierced themselves through with many sorrows.
Tit 3:3 — For we ourselves also were sometimes foolish, disobedient, deceived, serving divers lusts and pleasures, living in malice and envy, hateful, and hating one another.
1Pe 1:14 — As obedient children, not fashioning yourselves according to the former lusts in your ignorance:
1Pe 2:11 — Dearly beloved, I beseech you as strangers and pilgrims, abstain from fleshly lusts, which war against the soul;
1Pe 4:2 — That he no longer should live the rest of his time in the flesh to the lusts of men, but to the will of God.
1Pe 4:3 — For the time past of our life may suffice us to have wrought the will of the Gentiles, when we walked in lasciviousness, lusts, excess of wine, revellings, banquetings, and abominable idolatries:
2Pe 2:18 — For when they speak great swelling words of vanity, they allure through the lusts of the flesh, through much wantonness, those that were clean escaped from them who live in error.
2Pe 3:3 — Knowing this first, that there shall come in the last days scoffers, walking after their own lusts,
1Jn 2:15-17 — Love not the world, neither the things that are in the world. If any man love the world, the love of the Father is not in him. 16 For all that is in the world, the lust of the flesh, and the lust of the eyes, and the pride of life, is not of the Father, but is of the world. 17 And the world passeth away, and the lust thereof: but he that doeth the will of God abideth for ever.
Jude 1:16-18 — These are murmurers, complainers, walking after their own lusts; and their mouth speaketh great swelling words, having men's persons in admiration because of advantage. 17 But, beloved, remember ye the words which were spoken before of the apostles of our Lord Jesus Christ; 18 How that they told you there should be mockers in the last time, who should walk after their own ungodly lusts.
Jas 4:3 — Ye ask, and receive not, because ye ask amiss, that ye may consume it upon your lusts.
Ro 7:5 — For when we were in the flesh, the motions of sins, which were by the law, did work in our members to bring forth fruit unto death.
Ro 7:23 — But I see another law in my members, warring against the law of my mind, and bringing me into captivity to the law of sin which is in my members.
Gal 5:17 — For the flesh lusteth against the Spirit, and the Spirit against the flesh: and these are contrary the one to the other: so that ye cannot do the things that ye would.
Col 3:5 — Mortify therefore your members which are upon the earth; fornication, uncleanness, inordinate affection, evil concupiscence, and covetousness, which is idolatry:
4:2 you murder James may be referring metaphorically to extreme anger or hatred (Matt 5:21–22; 1 John 3:15). The Greek term used here could reflect a person’s tendency toward anger; such a person is on the verge of murder. filled with envy Unsatisfied envy leads to fighting and quarreling. zēloute = envy, JEALOUS, JEALOUSY Vines A. Noun. zelos (ζη̂λος, 2205), “zeal, jealousy,” is rendered “jealousy” in the RV (KJV, “envying”) in Rom. 13:13; 1 Cor. 3:3; Jas. 3:14, 16; in 2 Cor. 12:20 (KJV, “envyings”); in Gal. 5:20, RV “jealousies” (KJV, “emulations”); in Acts 5:17 (KJV, “indignation”); in 13:45 (KJV, “envy”); in 2 Cor. 11:2 it is used in the phrase “with a godly jealousy,” lit., “with a jealousy of God” (RV, marg.). See ENVY. B. Verbs. 1. zeloo (ζηλόω, 2206), akin to A, “to be jealous, to burn with jealousy” (otherwise, to seek or desire eagerly), is rendered “moved with jealousy,” in Acts 7:9 and 17:5, RV (KJV, “moved with envy”); in 1 Cor. 13:4, “envieth (not),” KJV and RV; in Jas. 4:2, RV marg., “are jealous” (text “covet;” KJV, “desire to have”). See AFFECT, Note, DESIRE. 2. parazeloo (παραζηλόω, 3863), “to provoke to jealousy” (para, “beside,” used intensively, and No. 1), is found in Rom. 10:19 and 11:11, of God’s dealings with Israel through his merciful dealings with Gentiles; in 11:14, RV, “I may provoke to jealousy” (KJV, “… emulation”), of the apostle’s evangelical ministry to Gentiles with a view to stirring his fellow nationals to a sense of their need and responsibilities regarding the gospel; in 1 Cor. 10:22, of the provocation of God on the part of believers who compromise their divine relationship by partaking of the table of demons; in Gal. 5:20, of the works of the flesh.¶[2]
Treasury - James 4:2 (King James Version)
Jas 5:1-5 — Go to now, ye rich men, weep and howl for your miseries that shall come upon you. 2 Your riches are corrupted, and your garments are motheaten. 3 Your gold and silver is cankered; and the rust of them shall be a witness against you, and shall eat your flesh as it were fire. Ye have heaped treasure together for the last days. 4 Behold, the hire of the labourers who have reaped down your fields, which is of you kept back by fraud, crieth: and the cries of them which have reaped are entered into the ears of the Lord of sabaoth. 5 Ye have lived in pleasure on the earth, and been wanton; ye have nourished your hearts, as in a day of slaughter.
Pr 1:19 — So are the ways of every one that is greedy of gain; which taketh away the life of the owners thereof.
Ecc 4:8 — There is one alone, and there is not a second; yea, he hath neither child nor brother: yet is there no end of all his labour; neither is his eye satisfied with riches; neither saith he, For whom do I labour, and bereave my soul of good? This is also vanity, yea, it is a sore travail.
Hab 2:5 — Yea also, because he transgresseth by wine, he is a proud man, neither keepeth at home, who enlargeth his desire as hell, and is as death, and cannot be satisfied, but gathereth unto him all nations, and heapeth unto him all people:
1Ti 6:9 — But they that will be rich fall into temptation and a snare, and into many foolish and hurtful lusts, which drown men in destruction and perdition.
1Ti 6:10 — For the love of money is the root of all evil: which while some coveted after, they have erred from the faith, and pierced themselves through with many sorrows.
Jas 1:5 — If any of you lack wisdom, let him ask of God, that giveth to all men liberally, and upbraideth not; and it shall be given him.
Isa 7:12 — But Ahaz said, I will not ask, neither will I tempt the LORD.
Mt 7:7 — Ask, and it shall be given you; seek, and ye shall find; knock, and it shall be opened unto you:
Mt 7:8 — For every one that asketh receiveth; and he that seeketh findeth; and to him that knocketh it shall be opened.
Lk 11:9-13 — And I say unto you, Ask, and it shall be given you; seek, and ye shall find; knock, and it shall be opened unto you. 10 For every one that asketh receiveth; and he that seeketh findeth; and to him that knocketh it shall be opened. 11 If a son shall ask bread of any of you that is a father, will he give him a stone? or if he ask a fish, will he for a fish give him a serpent? 12 Or if he shall ask an egg, will he offer him a scorpion? 13 If ye then, being evil, know how to give good gifts unto your children: how much more shall your heavenly Father give the Holy Spirit to them that ask him?
Jn 4:10 — Jesus answered and said unto her, If thou knewest the gift of God, and who it is that saith to thee, Give me to drink; thou wouldest have asked of him, and he would have given thee living water.
Jn 16:24 — Hitherto have ye asked nothing in my name: ask, and ye shall receive, that your joy may be full
Treasury - James 4:3 (King James Version)
Jas 1:6 — But let him ask in faith, nothing wavering. For he that wavereth is like a wave of the sea driven with the wind and tossed.
Jas 1:7 — For let not that man think that he shall receive any thing of the Lord.
Job 27:8-10 — For what is the hope of the hypocrite, though he hath gained, when God taketh away his soul? 9 Will God hear his cry when trouble cometh upon him? 10 Will he delight himself in the Almighty? will he always call upon God?
Job 35:12 — There they cry, but none giveth answer, because of the pride of evil men.
Ps 18:41 — They cried, but there was none to save them: even unto the LORD, but he answered them not.
Ps 66:18 — If I regard iniquity in my heart, the Lord will not hear me:
Ps 66:19 — But verily God hath heard me; he hath attended to the voice of my prayer.
Pr 1:28 — Then shall they call upon me, but I will not answer; they shall seek me early, but they shall not find me:
Pr 15:8 — The sacrifice of the wicked is an abomination to the LORD: but the prayer of the upright is his delight.
Pr 21:13 — Whoso stoppeth his ears at the cry of the poor, he also shall cry himself, but shall not be heard.
Pr 21:27 — The sacrifice of the wicked is abomination: how much more, when he bringeth it with a wicked mind?
Isa 1:15 — And when ye spread forth your hands, I will hide mine eyes from you: yea, when ye make many prayers, I will not hear: your hands are full of blood.
Isa 1:16 — Wash you, make you clean; put away the evil of your doings from before mine eyes; cease to do evil;
Jer 11:11 — Therefore thus saith the LORD, Behold, I will bring evil upon them, which they shall not be able to escape; and though they shall cry unto me, I will not hearken unto them.
Jer 11:14 — Therefore pray not thou for this people, neither lift up a cry or prayer for them: for I will not hear them in the time that they cry unto me for their trouble.
Jer 14:12 — When they fast, I will not hear their cry; and when they offer burnt offering and an oblation, I will not accept them: but I will consume them by the sword, and by the famine, and by the pestilence.
Mic 3:4 — Then shall they cry unto the LORD, but he will not hear them: he will even hide his face from them at that time, as they have behaved themselves ill in their doings.
Zec 7:13 — Therefore it is come to pass, that as he cried, and they would not hear; so they cried, and I would not hear, saith the LORD of hosts:
Mt 20:22 — But Jesus answered and said, Ye know not what ye ask. Are ye able to drink of the cup that I shall drink of, and to be baptized with the baptism that I am baptized with? They say unto him, We are able.
Mk 10:38 — But Jesus said unto them, Ye know not what ye ask: can ye drink of the cup that I drink of? and be baptized with the baptism that I am baptized with?
1Jn 3:22 — And whatsoever we ask, we receive of him, because we keep his commandments, and do those things that are pleasing in his sight.
1Jn 5:14 — And this is the confidence that we have in him, that, if we ask any thing according to his will, he heareth us:
Lk 15:13 — And not many days after the younger son gathered all together, and took his journey into a far country, and there wasted his substance with riotous living.
Lk 15:30 — But as soon as this thy son was come, which hath devoured thy living with harlots, thou hast killed for him the fatted calf.
Lk 16:1 — And he said also unto his disciples, There was a certain rich man, which had a steward; and the same was accused unto him that he had wasted his goods.
Lk 16:2 — And he called him, and said unto him, How is it that I hear this of thee? give an account of thy stewardship; for thou mayest be no longer steward.
Jas 4:1 — From whence come wars and fightings among you? come they not hence, even of your lusts that war in your members?
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4:4 Greek You adulteresses!
4:4 Adulterous people A figure of speech designating the unfaithfulness of God’s people (e.g., Jer 3:7–10; Matt 12:39). Unfaithful=moichalides Vines: ADULTERER (-ESS), ADULTEROUS, ADULTERY
A. Nouns.
1. moichos (μοιχός, 3432) denotes one “who has unlawful intercourse with the spouse of another,” Luke 18:11; 1 Cor. 6:9; Heb. 13:4. As to Jas. 4:4, see below.¶
2. moichalis (μοιχαλίς, 3428), “an adulteress,” is used (a) in the natural sense, 2 Pet. 2:14; Rom. 7:3; (b) in the spiritual sense, Jas. 4:4; here the RV rightly omits the word “adulterers.” It was added by a copyist. As in Israel the breach of their relationship with God through their idolatry, was described as “adultery” or “harlotry” (e.g., Ezek. 16:15, etc.; 23:43), so believers who cultivate friendship with the world, thus breaking their spiritual union with Christ, are spiritual “adulteresses,” having been spiritually united to Him as wife to husband, Rom. 7:4. It is used adjectivally to describe the Jewish people in transferring their affections from God, Matt. 12:39; 16:4; Mark 8:38. In 2 Pet. 2:14, the lit. translation is “full of an adulteress” (RV, marg.).¶
3. moicheia (μοιχεία, 3430), “adultery,” is found in Matt. 15:19; Mark 7:21; John 8:3 (KJV only).¶[3]
Treasury - James 4:4 (King James Version)
Ps 50:18 — When thou sawest a thief, then thou consentedst with him, and hast been partaker with adulterers.
Ps 73:27 — For, lo, they that are far from thee shall perish: thou hast destroyed all them that go a whoring from thee.
Isa 57:3 — But draw near hither, ye sons of the sorceress, the seed of the adulterer and the whore.
Jer 9:2 — Oh that I had in the wilderness a lodging place of wayfaring men; that I might leave my people, and go from them! for they be all adulterers, an assembly of treacherous men.
Hos 3:1 — Then said the LORD unto me, Go yet, love a woman beloved of her friend, yet an adulteress, according to the love of the LORD toward the children of Israel, who look to other gods, and love flagons of wine.
Mt 12:39 — But he answered and said unto them, An evil and adulterous generation seeketh after a sign; and there shall no sign be given to it, but the sign of the prophet Jonas:
Mt 16:4 — A wicked and adulterous generation seeketh after a sign; and there shall no sign be given unto it, but the sign of the prophet Jonas. And he left them, and departed.
Jn 7:7 — The world cannot hate you; but me it hateth, because I testify of it, that the works thereof are evil.
Jn 15:19 — If ye were of the world, the world would love his own: but because ye are not of the world, but I have chosen you out of the world, therefore the world hateth you.
Jn 15:23 — He that hateth me hateth my Father also.
Jn 17:14 — I have given them thy word; and the world hath hated them, because they are not of the world, even as I am not of the world.
1Jn 2:15 — Love not the world, neither the things that are in the world. If any man love the world, the love of the Father is not in him.
1Jn 2:16 — For all that is in the world, the lust of the flesh, and the lust of the eyes, and the pride of life, is not of the Father, but is of the world.
Ge 3:15 — And I will put enmity between thee and the woman, and between thy seed and her seed; it shall bruise thy head, and thou shalt bruise his heel.
Ro 8:7 — Because the carnal mind is enmity against God: for it is not subject to the law of God, neither indeed can be.
Gal 1:10 — For do I now persuade men, or God? or do I seek to please men? for if I yet pleased men, I should not be the servant of Christ.
Ps 21:8 — Thine hand shall find out all thine enemies: thy right hand shall find out those that hate thee.
Lk 19:27 — But those mine enemies, which would not that I should reign over them, bring hither, and slay them before me.
Jn 15:23 — He that hateth me hateth my Father also.
Jn 15:24 — If I had not done among them the works which none other man did, they had not had sin: but now have they both seen and hated both me and my Father.
Ro 5:10 — For if, when we were enemies, we were reconciled to God by the death of his Son, much more, being reconciled, we shall be saved by his life.
4:5 Or They say that the spirit God has placed within us is filled with envy; or They say that the Holy Spirit, whom God has placed within us, opposes our envy.
4:5 spirit which he caused This statement is not found in the OT, suggesting that James could be summarizing several OT passages (compare Matt 2:23; John 7:38; Eph 5:14).
ENVY, ENVYING=pthonon Vines A. Noun. phthonos (φθόνος, 5355), “envy,” is the feeling of displeasure produced by witnessing or hearing of the advantage or prosperity of others; this evil sense always attaches to this word, Matt. 27:18; Mark 15:10; Rom. 1:29; Gal. 5:21; Phil. 1:15; 1 Tim. 6:4; Titus 3:3; 1 Pet. 2:1; so in Jas. 4:5, where the question is rhetorical and strongly remonstrative, signifying that the Spirit (or spirit) which God made to dwell in us was certainly not so bestowed that we should be guilty of “envy.”¶ Note: Zelos, “zeal or jealousy,” translated “envy” in the KJV, in Acts 13:45; Rom. 13:13; 1 Cor. 3:3; 2 Cor. 12:20; Jas. 3:14, 16, is to be distinguished from phthonos, and, apart from the meanings “zeal” and “indignation,” is always translated “jealousy” in the RV. The distinction lies in this, that “envy” desires to deprive another of what he has, “jealousy” desires to have the same or the same sort of thing for itself See FERVENT, INDIGNATION, JEALOUSY, ZEAL. B. Verbs. 1. phthoneo (φθονέω, 5354), “to envy” (akin to A.), is used in Gal. 5:26.¶ 2. zeloo (ζηλόω, 2206) denotes “to be zealous, moved with jealousy,” Acts 7:9 and 17:5, RV, “moved with jealousy” (KJV, “moved with envy”); both have “envieth” in 1 Cor. 13:4. See the Note under A. See AFFECT, COVET, DESIRE, JEALOUS, ZEALOUS.[4] Treasury - James 4:5
(King James Version)
Jn 7:42 — Hath not the scripture said, That Christ cometh of the seed of David, and out of the town of Bethlehem, where David was?
Jn 10:35 — If he called them gods, unto whom the word of God came, and the scripture cannot be broken;
Jn 19:37 — And again another scripture saith, They shall look on him whom they pierced.
Ro 9:17 — For the scripture saith unto Pharaoh, Even for this same purpose have I raised thee up, that I might shew my power in thee, and that my name might be declared throughout all the earth.
Gal 3:8 — And the scripture, foreseeing that God would justify the heathen through faith, preached before the gospel unto Abraham, saying, In thee shall all nations be blessed.
Ge 4:5 — But unto Cain and to his offering he had not respect. And Cain was very wroth, and his countenance fell.
Ge 4:6 — And the LORD said unto Cain, Why art thou wroth? and why is thy countenance fallen?
Ge 6:5 — And GOD saw that the wickedness of man was great in the earth, and that every imagination of the thoughts of his heart was only evil continually.
Ge 8:21 — And the LORD smelled a sweet savour; and the LORD said in his heart, I will not again curse the ground any more for man's sake; for the imagination of man's heart is evil from his youth; neither will I again smite any more every thing living, as I have done.
Ge 26:14 — For he had possession of flocks, and possession of herds, and great store of servants: and the Philistines envied him.
Ge 30:1 — And when Rachel saw that she bare Jacob no children, Rachel envied her sister; and said unto Jacob, Give me children, or else I die.
Ge 37:11 — And his brethren envied him; but his father observed the saying.
Nu 11:29 — And Moses said unto him, Enviest thou for my sake? would God that all the LORD'S people were prophets, and that the LORD would put his spirit upon them!
Ps 37:1 — Fret not thyself because of evildoers, neither be thou envious against the workers of iniquity.
Ps 106:16 — They envied Moses also in the camp, and Aaron the saint of the LORD.
Pr 21:10 — The soul of the wicked desireth evil: his neighbour findeth no favour in his eyes.
Ecc 4:4 — Again, I considered all travail, and every right work, that for this a man is envied of his neighbour. This is also vanity and vexation of spirit.
Isa 11:13 — The envy also of Ephraim shall depart, and the adversaries of Judah shall be cut off: Ephraim shall not envy Judah, and Judah shall not vex Ephraim.
Ac 7:9 — And the patriarchs, moved with envy, sold Joseph into Egypt: but God was with him,
Ro 1:29 — Being filled with all unrighteousness, fornication, wickedness, covetousness, maliciousness; full of envy, murder, debate, deceit, malignity; whisperers,
Tit 3:3 — For we ourselves also were sometimes foolish, disobedient, deceived, serving divers lusts and pleasures, living in malice and envy, hateful, and hating one another.
4:6 Prov 3:34 (Greek version).
4:6 he gives greater grace God’s grace is greater than the human inclination to sin. God opposes the proud James quotes Prov 3:34, highlighting God’s opposition toward the proud who disregard Him and despise others. The passage further stresses God’s kindness to the lowly—those who recognize their insufficiency and depend on Him.
Treasury - James 4:6 (King James Version)
Ex 10:3 — And Moses and Aaron came in unto Pharaoh, and said unto him, Thus saith the LORD God of the Hebrews, How long wilt thou refuse to humble thyself before me? let my people go, that they may serve me.
Ex 10:4 — Else, if thou refuse to let my people go, behold, to morrow will I bring the locusts into thy coast:
Ex 15:9 — The enemy said, I will pursue, I will overtake, I will divide the spoil; my lust shall be satisfied upon them; I will draw my sword, my hand shall destroy them.
Ex 15:10 — Thou didst blow with thy wind, the sea covered them: they sank as lead in the mighty waters.
Ex 18:11 — Now I know that the LORD is greater than all gods: for in the thing wherein they dealt proudly he was above them.
1Sa 2:3 — Talk no more so exceeding proudly; let not arrogancy come out of your mouth: for the LORD is a God of knowledge, and by him actions are weighed.
Job 22:29 — When men are cast down, then thou shalt say, There is lifting up; and he shall save the humble person.
Job 40:10-12 — Deck thyself now with majesty and excellency; and array thyself with glory and beauty. 11 Cast abroad the rage of thy wrath: and behold every one that is proud, and abase him. 12 Look on every one that is proud, and bring him low; and tread down the wicked in their place.
Ps 138:6 — Though the LORD be high, yet hath he respect unto the lowly: but the proud he knoweth afar off.
Pr 3:34 — Surely he scorneth the scorners: but he giveth grace unto the lowly.
Pr 6:16 — These six things doth the LORD hate: yea, seven are an abomination unto him:
Pr 6:17 — A proud look, a lying tongue, and hands that shed innocent blood,
Pr 29:23 — A man's pride shall bring him low: but honour shall uphold the humble in spirit.
Isa 2:11 — The lofty looks of man shall be humbled, and the haughtiness of men shall be bowed down, and the LORD alone shall be exalted in that day.
Isa 2:12 — For the day of the LORD of hosts shall be upon every one that is proud and lofty, and upon every one that is lifted up; and he shall be brought low:
Isa 2:17 — And the loftiness of man shall be bowed down, and the haughtiness of men shall be made low: and the LORD alone shall be exalted in that day.
Isa 10:8-14 — For he saith, Are not my princes altogether kings? 9 Is not Calno as Carchemish? is not Hamath as Arpad? is not Samaria as Damascus? 10 As my hand hath found the kingdoms of the idols, and whose graven images did excel them of Jerusalem and of Samaria; 11 Shall I not, as I have done unto Samaria and her idols, so do to Jerusalem and her idols? 12 Wherefore it shall come to pass, that when the Lord hath performed his whole work upon mount Zion and on Jerusalem, I will punish the fruit of the stout heart of the king of Assyria, and the glory of his high looks. 13 For he saith, By the strength of my hand I have done it, and by my wisdom; for I am prudent: and I have removed the bounds of the people, and have robbed their treasures, and I have put down the inhabitants like a valiant man: 14 And my hand hath found as a nest the riches of the people: and as one gathereth eggs that are left, have I gathered all the earth; and there was none that moved the wing, or opened the mouth, or peeped.
Isa 16:6 — We have heard of the pride of Moab; he is very proud: even of his haughtiness, and his pride, and his wrath: but his lies shall not be so.
Isa 16:7 — Therefore shall Moab howl for Moab, every one shall howl: for the foundations of Kirhareseth shall ye mourn; surely they are stricken.
Da 4:37 — Now I Nebuchadnezzar praise and extol and honour the King of heaven, all whose works are truth, and his ways judgment: and those that walk in pride he is able to abase.
Da 5:20-23 — But when his heart was lifted up, and his mind hardened in pride, he was deposed from his kingly throne, and they took his glory from him: 21 And he was driven from the sons of men; and his heart was made like the beasts, and his dwelling was with the wild asses: they fed him with grass like oxen, and his body was wet with the dew of heaven; till he knew that the most high God ruled in the kingdom of men, and that he appointeth over it whomsoever he will. 22 And thou his son, O Belshazzar, hast not humbled thine heart, though thou knewest all this; 23 But hast lifted up thyself against the Lord of heaven; and they have brought the vessels of his house before thee, and thou, and thy lords, thy wives, and thy concubines, have drunk wine in them; and thou hast praised the gods of silver, and gold, of brass, iron, wood, and stone, which see not, nor hear, nor know: and the God in whose hand thy breath is, and whose are all thy ways, hast thou not glorified:
Mt 23:12 — And whosoever shall exalt himself shall be abased; and he that shall humble himself shall be exalted.
Lk 1:52 — He hath put down the mighty from their seats, and exalted them of low degree.
Lk 14:11 — For whosoever exalteth himself shall be abased; and he that humbleth himself shall be exalted.
Lk 18:14 — I tell you, this man went down to his house justified rather than the other: for every one that exalteth himself shall be abased; and he that humbleth himself shall be exalted.
1Pe 5:5 — Likewise, ye younger, submit yourselves unto the elder. Yea, all of you be subject one to another, and be clothed with humility: for God resisteth the proud, and giveth grace to the humble.
2Ch 32:26 — Notwithstanding Hezekiah humbled himself for the pride of his heart, both he and the inhabitants of Jerusalem, so that the wrath of the LORD came not upon them in the days of Hezekiah.
2Ch 33:12 — And when he was in affliction, he besought the LORD his God, and humbled himself greatly before the God of his fathers,
2Ch 33:19 — His prayer also, and how God was intreated of him, and all his sin, and his trespass, and the places wherein he built high places, and set up groves and graven images, before he was humbled: behold, they are written among the sayings of the seers.
2Ch 33:23 — And humbled not himself before the LORD, as Manasseh his father had humbled himself; but Amon trespassed more and more.
2Ch 34:27 — Because thine heart was tender, and thou didst humble thyself before God, when thou heardest his words against this place, and against the inhabitants thereof, and humbledst thyself before me, and didst rend thy clothes, and weep before me; I have even heard thee also, saith the LORD.
Job 22:29 — When men are cast down, then thou shalt say, There is lifting up; and he shall save the humble person.
Ps 9:12 — When he maketh inquisition for blood, he remembereth them: he forgetteth not the cry of the humble.
Pr 15:33 — The fear of the LORD is the instruction of wisdom; and before honour is humility.
Pr 18:12 — Before destruction the heart of man is haughty, and before honour is humility.
Pr 22:4 — By humility and the fear of the LORD are riches, and honour, and life.
Isa 57:15 — For thus saith the high and lofty One that inhabiteth eternity, whose name is Holy; I dwell in the high and holy place, with him also that is of a contrite and humble spirit, to revive the spirit of the humble, and to revive the heart of the contrite ones.
Treasury - James 4:7 (King James Version)
1Sa 3:18 — And Samuel told him every whit, and hid nothing from him. And he said, It is the LORD: let him do what seemeth him good.
2Sa 15:26 — But if he thus say, I have no delight in thee; behold, here am I, let him do to me as seemeth good unto him.
2Ki 1:13-15 — And he sent again a captain of the third fifty with his fifty. And the third captain of fifty went up, and came and fell on his knees before Elijah, and besought him, and said unto him, O man of God, I pray thee, let my life, and the life of these fifty thy servants, be precious in thy sight. 14 Behold, there came fire down from heaven, and burnt up the two captains of the former fifties with their fifties: therefore let my life now be precious in thy sight. 15 And the angel of the LORD said unto Elijah, Go down with him: be not afraid of him. And he arose, and went down with him unto the king.
2Ch 30:8 — Now be ye not stiffnecked, as your fathers were, but yield yourselves unto the LORD, and enter into his sanctuary, which he hath sanctified for ever: and serve the LORD your God, that the fierceness of his wrath may turn away from you.
2Ch 33:12 — And when he was in affliction, he besought the LORD his God, and humbled himself greatly before the God of his fathers,
2Ch 33:13 — And prayed unto him: and he was intreated of him, and heard his supplication, and brought him again to Jerusalem into his kingdom. Then Manasseh knew that the LORD he was God.
Job 1:21 — And said, Naked came I out of my mother's womb, and naked shall I return thither: the LORD gave, and the LORD hath taken away; blessed be the name of the LORD.
Job 40:3-5 — Then Job answered the LORD, and said, 4 Behold, I am vile; what shall I answer thee? I will lay mine hand upon my mouth. 5 Once have I spoken; but I will not answer: yea, twice; but I will proceed no further.
Job 42:1-6 — Then Job answered the LORD, and said, 2 I know that thou canst do every thing, and that no thought can be withholden from thee. 3 Who is he that hideth counsel without knowledge? therefore have I uttered that I understood not; things too wonderful for me, which I knew not. 4 Hear, I beseech thee, and I will speak: I will demand of thee, and declare thou unto me. 5 I have heard of thee by the hearing of the ear: but now mine eye seeth thee. 6 Wherefore I abhor myself, and repent in dust and ashes.
Ps 32:3-5 — When I kept silence, my bones waxed old through my roaring all the day long. 4 For day and night thy hand was heavy upon me: my moisture is turned into the drought of summer. Selah. 5 I acknowledged my sin unto thee, and mine iniquity have I not hid. I said, I will confess my transgressions unto the LORD; and thou forgavest the iniquity of my sin. Selah.
Ps 66:3 — Say unto God, How terrible art thou in thy works! through the greatness of thy power shall thine enemies submit themselves unto thee.
Ps 68:30 — Rebuke the company of spearmen, the multitude of the bulls, with the calves of the people, till every one submit himself with pieces of silver: scatter thou the people that delight in war.
Jer 13:18 — Say unto the king and to the queen, Humble yourselves, sit down: for your principalities shall come down, even the crown of your glory.
Da 4:25 — That they shall drive thee from men, and thy dwelling shall be with the beasts of the field, and they shall make thee to eat grass as oxen, and they shall wet thee with the dew of heaven, and seven times shall pass over thee, till thou know that the most High ruleth in the kingdom of men, and giveth it to whomsoever he will.
Da 4:32 — And they shall drive thee from men, and thy dwelling shall be with the beasts of the field: they shall make thee to eat grass as oxen, and seven times shall pass over thee, until thou know that the most High ruleth in the kingdom of men, and giveth it to whomsoever he will.
Da 4:34-37 — And at the end of the days I Nebuchadnezzar lifted up mine eyes unto heaven, and mine understanding returned unto me, and I blessed the most High, and I praised and honoured him that liveth for ever, whose dominion is an everlasting dominion, and his kingdom is from generation to generation: 35 And all the inhabitants of the earth are reputed as nothing: and he doeth according to his will in the army of heaven, and among the inhabitants of the earth: and none can stay his hand, or say unto him, What doest thou? 36 At the same time my reason returned unto me; and for the glory of my kingdom, mine honour and brightness returned unto me; and my counsellors and my lords sought unto me; and I was established in my kingdom, and excellent majesty was added unto me. 37 Now I Nebuchadnezzar praise and extol and honour the King of heaven, all whose works are truth, and his ways judgment: and those that walk in pride he is able to abase.
Mt 11:29 — Take my yoke upon you, and learn of me; for I am meek and lowly in heart: and ye shall find rest unto your souls.
Ac 9:6 — And he trembling and astonished said, Lord, what wilt thou have me to do? And the Lord said unto him, Arise, and go into the city, and it shall be told thee what thou must do.
Ac 16:29-31 — Then he called for a light, and sprang in, and came trembling, and fell down before Paul and Silas, 30 And brought them out, and said, Sirs, what must I do to be saved? 31 And they said, Believe on the Lord Jesus Christ, and thou shalt be saved, and thy house.
Ac 26:19 — Whereupon, O king Agrippa, I was not disobedient unto the heavenly vision:
Ro 10:3 — For they being ignorant of God's righteousness, and going about to establish their own righteousness, have not submitted themselves unto the righteousness of God.
Ro 14:11 — For it is written, As I live, saith the Lord, every knee shall bow to me, and every tongue shall confess to God.
Eph 5:21 — Submitting yourselves one to another in the fear of God.
Heb 12:9 — Furthermore we have had fathers of our flesh which corrected us, and we gave them reverence: shall we not much rather be in subjection unto the Father of spirits, and live?
1Pe 2:13 — Submit yourselves to every ordinance of man for the Lord's sake: whether it be to the king, as supreme;
Mt 4:3-11 — And when the tempter came to him, he said, If thou be the Son of God, command that these stones be made bread. 4 But he answered and said, It is written, Man shall not live by bread alone, but by every word that proceedeth out of the mouth of God. 5 Then the devil taketh him up into the holy city, and setteth him on a pinnacle of the temple, 6 And saith unto him, If thou be the Son of God, cast thyself down: for it is written, He shall give his angels charge concerning thee: and in their hands they shall bear thee up, lest at any time thou dash thy foot against a stone. 7 Jesus said unto him, It is written again, Thou shalt not tempt the Lord thy God. 8 Again, the devil taketh him up into an exceeding high mountain, and sheweth him all the kingdoms of the world, and the glory of them; 9 And saith unto him, All these things will I give thee, if thou wilt fall down and worship me. 10 Then saith Jesus unto him, Get thee hence, Satan: for it is written, Thou shalt worship the Lord thy God, and him only shalt thou serve. 11 Then the devil leaveth him, and, behold, angels came and ministered unto him.
Lk 4:2-13 — Being forty days tempted of the devil. And in those days he did eat nothing: and when they were ended, he afterward hungered. 3 And the devil said unto him, If thou be the Son of God, command this stone that it be made bread. 4 And Jesus answered him, saying, It is written, That man shall not live by bread alone, but by every word of God. 5 And the devil, taking him up into an high mountain, shewed unto him all the kingdoms of the world in a moment of time. 6 And the devil said unto him, All this power will I give thee, and the glory of them: for that is delivered unto me; and to whomsoever I will I give it. 7 If thou therefore wilt worship me, all shall be thine. 8 And Jesus answered and said unto him, Get thee behind me, Satan: for it is written, Thou shalt worship the Lord thy God, and him only shalt thou serve. 9 And he brought him to Jerusalem, and set him on a pinnacle of the temple, and said unto him, If thou be the Son of God, cast thyself down from hence: 10 For it is written, He shall give his angels charge over thee, to keep thee: 11 And in their hands they shall bear thee up, lest at any time thou dash thy foot against a stone. 12 And Jesus answering said unto him, It is said, Thou shalt not tempt the Lord thy God. 13 And when the devil had ended all the temptation, he departed from him for a season.
Eph 4:27 — Neither give place to the devil.
Eph 6:11 — Put on the whole armour of God, that ye may be able to stand against the wiles of the devil.
Eph 6:12 — For we wrestle not against flesh and blood, but against principalities, against powers, against the rulers of the darkness of this world, against spiritual wickedness in high places.
1Pe 5:8 — Be sober, be vigilant; because your adversary the devil, as a roaring lion, walketh about, seeking whom he may devour:
1Pe 5:9 — Whom resist stedfast in the faith, knowing that the same afflictions are accomplished in your brethren that are in the world.
Rev 12:9-11 — And the great dragon was cast out, that old serpent, called the Devil, and Satan, which deceiveth the whole world: he was cast out into the earth, and his angels were cast out with him. 10 And I heard a loud voice saying in heaven, Now is come salvation, and strength, and the kingdom of our God, and the power of his Christ: for the accuser of our brethren is cast down, which accused them before our God day and night. 11 And they overcame him by the blood of the Lamb, and by the word of their testimony; and they loved not their lives unto the death.
4:8 Draw near to God Because the church was fractured and needed healing, James calls the community to collectively approach God. Cleanse your hands The Greek term used here, cheir, figuratively represents a person’s deeds (compare Psa 24:4; Isa 1:15–16). The command to cleanse them indicates that they were defiled with sin and required purification (2 Cor 7:1). double-minded See note on James 1:8. CLEAN, CLEANNESS, CLEANSE, CLEANSING = katharisate A. Adjective.
katharos (καθαρός, 2513), “free from impure admixture, without blemish, spotless,” is used (a) physically, e.g., Matt. 23:26; 27:59; John 13:10 (where the Lord, speaking figuratively, teaches that one who has been entirely “cleansed,” needs not radical renewal, but only to be “cleansed” from every sin into which he may fall); 15:3; Heb. 10:22; Rev. 15:6; 19:8, 14; 21:18, 21; (b) in a Levitical sense, Rom. 14:20; Titus 1:15, “pure”; (c) ethically, with the significance free from corrupt desire, from guilt, Matt. 5:8; John 13:10–11; Acts 20:26; 1 Tim. 1:5; 3:9; 2 Tim. 1:3; 2:22; Titus 1:15; Jas. 1:27; blameless, innocent (a rare meaning for this word), Acts 18:6; (d) in a combined Levitical and ethical sense ceremonially, Luke 11:41, “all things are clean unto you.” See CLEAR, C, Note (2), PURE.¶
B. Verbs.
1. katharizo (καθαρίζω, 2511), akin to A, signifies (1) “to make clean, to cleanse” (a) from physical stains and dirt, as in the case of utensils, Matt. 23:25 (figuratively in verse 26); from disease, as of leprosy, Matt. 8:2; (b) in a moral sense, from the defilement of sin, Acts 15:9; 2 Cor. 7:1; Heb. 9:14; Jas. 4:8, “cleanse” from the guilt of sin, Eph. 5:26; 1 John 1:7; (2) “to pronounce clean in a Levitical sense,” Mark 7:19, RV; Acts 10:15; 11:9; “to consecrate by cleansings,” Heb. 9:22, 23; 10:2. See PURGE, PURIFY.
2. diakatharizo (διακαθαρίζω, 1245), “to cleanse thoroughly,” is used in Matt. 3:12, RV.¶
Note: For kathairo, John 15:2, RV, see PURGE, No. 1. For diakathairo, Luke 3:17, RV, see PURGE, No. 3.[5]
Treasury - James 4:8
(King James Version)
Ge 18:23 — And Abraham drew near, and said, Wilt thou also destroy the righteous with the wicked?
1Ch 28:9 — And thou, Solomon my son, know thou the God of thy father, and serve him with a perfect heart and with a willing mind: for the LORD searcheth all hearts, and understandeth all the imaginations of the thoughts: if thou seek him, he will be found of thee; but if thou forsake him, he will cast thee off for ever.
2Ch 15:2 — And he went out to meet Asa, and said unto him, Hear ye me, Asa, and all Judah and Benjamin; The LORD is with you, while ye be with him; and if ye seek him, he will be found of you; but if ye forsake him, he will forsake you.
Ps 73:28 — But it is good for me to draw near to God: I have put my trust in the Lord GOD, that I may declare all thy works.
Ps 145:18 — The LORD is nigh unto all them that call upon him, to all that call upon him in truth.
Isa 29:13 — Wherefore the Lord said, Forasmuch as this people draw near me with their mouth, and with their lips do honour me, but have removed their heart far from me, and their fear toward me is taught by the precept of men:
Isa 55:6 — Seek ye the LORD while he may be found, call ye upon him while he is near:
Isa 55:7 — Let the wicked forsake his way, and the unrighteous man his thoughts: and let him return unto the LORD, and he will have mercy upon him; and to our God, for he will abundantly pardon.
Hos 6:1 — Come, and let us return unto the LORD: for he hath torn, and he will heal us; he hath smitten, and he will bind us up.
Hos 6:2 — After two days will he revive us: in the third day he will raise us up, and we shall live in his sight.
Zec 1:3 — Therefore say thou unto them, Thus saith the LORD of hosts; Turn ye unto me, saith the LORD of hosts, and I will turn unto you, saith the LORD of hosts.
Mal 3:7 — Even from the days of your fathers ye are gone away from mine ordinances, and have not kept them. Return unto me, and I will return unto you, saith the LORD of hosts. But ye said, Wherein shall we return?
Heb 7:19 — For the law made nothing perfect, but the bringing in of a better hope did; by the which we draw nigh unto God.
Heb 10:22 — Let us draw near with a true heart in full assurance of faith, having our hearts sprinkled from an evil conscience, and our bodies washed with pure water.
Job 9:30 — If I wash myself with snow water, and make my hands never so clean;
Job 16:17 — Not for any injustice in mine hands: also my prayer is pure.
Job 17:9 — The righteous also shall hold on his way, and he that hath clean hands shall be stronger and stronger.
Ps 18:20 — The LORD rewarded me according to my righteousness; according to the cleanness of my hands hath he recompensed me.
Ps 24:4 — He that hath clean hands, and a pure heart; who hath not lifted up his soul unto vanity, nor sworn deceitfully.
Ps 26:6 — I will wash mine hands in innocency: so will I compass thine altar, O LORD:
Ps 73:13 — Verily I have cleansed my heart in vain, and washed my hands in innocency.
Isa 1:15 — And when ye spread forth your hands, I will hide mine eyes from you: yea, when ye make many prayers, I will not hear: your hands are full of blood.
Isa 1:16 — Wash you, make you clean; put away the evil of your doings from before mine eyes; cease to do evil;
Isa 13:15 — Every one that is found shall be thrust through; and every one that is joined unto them shall fall by the sword.
Mt 15:2 — Why do thy disciples transgress the tradition of the elders? for they wash not their hands when they eat bread.
Mt 27:24 — When Pilate saw that he could prevail nothing, but that rather a tumult was made, he took water, and washed his hands before the multitude, saying, I am innocent of the blood of this just person: see ye to it.
1Ti 2:8 — I will therefore that men pray every where, lifting up holy hands, without wrath and doubting.
1Pe 3:21 — The like figure whereunto even baptism doth also now save us (not the putting away of the filth of the flesh, but the answer of a good conscience toward God,) by the resurrection of Jesus Christ:
Ps 51:6 — Behold, thou desirest truth in the inward parts: and in the hidden part thou shalt make me to know wisdom.
Ps 51:7 — Purge me with hyssop, and I shall be clean: wash me, and I shall be whiter than snow.
Ps 51:10 — Create in me a clean heart, O God; and renew a right spirit within me.
Jer 4:11 — At that time shall it be said to this people and to Jerusalem, A dry wind of the high places in the wilderness toward the daughter of my people, not to fan, nor to cleanse,
Eze 18:31 — Cast away from you all your transgressions, whereby ye have transgressed; and make you a new heart and a new spirit: for why will ye die, O house of Israel?
Eze 36:25-27 — Then will I sprinkle clean water upon you, and ye shall be clean: from all your filthiness, and from all your idols, will I cleanse you. 26 A new heart also will I give you, and a new spirit will I put within you: and I will take away the stony heart out of your flesh, and I will give you an heart of flesh. 27 And I will put my spirit within you, and cause you to walk in my statutes, and ye shall keep my judgments, and do them.
Mt 12:33 — Either make the tree good, and his fruit good; or else make the tree corrupt, and his fruit corrupt: for the tree is known by his fruit.
Mt 23:25 — Woe unto you, scribes and Pharisees, hypocrites! for ye make clean the outside of the cup and of the platter, but within they are full of extortion and excess.
Mt 23:26 — Thou blind Pharisee, cleanse first that which is within the cup and platter, that the outside of them may be clean also.
Lk 11:39 — And the Lord said unto him, Now do ye Pharisees make clean the outside of the cup and the platter; but your inward part is full of ravening and wickedness.
Lk 11:40 — Ye fools, did not he that made that which is without make that which is within also?
Ac 15:9 — And put no difference between us and them, purifying their hearts by faith.
2Co 7:1 — Having therefore these promises, dearly beloved, let us cleanse ourselves from all filthiness of the flesh and spirit, perfecting holiness in the fear of God.
1Pe 1:22 — Seeing ye have purified your souls in obeying the truth through the Spirit unto unfeigned love of the brethren, see that ye love one another with a pure heart fervently:
1Jn 3:3 — And every man that hath this hope in him purifieth himself, even as he is pure.
Jas 1:8 — A double minded man is unstable in all his ways.
4:9 Lament and mourn and weep James encourages Christians to embrace an attitude of humility and repentance. 4:9 ! Matt. 5:4 Humility Devotional your laughter The OT often associates laughter with a person who has no fear of God (Prov 29:9; Eccl 7:6).
Treasury - James 4:9 (King James Version)
Jas 5:1 — Go to now, ye rich men, weep and howl for your miseries that shall come upon you.
Jas 5:2 — Your riches are corrupted, and your garments are motheaten.
Ps 119:67 — Before I was afflicted I went astray: but now have I kept thy word.
Ps 119:71 — It is good for me that I have been afflicted; that I might learn thy statutes.
Ps 119:136 — Rivers of waters run down mine eyes, because they keep not thy law.
Ps 126:5 — They that sow in tears shall reap in joy.
Ps 126:6 — He that goeth forth and weepeth, bearing precious seed, shall doubtless come again with rejoicing, bringing his sheaves with him.
Ecc 7:2-5 — It is better to go to the house of mourning, than to go to the house of feasting: for that is the end of all men; and the living will lay it to his heart. 3 Sorrow is better than laughter: for by the sadness of the countenance the heart is made better. 4 The heart of the wise is in the house of mourning; but the heart of fools is in the house of mirth. 5 It is better to hear the rebuke of the wise, than for a man to hear the song of fools.
Isa 22:12 — And in that day did the Lord GOD of hosts call to weeping, and to mourning, and to baldness, and to girding with sackcloth:
Isa 22:13 — And behold joy and gladness, slaying oxen, and killing sheep, eating flesh, and drinking wine: let us eat and drink; for to morrow we shall die.
Jer 31:9 — They shall come with weeping, and with supplications will I lead them: I will cause them to walk by the rivers of waters in a straight way, wherein they shall not stumble: for I am a father to Israel, and Ephraim is my firstborn.
Jer 31:13 — Then shall the virgin rejoice in the dance, both young men and old together: for I will turn their mourning into joy, and will comfort them, and make them rejoice from their sorrow. Jer 31:18-20 — I have surely heard Ephraim bemoaning himself thus; Thou hast chastised me, and I was chastised, as a bullock unaccustomed to the yoke: turn thou me, and I shall be turned; for thou art the LORD my God. 19 Surely after that I was turned, I repented; and after that I was instructed, I smote upon my thigh: I was ashamed, yea, even confounded, because I did bear the reproach of my youth. 20 Is Ephraim my dear son? is he a pleasant child? for since I spake against him, I do earnestly remember him still: therefore my bowels are troubled for him; I will surely have mercy upon him, saith the LORD. Eze 7:16 — But they that escape of them shall escape, and shall be on the mountains like doves of the valleys, all of them mourning, every one for his iniquity. Eze 16:63 — That thou mayest remember, and be confounded, and never open thy mouth any more because of thy shame, when I am pacified toward thee for all that thou hast done, saith the Lord GOD. Zec 12:10 — And I will pour upon the house of David, and upon the inhabitants of Jerusalem, the spirit of grace and of supplications: and they shall look upon me whom they have pierced, and they shall mourn for him, as one mourneth for his only son, and shall be in bitterness for him, as one that is in bitterness for his firstborn. Mt 5:4 — Blessed are they that mourn: for they shall be comforted. Lk 6:21 — Blessed are ye that hunger now: for ye shall be filled. Blessed are ye that weep now: for ye shall laugh. 2Co 7:10 — For godly sorrow worketh repentance to salvation not to be repented of: but the sorrow of the world worketh death. 2Co 7:11 — For behold this selfsame thing, that ye sorrowed after a godly sort, what carefulness it wrought in you, yea, what clearing of yourselves, yea, what indignation, yea, what fear, yea, what vehement desire, yea, what zeal, yea, what revenge! In all things ye have approved yourselves to be clear in this matter.
Job 30:31 — My harp also is turned to mourning, and my organ into the voice of them that weep.
Pr 14:13 — Even in laughter the heart is sorrowful; and the end of that mirth is heaviness.
Ecc 2:2 — I said of laughter, It is mad: and of mirth, What doeth it?
Ecc 7:6 — For as the crackling of thorns under a pot, so is the laughter of the fool: this also is vanity.
La 5:15 — The joy of our heart is ceased; our dance is turned into mourning.
Lk 6:25 — Woe unto you that are full! for ye shall hunger. Woe unto you that laugh now! for ye shall mourn and weep.
Lk 16:25 — But Abraham said, Son, remember that thou in thy lifetime receivedst thy good things, and likewise Lazarus evil things: but now he is comforted, and thou art tormented.
Rev 18:7 — How much she hath glorified herself, and lived deliciously, so much torment and sorrow give her: for she saith in her heart, I sit a queen, and am no widow, and shall see no sorrow.
Rev 18:8 — Therefore shall her plagues come in one day, death, and mourning, and famine; and she shall be utterly burned with fire: for strong is the Lord God who judgeth her.
4:10 m Job 22:29; Luke 14:11; 18:14; 1 Pet. 5:6 Treasury - James 4:10 (King James Version)
Jas 4:6 — But he giveth more grace. Wherefore he saith, God resisteth the proud, but giveth grace unto the humble. Jas 4:7 — Submit yourselves therefore to God. Resist the devil, and he will flee from you.
1Sa 2:9 — He will keep the feet of his saints, and the wicked shall be silent in darkness; for by strength shall no man prevail. Job 22:29 — When men are cast down, then thou shalt say, There is lifting up; and he shall save the humble person. Ps 27:6 — And now shall mine head be lifted up above mine enemies round about me: therefore will I offer in his tabernacle sacrifices of joy; I will sing, yea, I will sing praises unto the LORD. Ps 28:9 — Save thy people, and bless thine inheritance: feed them also, and lift them up for ever. Ps 30:1 — I will extol thee, O LORD; for thou hast lifted me up, and hast not made my foes to rejoice over me. Ps 113:7 — He raiseth up the poor out of the dust, and lifteth the needy out of the dunghill; Ps 147:6 — The LORD lifteth up the meek: he casteth the wicked down to the ground. Mt 23:12 — And whosoever shall exalt himself shall be abased; and he that shall humble himself shall be exalted. Lk 14:11 — For whosoever exalteth himself shall be abased; and he that humbleth himself shall be exalted. Lk 18:14 — I tell you, this man went down to his house justified rather than the other: for every one that exalteth himself shall be abased; and he that humbleth himself shall be exalted. 1Pe 5:6 — Humble yourselves therefore under the mighty hand of God, that he may exalt you in due time: *
4:11 Greek brothers.
4:11 speaks evil of a brother or judges his brother The law requires that people love their brothers and sisters in Christ. To speak evil against them violates the kingdom command to love (see note on James 2:8).
Treasury - James 4:11 (King James Version)
Ps 140:11 — Let not an evil speaker be established in the earth: evil shall hunt the violent man to overthrow him. Eph 4:31 — Let all bitterness, and wrath, and anger, and clamour, and evil speaking, be put away from you, with all malice: 1Ti 3:11 — Even so must their wives be grave, not slanderers, sober, faithful in all things. 2Ti 3:3 — Without natural affection, trucebreakers, false accusers, incontinent, fierce, despisers of those that are good, Tit 2:3 — The aged women likewise, that they be in behaviour as becometh holiness, not false accusers, not given to much wine, teachers of good things; 1Pe 2:1 — Wherefore laying aside all malice, and all guile, and hypocrisies, and envies, and all evil speakings, and judgeth
Mt 7:1 — Judge not, that ye be not judged.
Mt 7:2 — For with what judgment ye judge, ye shall be judged: and with what measure ye mete, it shall be measured to you again.
Lk 6:37 — Judge not, and ye shall not be judged: condemn not, and ye shall not be condemned: forgive, and ye shall be forgiven:
Ro 2:1 — Therefore thou art inexcusable, O man, whosoever thou art that judgest: for wherein thou judgest another, thou condemnest thyself; for thou that judgest doest the same things.
Ro 14:3 — Let not him that eateth despise him that eateth not; and let not him which eateth not judge him that eateth: for God hath received him.
Ro 14:4 — Who art thou that judgest another man's servant? to his own master he standeth or falleth. Yea, he shall be holden up: for God is able to make him stand.
Ro 14:10-12 — But why dost thou judge thy brother? or why dost thou set at nought thy brother? for we shall all stand before the judgment seat of Christ. 11 For it is written, As I live, saith the Lord, every knee shall bow to me, and every tongue shall confess to God. 12 So then every one of us shall give account of himself to God.
1Co 4:5 — Therefore judge nothing before the time, until the Lord come, who both will bring to light the hidden things of darkness, and will make manifest the counsels of the hearts: and then shall every man have praise of God.
Ro 7:7 — What shall we say then? Is the law sin? God forbid. Nay, I had not known sin, but by the law: for I had not known lust, except the law had said, Thou shalt not covet.
Ro 7:12 — Wherefore the law is holy, and the commandment holy, and just, and good.
Ro 7:13 — Was then that which is good made death unto me? God forbid. But sin, that it might appear sin, working death in me by that which is good; that sin by the commandment might become exceeding sinful.
Jas 1:22 — But be ye doers of the word, and not hearers only, deceiving your own selves.
Jas 1:23 — For if any be a hearer of the word, and not a doer, he is like unto a man beholding his natural face in a glass:
Jas 1:25 — But whoso looketh into the perfect law of liberty, and continueth therein, he being not a forgetful hearer, but a doer of the work, this man shall be blessed in his deed.
Ro 2:13 — (For not the hearers of the law are just before God, but the doers of the law shall be justified.
4:12 who are you to judge your neighbor Those who judge others adopt a role that belongs to God alone (Gen 18:25; Psa 82:1, 8; Rom 3:6; Heb 12:23).
Treasury - James 4:12 (King James Version)
Isa 33:22 — For the LORD is our judge, the LORD is our lawgiver, the LORD is our king; he will save us.
Mt 10:28 — And fear not them which kill the body, but are not able to kill the soul: but rather fear him which is able to destroy both soul and body in hell.
Lk 12:5 — But I will forewarn you whom ye shall fear: Fear him, which after he hath killed hath power to cast into hell; yea, I say unto you, Fear him.
Heb 7:25 — Wherefore he is able also to save them to the uttermost that come unto God by him, seeing he ever liveth to make intercession for them.
1Sa 25:10 — And Nabal answered David's servants, and said, Who is David? and who is the son of Jesse? there be many servants now a days that break away every man from his master.
Job 38:2 — Who is this that darkeneth counsel by words without knowledge?
Ro 2:1 — Therefore thou art inexcusable, O man, whosoever thou art that judgest: for wherein thou judgest another, thou condemnest thyself; for thou that judgest doest the same things.
Ro 9:20 — Nay but, O man, who art thou that repliest against God? Shall the thing formed say to him that formed it, Why hast thou made me thus?
Ro 14:4 — Who art thou that judgest another man's servant? to his own master he standeth or falleth. Yea, he shall be holden up: for God is able to make him stand.
Ro 14:13 — Let us not therefore judge one another any more: but judge this rather, that no man put a stumblingblock or an occasion to fall in his brother's way. In these verses, James asks several questions and makes several statements. Make a list and reflect on those between now an Tuesday.
Why do you think James brings up these questions and statements? Because he is using the classic technique of a traditional teaching method similar to Catechism where you ask the question to get a teachable moment to come In James 4:6, it says “ ….God is opposed to the proud, but gives grace to the humble.” How does pride, our own personal pride, affect our relationship with God? We are harmed, God opposes the proud How do we become humble? By Lamenting, Mourning, and Weeping Look for answers in Jam 4.
Now go back and read Jam 1:2-4, why should we consider trials as joy? count it all joy when you fall into various trials, 3 knowing that the testing of your faith produces patience Now move into Jam 1:5-7. How must we ask God for wisdom? 5 If any of you lacks wisdom, let him ask of God, who gives to all liberally and without reproach, and it will be given to him. 6 But let him ask in faith, with no doubting, for he who doubts is like a wave of the sea driven and tossed by the wind. What should we expect if we don’t? 7 For let not that man suppose that he will receive anything from the Lord; 8 he is a double-minded man, unstable in all his ways . Move down to Jam 1:8-10, what contrast does James make but the rich in his humiliation, because as a flower of the field he will pass away. 11
and what is a characteristic of one that is humble?one that is humble is a lowly brother who will glory in his exaltation
Looking forward to Tuesday night…..make your notes and come with your questions…..
Praying for our obedience in Jesus. Grace to you!
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[6] Tyndale House Publishers (2013)
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Hey guys,
This week we’ll be in James 4:1-12 In chapter 4, James continues to drive the need to self examination. Let’s start by reading Jam 4:1-12
The following verses are from the Revised Standard Version4:1 | What causes | wars | , | and | what causes | fightings | among | you | ? | Is | |||||||||
Pothen | polemoi | kai | pothen | machai | en | hymin | |||||||||||||
os | polemos | kai | os | machē | en | sy | |||||||||||||
4159 | 4171 | 2532 | 4159 | 3163 | 1722 | 5213 |
it | • | • | not | your | passions | that | are | at | war | in | your | |||||||||||
enteuthen | ek | ouk | hymōn | tōn hēdonōn | tōn strateuomenōn | en | hymōn | |||||||||||||||
en | ek | ou | sy | o ēdonē | o stratia | en | sy | |||||||||||||||
1782 | 1537 | 3756 | 5216 | 3588 2237 | 3588 4754 | 1722 | 5216 |
members | ? | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
tois melesin | [1] | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
o melos | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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2 | You | desire | and | do | not | have | ; | so | you | kill | . | And | you | covet | |||||||||||||||
epithymeite | kai | ouk | echete | phoneuete | kai | zēloute[2] | |||||||||||||||||||||||
epithymeō | kai | ou | echō | phoneuō | kai | zeō | |||||||||||||||||||||||
1937 | 2532 | 3756 | 2192 | 5407 | 2532 | 2206 | |||||||||||||||||||||||
and | cannot | obtain | ; | so | you | fight | and | wage | war | . | You | do | not | ||||||||||
kai | ou dynasthe | epitychein | machesthe | kai | polemeite | ouk | |||||||||||||||||
kai | ou dynamai | tynchanō | machē | kai | polemos | ou | |||||||||||||||||
2532 | 3756 1410 | 2013 | 3164 | 2532 | 4170 | 3756 |
have | , | because | you | do | not | ask | . | |||||
echete | dia | hymas | mē | to aiteisthai | ||||||||
echō | dia | sy | mē | o aiteō | ||||||||
2192 | 1223 | 5209 | 3361 | 3588 154 |
3 | You | ask | and | do | not | receive | , | because | you | ask | wrongly | , | ||||||||||||
aiteite | kai | ou | lambanete | dioti | aiteisthe | kakōs | ||||||||||||||||||
aiteō | kai | ou | lambanō | os dia | aiteō | kakos | ||||||||||||||||||
154 | 2532 | 3756 | 2983 | 1360 | 154 | 2560 |
to | spend | it | on | your | passions | . | |||||||||||||||||||||||||
hina | dapanēsēte | en | hymōn | tais hēdonais | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
ina | dapanē | en | sy | o ēdonē | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
2443 | 1159 | 1722 | 5216 | 3588 2237 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
4 | Unfaithful | creatures | ! | Do | you | not | know | that | friendship | with | the | ||||||||||||||||||||
moichalides[3] | ouk | oidate | hoti | hē philia | tou | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
moichos | ou | oida | oti | o philos | o | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
3428 | 3756 | 1492 | 3754 | 3588 5373 | 3588 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
world | is | enmity | with | God | ? | Therefore | whoever | wishes | to | be | a | ||||||||||
kosmou | estin | echthra | tou theou | oun | hos ean | boulēthē | einai | ||||||||||||||
kosmos | eimi | echthros | o theos | oun | os ei an | boulomai | eimi | ||||||||||||||
2889 | 2076 | 2189 | 3588 2316 | 3767 | 3739 1437 | 1014 | 1511 |
friend | of | the | world | makes | himself | an | enemy | of | God | . | ||||||||||
philos | tou | kosmou | kathistatai | echthros | tou theou | |||||||||||||||
philos | o | kosmos | istēmi | echthros | o theos | |||||||||||||||
5384 | 3588 | 2889 | 2525 | 2190 | 3588 2316 |
5 | Or | do | you | suppose | it | is | in | vain | that | the | scripture | says | , | “ | He | ||||||||||||||||
ē | dokeite | kenōs | hoti | hē | graphē | legei | |||||||||||||||||||||||||
ē | dokeō | kenos | oti | o | graphō | legō | |||||||||||||||||||||||||
2228 | 1380 | 2761 | 3754 | 3588 | 1124 | 3004 |
yearns | jealously | over | the | spirit | which | he | has | made | to | dwell | in | ||||||||||||
epipothei | Pros phthonon[4] | to | pneuma | ho | katōkisen | en | |||||||||||||||||
epipotheō | pros phthonos | o | pneuma | os | oikos | en | |||||||||||||||||
1971 | 4314 5355 | 3588 | 4151 | 3739 | 2730 | 1722 |
us | ”? | |||||||||||||||||||||||||
hēmin | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
egō | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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6 | But | he | gives | more | grace | ; | therefore | it | says | , | “ | God | opposes | |||||||||||||
de | didōsin | meizona | charin | dio | legei | HO theos | antitassetai | |||||||||||||||||||
de | didōmi | megas | chairō | dia | legō | o theos | tassō | |||||||||||||||||||
1161 | 1325 | 3173 | 5485 | 1352 | 3004 | 3588 2316 | 498 | |||||||||||||||||||
the | proud | , | but | gives | grace | to | the | humble | .” | |||||||
hyperēphanois | de | didōsin | charin | tapeinois | ||||||||||||
phainō | de | didōmi | chairō | tapeinos | ||||||||||||
5244 | 1161 | 1325 | 5485 | 5011 |
7 | Submit | yourselves | therefore | to | God | • | . | Resist | the | devil | ||||||||||||
hypotagēte | oun | tō theō | de | antistēte | tō | diabolō | ||||||||||||||||
tassō | oun | o theos | de | istēmi | o | ballō | ||||||||||||||||
5293 | 3767 | 3588 2316 | 1161 | 436 | 3588 | 1228 |
and | he | will | flee | from | you | . | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
kai | pheuxetai | aphʼ | hymōn | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
kai | pheugō | apo | sy | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
2532 | 5343 | 575 | 5216 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
8 | Draw | near | to | God | and | he | will | draw | near | to | you | . | Cleanse | |||||||||||||||||||||
engisate | tō theō | kai | engiei | hymin | katharisate[5] | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
engys | o theos | kai | engys | sy | katharos | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
1448 | 3588 2316 | 2532 | 1448 | 5213 | 2511 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
your | hands | , | you | sinners | , | and | purify | your | hearts | , | you | men | of | double | |||||||||
cheiras | hamartōloi | kai | hagnisate | kardias | dipsychoi | ||||||||||||||||||
cheir | amartanō | kai | agios | kardia | dyo psychō | ||||||||||||||||||
5495 | 268 | 2532 | 48 | 2588 | 1374 |
The following verses are from the New King James Version
| mind | . | 9 | Lament | and | mourn | and | weep | ! | Let | your | laughter | ||||||||
| talaipōrēsate | kai | penthēsate | kai | klausate | hymōn | ho gelōs | |||||||||||||
| talaipōros | kai | penthos | kai | klaiō | sy | o gelaō | |||||||||||||
| 5003 | 2532 | 3996 | 2532 | 2799 | 5216 | 3588 1071 |
| be | turned | to | mourning | and | your | joy | to | gloom | . | 10 | m | ||||||||||
| metastraphētō | eis | penthos | kai | hē chara | eis | katēpheian | |||||||||||||||
| tropē | eis 1 | penthos | kai | o chairō | eis 1 | phainō | |||||||||||||||
| 3344 | 1519 | 3997 | 2532 | 3588 5479 | 1519 | 2726 |
| Humble | yourselves | in | the | sight | of | the | Lord | , | and | He | will | lift | |||||||||||
| tapeinōthēte | enōpion | tou | Kyriou | kai | hypsōsei | ||||||||||||||||||
| tapeinos | enōpion | o | kyrios | kai | ypsos | ||||||||||||||||||
| 5013 | 1799 | 3588 | 2962 | 2532 | 5312 |
| you | up | . | ||
| hymas | ||||
| sy | ||||
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The following verses are from the New Living Transaction
| Warning against Judging Others |
| 11 | Don’t | speak | evil | against | each | other | , | dear | brothers | and | sisters | . | * | If | ||||||||||
| mē | katalaleite | allēlōn | adelphoi | |||||||||||||||||||||
| mē | laleō | allos | adelphos | |||||||||||||||||||||
| 3361 | 2635 | 240 | 80 |
| you | criticize | • | and | judge | each | other | , | then | you | are | ||||||||
| ho | katalalōn | adelphou | ē | krinōn | ton adelphon autou | |||||||||||||
| o | laleō | adelphos | ē | krinō | o adelphos autos | |||||||||||||
| 3588 | 2635 | 80 | 2228 | 2919 | 3588 80 846 |
| criticizing | • | and | judging | God’s | law | . | But | your | job | is | to | obey | the | |||||||||||
| katalalei | nomou | kai | krinei | nomon | ouk | ei poiētēs | ||||||||||||||||||
| laleō | nomos | kai | krinō | nomos | ou | eimi poieō | ||||||||||||||||||
| 2635 | 3551 | 2532 | 2919 | 3551 | 3756 | 1510 4163 |
| law | , | not | to | judge | whether | it | applies | to | you | . | 12 | God | alone | , | who | ||||||||||
| nomou | alla | kritēs | ei de | nomon | krineis | heis | ho | ||||||||||||||||||
| nomos | allos | krinō | ei de | nomos | krinō | eis 2 | o | ||||||||||||||||||
| 3551 | 235 | 2923 | 1487 1161 | 3551 | 2919 | 1520 | 3588 |
| gave | the | law | , | is | • | the | Judge | . | He | alone | has | the | power | to | ||||||||||
| nomothetēs | estin | kai | kritēs | ho | dynamenos | |||||||||||||||||||
| nomos tithēmi | eimi | kai | krinō | o | dynamai | |||||||||||||||||||
| 3550 | 1510 | 2532 | 2923 | 3588 | 1410 |
| save | or | to | destroy | . | So | what | right | do | you | have | to | • | judge | your | neighbor?[6] | ||||||||||||
| sōsai | kai | apolesai | de | tis ei | sy | ho | krinōn | ton | plēsion | ||||||||||||||||||
| sōzō | kai | olethros | de | tis eimi | sy | o | krinō | o | plēsion | ||||||||||||||||||
| 4982 | 2532 | 622 | 1161 | 5101 1510 | 4771 | 3588 | 2919 | 3588 | 4139 |
4:1 From where are conflicts James asks about the origin of the disputes taking place in the church. among your members Refers to conflicts among church members. melesin: MEMBER Vines melos (μέλος, 3196), “a limb of the body,” is used (a) literally, Matt. 5:29–30; Rom. 6:13 (twice), 19 (twice); 7:5, 23 (twice); 12:4 (twice); 1 Cor. 12:12 (twice), 14, 18–20, 22, 25–26 (twice); Jas. 3:5, 6; 4:1; in Col. 3:5, “mortify therefore your members which are upon the earth”; since our bodies and their “members” belong to the earth, and are the instruments of sin, they are referred to as such (cf. Matt. 5:29–30; Rom. 7:5, 23, mentioned above); the putting to death is not physical, but ethical; as the physical “members” have distinct individualities, so those evils, of which the physical “members” are agents, are by analogy regarded as examples of the way in which the “members” work if not put to death; this is not precisely the same as “the old man,” v. 9, i.e., the old nature, though there is a connection; (b) metaphorically, “of believers as members of Christ,” 1 Cor. 6:15 (1st part); of one another, Rom. 12:5 (as with the natural illustration, so with the spiritual analogy, there is not only vital unity, and harmony in operation, but diversity, all being essential to effectivity; the unity is not due to external organization but to common and vital union in Christ); there is stress in v. 5 upon “many” and “in Christ” and “members;” 1 Cor. 12:27 (of the “members” of a local church as a body); Eph. 4:25 (of the “members” of the whole Church as the mystical body of Christ); in 1 Cor. 6:15 (2nd part), of one who practices fornication.¶[1]
Treasury - James 4:1 (King James Version)
whence
Jas 3:14-18 — But if ye have bitter envying and strife in your hearts, glory not, and lie not against the truth. 15 This wisdom descendeth not from above, but is earthly, sensual, devilish. 16 For where envying and strife is, there is confusion and every evil work. 17 But the wisdom that is from above is first pure, then peaceable, gentle, and easy to be intreated, full of mercy and good fruits, without partiality, and without hypocrisy. 18 And the fruit of righteousness is sown in peace of them that make peace.
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Jas 1:14 — But every man is tempted, when he is drawn away of his own lust, and enticed.
Ge 4:5-8 — But unto Cain and to his offering he had not respect. And Cain was very wroth, and his countenance fell. 6 And the LORD said unto Cain, Why art thou wroth? and why is thy countenance fallen? 7 If thou doest well, shalt thou not be accepted? and if thou doest not well, sin lieth at the door. And unto thee shall be his desire, and thou shalt rule over him. 8 And Cain talked with Abel his brother: and it came to pass, when they were in the field, that Cain rose up against Abel his brother, and slew him.
Jer 17:9 — The heart is deceitful above all things, and desperately wicked: who can know it?
Mt 15:19 — For out of the heart proceed evil thoughts, murders, adulteries, fornications, thefts, false witness, blasphemies:
Mk 7:21-23 — For from within, out of the heart of men, proceed evil thoughts, adulteries, fornications, murders, 22 Thefts, covetousness, wickedness, deceit, lasciviousness, an evil eye, blasphemy, pride, foolishness: 23 All these evil things come from within, and defile the man.
Jn 8:44 — Ye are of your father the devil, and the lusts of your father ye will do. He was a murderer from the beginning, and abode not in the truth, because there is no truth in him. When he speaketh a lie, he speaketh of his own: for he is a liar, and the father of it.
Ro 8:7 — Because the carnal mind is enmity against God: for it is not subject to the law of God, neither indeed can be.
1Ti 6:4-10 — He is proud, knowing nothing, but doting about questions and strifes of words, whereof cometh envy, strife, railings, evil surmisings, 5 Perverse disputings of men of corrupt minds, and destitute of the truth, supposing that gain is godliness: from such withdraw thyself. 6 But godliness with contentment is great gain. 7 For we brought nothing into this world, and it is certain we can carry nothing out. 8 And having food and raiment let us be therewith content. 9 But they that will be rich fall into temptation and a snare, and into many foolish and hurtful lusts, which drown men in destruction and perdition. 10 For the love of money is the root of all evil: which while some coveted after, they have erred from the faith, and pierced themselves through with many sorrows.
Tit 3:3 — For we ourselves also were sometimes foolish, disobedient, deceived, serving divers lusts and pleasures, living in malice and envy, hateful, and hating one another.
1Pe 1:14 — As obedient children, not fashioning yourselves according to the former lusts in your ignorance:
1Pe 2:11 — Dearly beloved, I beseech you as strangers and pilgrims, abstain from fleshly lusts, which war against the soul;
1Pe 4:2 — That he no longer should live the rest of his time in the flesh to the lusts of men, but to the will of God.
1Pe 4:3 — For the time past of our life may suffice us to have wrought the will of the Gentiles, when we walked in lasciviousness, lusts, excess of wine, revellings, banquetings, and abominable idolatries:
2Pe 2:18 — For when they speak great swelling words of vanity, they allure through the lusts of the flesh, through much wantonness, those that were clean escaped from them who live in error.
2Pe 3:3 — Knowing this first, that there shall come in the last days scoffers, walking after their own lusts,
1Jn 2:15-17 — Love not the world, neither the things that are in the world. If any man love the world, the love of the Father is not in him. 16 For all that is in the world, the lust of the flesh, and the lust of the eyes, and the pride of life, is not of the Father, but is of the world. 17 And the world passeth away, and the lust thereof: but he that doeth the will of God abideth for ever.
Jude 1:16-18 — These are murmurers, complainers, walking after their own lusts; and their mouth speaketh great swelling words, having men's persons in admiration because of advantage. 17 But, beloved, remember ye the words which were spoken before of the apostles of our Lord Jesus Christ; 18 How that they told you there should be mockers in the last time, who should walk after their own ungodly lusts.
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Jas 4:3 — Ye ask, and receive not, because ye ask amiss, that ye may consume it upon your lusts.
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Ro 7:5 — For when we were in the flesh, the motions of sins, which were by the law, did work in our members to bring forth fruit unto death.
Ro 7:23 — But I see another law in my members, warring against the law of my mind, and bringing me into captivity to the law of sin which is in my members.
Gal 5:17 — For the flesh lusteth against the Spirit, and the Spirit against the flesh: and these are contrary the one to the other: so that ye cannot do the things that ye would.
Col 3:5 — Mortify therefore your members which are upon the earth; fornication, uncleanness, inordinate affection, evil concupiscence, and covetousness, which is idolatry:
4:2 you murder James may be referring metaphorically to extreme anger or hatred (Matt 5:21–22; 1 John 3:15). The Greek term used here could reflect a person’s tendency toward anger; such a person is on the verge of murder. filled with envy Unsatisfied envy leads to fighting and quarreling. zēloute = envy, JEALOUS, JEALOUSY Vines A. Noun. zelos (ζη̂λος, 2205), “zeal, jealousy,” is rendered “jealousy” in the RV (KJV, “envying”) in Rom. 13:13; 1 Cor. 3:3; Jas. 3:14, 16; in 2 Cor. 12:20 (KJV, “envyings”); in Gal. 5:20, RV “jealousies” (KJV, “emulations”); in Acts 5:17 (KJV, “indignation”); in 13:45 (KJV, “envy”); in 2 Cor. 11:2 it is used in the phrase “with a godly jealousy,” lit., “with a jealousy of God” (RV, marg.). See ENVY. B. Verbs. 1. zeloo (ζηλόω, 2206), akin to A, “to be jealous, to burn with jealousy” (otherwise, to seek or desire eagerly), is rendered “moved with jealousy,” in Acts 7:9 and 17:5, RV (KJV, “moved with envy”); in 1 Cor. 13:4, “envieth (not),” KJV and RV; in Jas. 4:2, RV marg., “are jealous” (text “covet;” KJV, “desire to have”). See AFFECT, Note, DESIRE. 2. parazeloo (παραζηλόω, 3863), “to provoke to jealousy” (para, “beside,” used intensively, and No. 1), is found in Rom. 10:19 and 11:11, of God’s dealings with Israel through his merciful dealings with Gentiles; in 11:14, RV, “I may provoke to jealousy” (KJV, “… emulation”), of the apostle’s evangelical ministry to Gentiles with a view to stirring his fellow nationals to a sense of their need and responsibilities regarding the gospel; in 1 Cor. 10:22, of the provocation of God on the part of believers who compromise their divine relationship by partaking of the table of demons; in Gal. 5:20, of the works of the flesh.¶[2]
Treasury - James 4:2 (King James Version)
lust
Jas 5:1-5 — Go to now, ye rich men, weep and howl for your miseries that shall come upon you. 2 Your riches are corrupted, and your garments are motheaten. 3 Your gold and silver is cankered; and the rust of them shall be a witness against you, and shall eat your flesh as it were fire. Ye have heaped treasure together for the last days. 4 Behold, the hire of the labourers who have reaped down your fields, which is of you kept back by fraud, crieth: and the cries of them which have reaped are entered into the ears of the Lord of sabaoth. 5 Ye have lived in pleasure on the earth, and been wanton; ye have nourished your hearts, as in a day of slaughter.
Pr 1:19 — So are the ways of every one that is greedy of gain; which taketh away the life of the owners thereof.
Ecc 4:8 — There is one alone, and there is not a second; yea, he hath neither child nor brother: yet is there no end of all his labour; neither is his eye satisfied with riches; neither saith he, For whom do I labour, and bereave my soul of good? This is also vanity, yea, it is a sore travail.
Hab 2:5 — Yea also, because he transgresseth by wine, he is a proud man, neither keepeth at home, who enlargeth his desire as hell, and is as death, and cannot be satisfied, but gathereth unto him all nations, and heapeth unto him all people:
1Ti 6:9 — But they that will be rich fall into temptation and a snare, and into many foolish and hurtful lusts, which drown men in destruction and perdition.
1Ti 6:10 — For the love of money is the root of all evil: which while some coveted after, they have erred from the faith, and pierced themselves through with many sorrows.
kill
Jas 1:5 — If any of you lack wisdom, let him ask of God, that giveth to all men liberally, and upbraideth not; and it shall be given him.
Isa 7:12 — But Ahaz said, I will not ask, neither will I tempt the LORD.
Mt 7:7 — Ask, and it shall be given you; seek, and ye shall find; knock, and it shall be opened unto you:
Mt 7:8 — For every one that asketh receiveth; and he that seeketh findeth; and to him that knocketh it shall be opened.
Lk 11:9-13 — And I say unto you, Ask, and it shall be given you; seek, and ye shall find; knock, and it shall be opened unto you. 10 For every one that asketh receiveth; and he that seeketh findeth; and to him that knocketh it shall be opened. 11 If a son shall ask bread of any of you that is a father, will he give him a stone? or if he ask a fish, will he for a fish give him a serpent? 12 Or if he shall ask an egg, will he offer him a scorpion? 13 If ye then, being evil, know how to give good gifts unto your children: how much more shall your heavenly Father give the Holy Spirit to them that ask him?
Jn 4:10 — Jesus answered and said unto her, If thou knewest the gift of God, and who it is that saith to thee, Give me to drink; thou wouldest have asked of him, and he would have given thee living water.
Jn 16:24 — Hitherto have ye asked nothing in my name: ask, and ye shall receive, that your joy may be full
Treasury - James 4:3 (King James Version)
ask, and
Jas 1:6 — But let him ask in faith, nothing wavering. For he that wavereth is like a wave of the sea driven with the wind and tossed.
Jas 1:7 — For let not that man think that he shall receive any thing of the Lord.
Job 27:8-10 — For what is the hope of the hypocrite, though he hath gained, when God taketh away his soul? 9 Will God hear his cry when trouble cometh upon him? 10 Will he delight himself in the Almighty? will he always call upon God?
Job 35:12 — There they cry, but none giveth answer, because of the pride of evil men.
Ps 18:41 — They cried, but there was none to save them: even unto the LORD, but he answered them not.
Ps 66:18 — If I regard iniquity in my heart, the Lord will not hear me:
Ps 66:19 — But verily God hath heard me; he hath attended to the voice of my prayer.
Pr 1:28 — Then shall they call upon me, but I will not answer; they shall seek me early, but they shall not find me:
Pr 15:8 — The sacrifice of the wicked is an abomination to the LORD: but the prayer of the upright is his delight.
Pr 21:13 — Whoso stoppeth his ears at the cry of the poor, he also shall cry himself, but shall not be heard.
Pr 21:27 — The sacrifice of the wicked is abomination: how much more, when he bringeth it with a wicked mind?
Isa 1:15 — And when ye spread forth your hands, I will hide mine eyes from you: yea, when ye make many prayers, I will not hear: your hands are full of blood.
Isa 1:16 — Wash you, make you clean; put away the evil of your doings from before mine eyes; cease to do evil;
Jer 11:11 — Therefore thus saith the LORD, Behold, I will bring evil upon them, which they shall not be able to escape; and though they shall cry unto me, I will not hearken unto them.
Jer 11:14 — Therefore pray not thou for this people, neither lift up a cry or prayer for them: for I will not hear them in the time that they cry unto me for their trouble.
Jer 14:12 — When they fast, I will not hear their cry; and when they offer burnt offering and an oblation, I will not accept them: but I will consume them by the sword, and by the famine, and by the pestilence.
Mic 3:4 — Then shall they cry unto the LORD, but he will not hear them: he will even hide his face from them at that time, as they have behaved themselves ill in their doings.
Zec 7:13 — Therefore it is come to pass, that as he cried, and they would not hear; so they cried, and I would not hear, saith the LORD of hosts:
Mt 20:22 — But Jesus answered and said, Ye know not what ye ask. Are ye able to drink of the cup that I shall drink of, and to be baptized with the baptism that I am baptized with? They say unto him, We are able.
Mk 10:38 — But Jesus said unto them, Ye know not what ye ask: can ye drink of the cup that I drink of? and be baptized with the baptism that I am baptized with?
1Jn 3:22 — And whatsoever we ask, we receive of him, because we keep his commandments, and do those things that are pleasing in his sight.
1Jn 5:14 — And this is the confidence that we have in him, that, if we ask any thing according to his will, he heareth us:
ye may
Lk 15:13 — And not many days after the younger son gathered all together, and took his journey into a far country, and there wasted his substance with riotous living.
Lk 15:30 — But as soon as this thy son was come, which hath devoured thy living with harlots, thou hast killed for him the fatted calf.
Lk 16:1 — And he said also unto his disciples, There was a certain rich man, which had a steward; and the same was accused unto him that he had wasted his goods.
Lk 16:2 — And he called him, and said unto him, How is it that I hear this of thee? give an account of thy stewardship; for thou mayest be no longer steward.
lusts
Jas 4:1 — From whence come wars and fightings among you? come they not hence, even of your lusts that war in your members?
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4:4 Greek You adulteresses!
4:4 Adulterous people A figure of speech designating the unfaithfulness of God’s people (e.g., Jer 3:7–10; Matt 12:39). Unfaithful=moichalides Vines: ADULTERER (-ESS), ADULTEROUS, ADULTERY
A. Nouns.
1. moichos (μοιχός, 3432) denotes one “who has unlawful intercourse with the spouse of another,” Luke 18:11; 1 Cor. 6:9; Heb. 13:4. As to Jas. 4:4, see below.¶
2. moichalis (μοιχαλίς, 3428), “an adulteress,” is used (a) in the natural sense, 2 Pet. 2:14; Rom. 7:3; (b) in the spiritual sense, Jas. 4:4; here the RV rightly omits the word “adulterers.” It was added by a copyist. As in Israel the breach of their relationship with God through their idolatry, was described as “adultery” or “harlotry” (e.g., Ezek. 16:15, etc.; 23:43), so believers who cultivate friendship with the world, thus breaking their spiritual union with Christ, are spiritual “adulteresses,” having been spiritually united to Him as wife to husband, Rom. 7:4. It is used adjectivally to describe the Jewish people in transferring their affections from God, Matt. 12:39; 16:4; Mark 8:38. In 2 Pet. 2:14, the lit. translation is “full of an adulteress” (RV, marg.).¶
3. moicheia (μοιχεία, 3430), “adultery,” is found in Matt. 15:19; Mark 7:21; John 8:3 (KJV only).¶[3]
Treasury - James 4:4 (King James Version)
adulterers
Ps 50:18 — When thou sawest a thief, then thou consentedst with him, and hast been partaker with adulterers.
Ps 73:27 — For, lo, they that are far from thee shall perish: thou hast destroyed all them that go a whoring from thee.
Isa 57:3 — But draw near hither, ye sons of the sorceress, the seed of the adulterer and the whore.
Jer 9:2 — Oh that I had in the wilderness a lodging place of wayfaring men; that I might leave my people, and go from them! for they be all adulterers, an assembly of treacherous men.
Hos 3:1 — Then said the LORD unto me, Go yet, love a woman beloved of her friend, yet an adulteress, according to the love of the LORD toward the children of Israel, who look to other gods, and love flagons of wine.
Mt 12:39 — But he answered and said unto them, An evil and adulterous generation seeketh after a sign; and there shall no sign be given to it, but the sign of the prophet Jonas:
Mt 16:4 — A wicked and adulterous generation seeketh after a sign; and there shall no sign be given unto it, but the sign of the prophet Jonas. And he left them, and departed.
the friendship
Jn 7:7 — The world cannot hate you; but me it hateth, because I testify of it, that the works thereof are evil.
Jn 15:19 — If ye were of the world, the world would love his own: but because ye are not of the world, but I have chosen you out of the world, therefore the world hateth you.
Jn 15:23 — He that hateth me hateth my Father also.
Jn 17:14 — I have given them thy word; and the world hath hated them, because they are not of the world, even as I am not of the world.
1Jn 2:15 — Love not the world, neither the things that are in the world. If any man love the world, the love of the Father is not in him.
1Jn 2:16 — For all that is in the world, the lust of the flesh, and the lust of the eyes, and the pride of life, is not of the Father, but is of the world.
enmity
Ge 3:15 — And I will put enmity between thee and the woman, and between thy seed and her seed; it shall bruise thy head, and thou shalt bruise his heel.
Ro 8:7 — Because the carnal mind is enmity against God: for it is not subject to the law of God, neither indeed can be.
whosoever
Gal 1:10 — For do I now persuade men, or God? or do I seek to please men? for if I yet pleased men, I should not be the servant of Christ.
is the
Ps 21:8 — Thine hand shall find out all thine enemies: thy right hand shall find out those that hate thee.
Lk 19:27 — But those mine enemies, which would not that I should reign over them, bring hither, and slay them before me.
Jn 15:23 — He that hateth me hateth my Father also.
Jn 15:24 — If I had not done among them the works which none other man did, they had not had sin: but now have they both seen and hated both me and my Father.
Ro 5:10 — For if, when we were enemies, we were reconciled to God by the death of his Son, much more, being reconciled, we shall be saved by his life.
4:5 Or They say that the spirit God has placed within us is filled with envy; or They say that the Holy Spirit, whom God has placed within us, opposes our envy.
4:5 spirit which he caused This statement is not found in the OT, suggesting that James could be summarizing several OT passages (compare Matt 2:23; John 7:38; Eph 5:14).
ENVY, ENVYING=pthonon Vines A. Noun. phthonos (φθόνος, 5355), “envy,” is the feeling of displeasure produced by witnessing or hearing of the advantage or prosperity of others; this evil sense always attaches to this word, Matt. 27:18; Mark 15:10; Rom. 1:29; Gal. 5:21; Phil. 1:15; 1 Tim. 6:4; Titus 3:3; 1 Pet. 2:1; so in Jas. 4:5, where the question is rhetorical and strongly remonstrative, signifying that the Spirit (or spirit) which God made to dwell in us was certainly not so bestowed that we should be guilty of “envy.”¶ Note: Zelos, “zeal or jealousy,” translated “envy” in the KJV, in Acts 13:45; Rom. 13:13; 1 Cor. 3:3; 2 Cor. 12:20; Jas. 3:14, 16, is to be distinguished from phthonos, and, apart from the meanings “zeal” and “indignation,” is always translated “jealousy” in the RV. The distinction lies in this, that “envy” desires to deprive another of what he has, “jealousy” desires to have the same or the same sort of thing for itself See FERVENT, INDIGNATION, JEALOUSY, ZEAL. B. Verbs. 1. phthoneo (φθονέω, 5354), “to envy” (akin to A.), is used in Gal. 5:26.¶ 2. zeloo (ζηλόω, 2206) denotes “to be zealous, moved with jealousy,” Acts 7:9 and 17:5, RV, “moved with jealousy” (KJV, “moved with envy”); both have “envieth” in 1 Cor. 13:4. See the Note under A. See AFFECT, COVET, DESIRE, JEALOUS, ZEALOUS.[4] Treasury - James 4:5
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the scripture
Jn 7:42 — Hath not the scripture said, That Christ cometh of the seed of David, and out of the town of Bethlehem, where David was?
Jn 10:35 — If he called them gods, unto whom the word of God came, and the scripture cannot be broken;
Jn 19:37 — And again another scripture saith, They shall look on him whom they pierced.
Ro 9:17 — For the scripture saith unto Pharaoh, Even for this same purpose have I raised thee up, that I might shew my power in thee, and that my name might be declared throughout all the earth.
Gal 3:8 — And the scripture, foreseeing that God would justify the heathen through faith, preached before the gospel unto Abraham, saying, In thee shall all nations be blessed.
The spirit
Ge 4:5 — But unto Cain and to his offering he had not respect. And Cain was very wroth, and his countenance fell.
Ge 4:6 — And the LORD said unto Cain, Why art thou wroth? and why is thy countenance fallen?
Ge 6:5 — And GOD saw that the wickedness of man was great in the earth, and that every imagination of the thoughts of his heart was only evil continually.
Ge 8:21 — And the LORD smelled a sweet savour; and the LORD said in his heart, I will not again curse the ground any more for man's sake; for the imagination of man's heart is evil from his youth; neither will I again smite any more every thing living, as I have done.
Ge 26:14 — For he had possession of flocks, and possession of herds, and great store of servants: and the Philistines envied him.
Ge 30:1 — And when Rachel saw that she bare Jacob no children, Rachel envied her sister; and said unto Jacob, Give me children, or else I die.
Ge 37:11 — And his brethren envied him; but his father observed the saying.
Nu 11:29 — And Moses said unto him, Enviest thou for my sake? would God that all the LORD'S people were prophets, and that the LORD would put his spirit upon them!
Ps 37:1 — Fret not thyself because of evildoers, neither be thou envious against the workers of iniquity.
Ps 106:16 — They envied Moses also in the camp, and Aaron the saint of the LORD.
Pr 21:10 — The soul of the wicked desireth evil: his neighbour findeth no favour in his eyes.
Ecc 4:4 — Again, I considered all travail, and every right work, that for this a man is envied of his neighbour. This is also vanity and vexation of spirit.
Isa 11:13 — The envy also of Ephraim shall depart, and the adversaries of Judah shall be cut off: Ephraim shall not envy Judah, and Judah shall not vex Ephraim.
Ac 7:9 — And the patriarchs, moved with envy, sold Joseph into Egypt: but God was with him,
Ro 1:29 — Being filled with all unrighteousness, fornication, wickedness, covetousness, maliciousness; full of envy, murder, debate, deceit, malignity; whisperers,
Tit 3:3 — For we ourselves also were sometimes foolish, disobedient, deceived, serving divers lusts and pleasures, living in malice and envy, hateful, and hating one another.
4:6 Prov 3:34 (Greek version).
4:6 he gives greater grace God’s grace is greater than the human inclination to sin. God opposes the proud James quotes Prov 3:34, highlighting God’s opposition toward the proud who disregard Him and despise others. The passage further stresses God’s kindness to the lowly—those who recognize their insufficiency and depend on Him.
Treasury - James 4:6 (King James Version)
God
Ex 10:3 — And Moses and Aaron came in unto Pharaoh, and said unto him, Thus saith the LORD God of the Hebrews, How long wilt thou refuse to humble thyself before me? let my people go, that they may serve me.
Ex 10:4 — Else, if thou refuse to let my people go, behold, to morrow will I bring the locusts into thy coast:
Ex 15:9 — The enemy said, I will pursue, I will overtake, I will divide the spoil; my lust shall be satisfied upon them; I will draw my sword, my hand shall destroy them.
Ex 15:10 — Thou didst blow with thy wind, the sea covered them: they sank as lead in the mighty waters.
Ex 18:11 — Now I know that the LORD is greater than all gods: for in the thing wherein they dealt proudly he was above them.
1Sa 2:3 — Talk no more so exceeding proudly; let not arrogancy come out of your mouth: for the LORD is a God of knowledge, and by him actions are weighed.
Job 22:29 — When men are cast down, then thou shalt say, There is lifting up; and he shall save the humble person.
Job 40:10-12 — Deck thyself now with majesty and excellency; and array thyself with glory and beauty. 11 Cast abroad the rage of thy wrath: and behold every one that is proud, and abase him. 12 Look on every one that is proud, and bring him low; and tread down the wicked in their place.
Ps 138:6 — Though the LORD be high, yet hath he respect unto the lowly: but the proud he knoweth afar off.
Pr 3:34 — Surely he scorneth the scorners: but he giveth grace unto the lowly.
Pr 6:16 — These six things doth the LORD hate: yea, seven are an abomination unto him:
Pr 6:17 — A proud look, a lying tongue, and hands that shed innocent blood,
Pr 29:23 — A man's pride shall bring him low: but honour shall uphold the humble in spirit.
Isa 2:11 — The lofty looks of man shall be humbled, and the haughtiness of men shall be bowed down, and the LORD alone shall be exalted in that day.
Isa 2:12 — For the day of the LORD of hosts shall be upon every one that is proud and lofty, and upon every one that is lifted up; and he shall be brought low:
Isa 2:17 — And the loftiness of man shall be bowed down, and the haughtiness of men shall be made low: and the LORD alone shall be exalted in that day.
Isa 10:8-14 — For he saith, Are not my princes altogether kings? 9 Is not Calno as Carchemish? is not Hamath as Arpad? is not Samaria as Damascus? 10 As my hand hath found the kingdoms of the idols, and whose graven images did excel them of Jerusalem and of Samaria; 11 Shall I not, as I have done unto Samaria and her idols, so do to Jerusalem and her idols? 12 Wherefore it shall come to pass, that when the Lord hath performed his whole work upon mount Zion and on Jerusalem, I will punish the fruit of the stout heart of the king of Assyria, and the glory of his high looks. 13 For he saith, By the strength of my hand I have done it, and by my wisdom; for I am prudent: and I have removed the bounds of the people, and have robbed their treasures, and I have put down the inhabitants like a valiant man: 14 And my hand hath found as a nest the riches of the people: and as one gathereth eggs that are left, have I gathered all the earth; and there was none that moved the wing, or opened the mouth, or peeped.
Isa 16:6 — We have heard of the pride of Moab; he is very proud: even of his haughtiness, and his pride, and his wrath: but his lies shall not be so.
Isa 16:7 — Therefore shall Moab howl for Moab, every one shall howl: for the foundations of Kirhareseth shall ye mourn; surely they are stricken.
Da 4:37 — Now I Nebuchadnezzar praise and extol and honour the King of heaven, all whose works are truth, and his ways judgment: and those that walk in pride he is able to abase.
Da 5:20-23 — But when his heart was lifted up, and his mind hardened in pride, he was deposed from his kingly throne, and they took his glory from him: 21 And he was driven from the sons of men; and his heart was made like the beasts, and his dwelling was with the wild asses: they fed him with grass like oxen, and his body was wet with the dew of heaven; till he knew that the most high God ruled in the kingdom of men, and that he appointeth over it whomsoever he will. 22 And thou his son, O Belshazzar, hast not humbled thine heart, though thou knewest all this; 23 But hast lifted up thyself against the Lord of heaven; and they have brought the vessels of his house before thee, and thou, and thy lords, thy wives, and thy concubines, have drunk wine in them; and thou hast praised the gods of silver, and gold, of brass, iron, wood, and stone, which see not, nor hear, nor know: and the God in whose hand thy breath is, and whose are all thy ways, hast thou not glorified:
Mt 23:12 — And whosoever shall exalt himself shall be abased; and he that shall humble himself shall be exalted.
Lk 1:52 — He hath put down the mighty from their seats, and exalted them of low degree.
Lk 14:11 — For whosoever exalteth himself shall be abased; and he that humbleth himself shall be exalted.
Lk 18:14 — I tell you, this man went down to his house justified rather than the other: for every one that exalteth himself shall be abased; and he that humbleth himself shall be exalted.
1Pe 5:5 — Likewise, ye younger, submit yourselves unto the elder. Yea, all of you be subject one to another, and be clothed with humility: for God resisteth the proud, and giveth grace to the humble.
giveth grace
2Ch 32:26 — Notwithstanding Hezekiah humbled himself for the pride of his heart, both he and the inhabitants of Jerusalem, so that the wrath of the LORD came not upon them in the days of Hezekiah.
2Ch 33:12 — And when he was in affliction, he besought the LORD his God, and humbled himself greatly before the God of his fathers,
2Ch 33:19 — His prayer also, and how God was intreated of him, and all his sin, and his trespass, and the places wherein he built high places, and set up groves and graven images, before he was humbled: behold, they are written among the sayings of the seers.
2Ch 33:23 — And humbled not himself before the LORD, as Manasseh his father had humbled himself; but Amon trespassed more and more.
2Ch 34:27 — Because thine heart was tender, and thou didst humble thyself before God, when thou heardest his words against this place, and against the inhabitants thereof, and humbledst thyself before me, and didst rend thy clothes, and weep before me; I have even heard thee also, saith the LORD.
Job 22:29 — When men are cast down, then thou shalt say, There is lifting up; and he shall save the humble person.
Ps 9:12 — When he maketh inquisition for blood, he remembereth them: he forgetteth not the cry of the humble.
Pr 15:33 — The fear of the LORD is the instruction of wisdom; and before honour is humility.
Pr 18:12 — Before destruction the heart of man is haughty, and before honour is humility.
Pr 22:4 — By humility and the fear of the LORD are riches, and honour, and life.
Isa 57:15 — For thus saith the high and lofty One that inhabiteth eternity, whose name is Holy; I dwell in the high and holy place, with him also that is of a contrite and humble spirit, to revive the spirit of the humble, and to revive the heart of the contrite ones.
Treasury - James 4:7 (King James Version)
Submit
1Sa 3:18 — And Samuel told him every whit, and hid nothing from him. And he said, It is the LORD: let him do what seemeth him good.
2Sa 15:26 — But if he thus say, I have no delight in thee; behold, here am I, let him do to me as seemeth good unto him.
2Ki 1:13-15 — And he sent again a captain of the third fifty with his fifty. And the third captain of fifty went up, and came and fell on his knees before Elijah, and besought him, and said unto him, O man of God, I pray thee, let my life, and the life of these fifty thy servants, be precious in thy sight. 14 Behold, there came fire down from heaven, and burnt up the two captains of the former fifties with their fifties: therefore let my life now be precious in thy sight. 15 And the angel of the LORD said unto Elijah, Go down with him: be not afraid of him. And he arose, and went down with him unto the king.
2Ch 30:8 — Now be ye not stiffnecked, as your fathers were, but yield yourselves unto the LORD, and enter into his sanctuary, which he hath sanctified for ever: and serve the LORD your God, that the fierceness of his wrath may turn away from you.
2Ch 33:12 — And when he was in affliction, he besought the LORD his God, and humbled himself greatly before the God of his fathers,
2Ch 33:13 — And prayed unto him: and he was intreated of him, and heard his supplication, and brought him again to Jerusalem into his kingdom. Then Manasseh knew that the LORD he was God.
Job 1:21 — And said, Naked came I out of my mother's womb, and naked shall I return thither: the LORD gave, and the LORD hath taken away; blessed be the name of the LORD.
Job 40:3-5 — Then Job answered the LORD, and said, 4 Behold, I am vile; what shall I answer thee? I will lay mine hand upon my mouth. 5 Once have I spoken; but I will not answer: yea, twice; but I will proceed no further.
Job 42:1-6 — Then Job answered the LORD, and said, 2 I know that thou canst do every thing, and that no thought can be withholden from thee. 3 Who is he that hideth counsel without knowledge? therefore have I uttered that I understood not; things too wonderful for me, which I knew not. 4 Hear, I beseech thee, and I will speak: I will demand of thee, and declare thou unto me. 5 I have heard of thee by the hearing of the ear: but now mine eye seeth thee. 6 Wherefore I abhor myself, and repent in dust and ashes.
Ps 32:3-5 — When I kept silence, my bones waxed old through my roaring all the day long. 4 For day and night thy hand was heavy upon me: my moisture is turned into the drought of summer. Selah. 5 I acknowledged my sin unto thee, and mine iniquity have I not hid. I said, I will confess my transgressions unto the LORD; and thou forgavest the iniquity of my sin. Selah.
Ps 66:3 — Say unto God, How terrible art thou in thy works! through the greatness of thy power shall thine enemies submit themselves unto thee.
Ps 68:30 — Rebuke the company of spearmen, the multitude of the bulls, with the calves of the people, till every one submit himself with pieces of silver: scatter thou the people that delight in war.
Jer 13:18 — Say unto the king and to the queen, Humble yourselves, sit down: for your principalities shall come down, even the crown of your glory.
Da 4:25 — That they shall drive thee from men, and thy dwelling shall be with the beasts of the field, and they shall make thee to eat grass as oxen, and they shall wet thee with the dew of heaven, and seven times shall pass over thee, till thou know that the most High ruleth in the kingdom of men, and giveth it to whomsoever he will.
Da 4:32 — And they shall drive thee from men, and thy dwelling shall be with the beasts of the field: they shall make thee to eat grass as oxen, and seven times shall pass over thee, until thou know that the most High ruleth in the kingdom of men, and giveth it to whomsoever he will.
Da 4:34-37 — And at the end of the days I Nebuchadnezzar lifted up mine eyes unto heaven, and mine understanding returned unto me, and I blessed the most High, and I praised and honoured him that liveth for ever, whose dominion is an everlasting dominion, and his kingdom is from generation to generation: 35 And all the inhabitants of the earth are reputed as nothing: and he doeth according to his will in the army of heaven, and among the inhabitants of the earth: and none can stay his hand, or say unto him, What doest thou? 36 At the same time my reason returned unto me; and for the glory of my kingdom, mine honour and brightness returned unto me; and my counsellors and my lords sought unto me; and I was established in my kingdom, and excellent majesty was added unto me. 37 Now I Nebuchadnezzar praise and extol and honour the King of heaven, all whose works are truth, and his ways judgment: and those that walk in pride he is able to abase.
Mt 11:29 — Take my yoke upon you, and learn of me; for I am meek and lowly in heart: and ye shall find rest unto your souls.
Ac 9:6 — And he trembling and astonished said, Lord, what wilt thou have me to do? And the Lord said unto him, Arise, and go into the city, and it shall be told thee what thou must do.
Ac 16:29-31 — Then he called for a light, and sprang in, and came trembling, and fell down before Paul and Silas, 30 And brought them out, and said, Sirs, what must I do to be saved? 31 And they said, Believe on the Lord Jesus Christ, and thou shalt be saved, and thy house.
Ac 26:19 — Whereupon, O king Agrippa, I was not disobedient unto the heavenly vision:
Ro 10:3 — For they being ignorant of God's righteousness, and going about to establish their own righteousness, have not submitted themselves unto the righteousness of God.
Ro 14:11 — For it is written, As I live, saith the Lord, every knee shall bow to me, and every tongue shall confess to God.
Eph 5:21 — Submitting yourselves one to another in the fear of God.
Heb 12:9 — Furthermore we have had fathers of our flesh which corrected us, and we gave them reverence: shall we not much rather be in subjection unto the Father of spirits, and live?
1Pe 2:13 — Submit yourselves to every ordinance of man for the Lord's sake: whether it be to the king, as supreme;
Resist
Mt 4:3-11 — And when the tempter came to him, he said, If thou be the Son of God, command that these stones be made bread. 4 But he answered and said, It is written, Man shall not live by bread alone, but by every word that proceedeth out of the mouth of God. 5 Then the devil taketh him up into the holy city, and setteth him on a pinnacle of the temple, 6 And saith unto him, If thou be the Son of God, cast thyself down: for it is written, He shall give his angels charge concerning thee: and in their hands they shall bear thee up, lest at any time thou dash thy foot against a stone. 7 Jesus said unto him, It is written again, Thou shalt not tempt the Lord thy God. 8 Again, the devil taketh him up into an exceeding high mountain, and sheweth him all the kingdoms of the world, and the glory of them; 9 And saith unto him, All these things will I give thee, if thou wilt fall down and worship me. 10 Then saith Jesus unto him, Get thee hence, Satan: for it is written, Thou shalt worship the Lord thy God, and him only shalt thou serve. 11 Then the devil leaveth him, and, behold, angels came and ministered unto him.
Lk 4:2-13 — Being forty days tempted of the devil. And in those days he did eat nothing: and when they were ended, he afterward hungered. 3 And the devil said unto him, If thou be the Son of God, command this stone that it be made bread. 4 And Jesus answered him, saying, It is written, That man shall not live by bread alone, but by every word of God. 5 And the devil, taking him up into an high mountain, shewed unto him all the kingdoms of the world in a moment of time. 6 And the devil said unto him, All this power will I give thee, and the glory of them: for that is delivered unto me; and to whomsoever I will I give it. 7 If thou therefore wilt worship me, all shall be thine. 8 And Jesus answered and said unto him, Get thee behind me, Satan: for it is written, Thou shalt worship the Lord thy God, and him only shalt thou serve. 9 And he brought him to Jerusalem, and set him on a pinnacle of the temple, and said unto him, If thou be the Son of God, cast thyself down from hence: 10 For it is written, He shall give his angels charge over thee, to keep thee: 11 And in their hands they shall bear thee up, lest at any time thou dash thy foot against a stone. 12 And Jesus answering said unto him, It is said, Thou shalt not tempt the Lord thy God. 13 And when the devil had ended all the temptation, he departed from him for a season.
Eph 4:27 — Neither give place to the devil.
Eph 6:11 — Put on the whole armour of God, that ye may be able to stand against the wiles of the devil.
Eph 6:12 — For we wrestle not against flesh and blood, but against principalities, against powers, against the rulers of the darkness of this world, against spiritual wickedness in high places.
1Pe 5:8 — Be sober, be vigilant; because your adversary the devil, as a roaring lion, walketh about, seeking whom he may devour:
1Pe 5:9 — Whom resist stedfast in the faith, knowing that the same afflictions are accomplished in your brethren that are in the world.
Rev 12:9-11 — And the great dragon was cast out, that old serpent, called the Devil, and Satan, which deceiveth the whole world: he was cast out into the earth, and his angels were cast out with him. 10 And I heard a loud voice saying in heaven, Now is come salvation, and strength, and the kingdom of our God, and the power of his Christ: for the accuser of our brethren is cast down, which accused them before our God day and night. 11 And they overcame him by the blood of the Lamb, and by the word of their testimony; and they loved not their lives unto the death.
4:8 Draw near to God Because the church was fractured and needed healing, James calls the community to collectively approach God. Cleanse your hands The Greek term used here, cheir, figuratively represents a person’s deeds (compare Psa 24:4; Isa 1:15–16). The command to cleanse them indicates that they were defiled with sin and required purification (2 Cor 7:1). double-minded See note on James 1:8. CLEAN, CLEANNESS, CLEANSE, CLEANSING = katharisate A. Adjective.
katharos (καθαρός, 2513), “free from impure admixture, without blemish, spotless,” is used (a) physically, e.g., Matt. 23:26; 27:59; John 13:10 (where the Lord, speaking figuratively, teaches that one who has been entirely “cleansed,” needs not radical renewal, but only to be “cleansed” from every sin into which he may fall); 15:3; Heb. 10:22; Rev. 15:6; 19:8, 14; 21:18, 21; (b) in a Levitical sense, Rom. 14:20; Titus 1:15, “pure”; (c) ethically, with the significance free from corrupt desire, from guilt, Matt. 5:8; John 13:10–11; Acts 20:26; 1 Tim. 1:5; 3:9; 2 Tim. 1:3; 2:22; Titus 1:15; Jas. 1:27; blameless, innocent (a rare meaning for this word), Acts 18:6; (d) in a combined Levitical and ethical sense ceremonially, Luke 11:41, “all things are clean unto you.” See CLEAR, C, Note (2), PURE.¶
B. Verbs.
1. katharizo (καθαρίζω, 2511), akin to A, signifies (1) “to make clean, to cleanse” (a) from physical stains and dirt, as in the case of utensils, Matt. 23:25 (figuratively in verse 26); from disease, as of leprosy, Matt. 8:2; (b) in a moral sense, from the defilement of sin, Acts 15:9; 2 Cor. 7:1; Heb. 9:14; Jas. 4:8, “cleanse” from the guilt of sin, Eph. 5:26; 1 John 1:7; (2) “to pronounce clean in a Levitical sense,” Mark 7:19, RV; Acts 10:15; 11:9; “to consecrate by cleansings,” Heb. 9:22, 23; 10:2. See PURGE, PURIFY.
2. diakatharizo (διακαθαρίζω, 1245), “to cleanse thoroughly,” is used in Matt. 3:12, RV.¶
Note: For kathairo, John 15:2, RV, see PURGE, No. 1. For diakathairo, Luke 3:17, RV, see PURGE, No. 3.[5]
Treasury - James 4:8
(King James Version)
Draw nigh to God
Ge 18:23 — And Abraham drew near, and said, Wilt thou also destroy the righteous with the wicked?
1Ch 28:9 — And thou, Solomon my son, know thou the God of thy father, and serve him with a perfect heart and with a willing mind: for the LORD searcheth all hearts, and understandeth all the imaginations of the thoughts: if thou seek him, he will be found of thee; but if thou forsake him, he will cast thee off for ever.
2Ch 15:2 — And he went out to meet Asa, and said unto him, Hear ye me, Asa, and all Judah and Benjamin; The LORD is with you, while ye be with him; and if ye seek him, he will be found of you; but if ye forsake him, he will forsake you.
Ps 73:28 — But it is good for me to draw near to God: I have put my trust in the Lord GOD, that I may declare all thy works.
Ps 145:18 — The LORD is nigh unto all them that call upon him, to all that call upon him in truth.
Isa 29:13 — Wherefore the Lord said, Forasmuch as this people draw near me with their mouth, and with their lips do honour me, but have removed their heart far from me, and their fear toward me is taught by the precept of men:
Isa 55:6 — Seek ye the LORD while he may be found, call ye upon him while he is near:
Isa 55:7 — Let the wicked forsake his way, and the unrighteous man his thoughts: and let him return unto the LORD, and he will have mercy upon him; and to our God, for he will abundantly pardon.
Hos 6:1 — Come, and let us return unto the LORD: for he hath torn, and he will heal us; he hath smitten, and he will bind us up.
Hos 6:2 — After two days will he revive us: in the third day he will raise us up, and we shall live in his sight.
Zec 1:3 — Therefore say thou unto them, Thus saith the LORD of hosts; Turn ye unto me, saith the LORD of hosts, and I will turn unto you, saith the LORD of hosts.
Mal 3:7 — Even from the days of your fathers ye are gone away from mine ordinances, and have not kept them. Return unto me, and I will return unto you, saith the LORD of hosts. But ye said, Wherein shall we return?
Heb 7:19 — For the law made nothing perfect, but the bringing in of a better hope did; by the which we draw nigh unto God.
Heb 10:22 — Let us draw near with a true heart in full assurance of faith, having our hearts sprinkled from an evil conscience, and our bodies washed with pure water.
Cleanse
Job 9:30 — If I wash myself with snow water, and make my hands never so clean;
Job 16:17 — Not for any injustice in mine hands: also my prayer is pure.
Job 17:9 — The righteous also shall hold on his way, and he that hath clean hands shall be stronger and stronger.
Ps 18:20 — The LORD rewarded me according to my righteousness; according to the cleanness of my hands hath he recompensed me.
Ps 24:4 — He that hath clean hands, and a pure heart; who hath not lifted up his soul unto vanity, nor sworn deceitfully.
Ps 26:6 — I will wash mine hands in innocency: so will I compass thine altar, O LORD:
Ps 73:13 — Verily I have cleansed my heart in vain, and washed my hands in innocency.
Isa 1:15 — And when ye spread forth your hands, I will hide mine eyes from you: yea, when ye make many prayers, I will not hear: your hands are full of blood.
Isa 1:16 — Wash you, make you clean; put away the evil of your doings from before mine eyes; cease to do evil;
Isa 13:15 — Every one that is found shall be thrust through; and every one that is joined unto them shall fall by the sword.
Mt 15:2 — Why do thy disciples transgress the tradition of the elders? for they wash not their hands when they eat bread.
Mt 27:24 — When Pilate saw that he could prevail nothing, but that rather a tumult was made, he took water, and washed his hands before the multitude, saying, I am innocent of the blood of this just person: see ye to it.
1Ti 2:8 — I will therefore that men pray every where, lifting up holy hands, without wrath and doubting.
1Pe 3:21 — The like figure whereunto even baptism doth also now save us (not the putting away of the filth of the flesh, but the answer of a good conscience toward God,) by the resurrection of Jesus Christ:
purity
Ps 51:6 — Behold, thou desirest truth in the inward parts: and in the hidden part thou shalt make me to know wisdom.
Ps 51:7 — Purge me with hyssop, and I shall be clean: wash me, and I shall be whiter than snow.
Ps 51:10 — Create in me a clean heart, O God; and renew a right spirit within me.
Jer 4:11 — At that time shall it be said to this people and to Jerusalem, A dry wind of the high places in the wilderness toward the daughter of my people, not to fan, nor to cleanse,
Eze 18:31 — Cast away from you all your transgressions, whereby ye have transgressed; and make you a new heart and a new spirit: for why will ye die, O house of Israel?
Eze 36:25-27 — Then will I sprinkle clean water upon you, and ye shall be clean: from all your filthiness, and from all your idols, will I cleanse you. 26 A new heart also will I give you, and a new spirit will I put within you: and I will take away the stony heart out of your flesh, and I will give you an heart of flesh. 27 And I will put my spirit within you, and cause you to walk in my statutes, and ye shall keep my judgments, and do them.
Mt 12:33 — Either make the tree good, and his fruit good; or else make the tree corrupt, and his fruit corrupt: for the tree is known by his fruit.
Mt 23:25 — Woe unto you, scribes and Pharisees, hypocrites! for ye make clean the outside of the cup and of the platter, but within they are full of extortion and excess.
Mt 23:26 — Thou blind Pharisee, cleanse first that which is within the cup and platter, that the outside of them may be clean also.
Lk 11:39 — And the Lord said unto him, Now do ye Pharisees make clean the outside of the cup and the platter; but your inward part is full of ravening and wickedness.
Lk 11:40 — Ye fools, did not he that made that which is without make that which is within also?
Ac 15:9 — And put no difference between us and them, purifying their hearts by faith.
2Co 7:1 — Having therefore these promises, dearly beloved, let us cleanse ourselves from all filthiness of the flesh and spirit, perfecting holiness in the fear of God.
1Pe 1:22 — Seeing ye have purified your souls in obeying the truth through the Spirit unto unfeigned love of the brethren, see that ye love one another with a pure heart fervently:
1Jn 3:3 — And every man that hath this hope in him purifieth himself, even as he is pure.
ye double
Jas 1:8 — A double minded man is unstable in all his ways.
4:9 Lament and mourn and weep James encourages Christians to embrace an attitude of humility and repentance. 4:9 ! Matt. 5:4 Humility Devotional your laughter The OT often associates laughter with a person who has no fear of God (Prov 29:9; Eccl 7:6).
Treasury - James 4:9 (King James Version)
afflicted
Jas 5:1 — Go to now, ye rich men, weep and howl for your miseries that shall come upon you.
Jas 5:2 — Your riches are corrupted, and your garments are motheaten.
Ps 119:67 — Before I was afflicted I went astray: but now have I kept thy word.
Ps 119:71 — It is good for me that I have been afflicted; that I might learn thy statutes.
Ps 119:136 — Rivers of waters run down mine eyes, because they keep not thy law.
Ps 126:5 — They that sow in tears shall reap in joy.
Ps 126:6 — He that goeth forth and weepeth, bearing precious seed, shall doubtless come again with rejoicing, bringing his sheaves with him.
Ecc 7:2-5 — It is better to go to the house of mourning, than to go to the house of feasting: for that is the end of all men; and the living will lay it to his heart. 3 Sorrow is better than laughter: for by the sadness of the countenance the heart is made better. 4 The heart of the wise is in the house of mourning; but the heart of fools is in the house of mirth. 5 It is better to hear the rebuke of the wise, than for a man to hear the song of fools.
Isa 22:12 — And in that day did the Lord GOD of hosts call to weeping, and to mourning, and to baldness, and to girding with sackcloth:
Isa 22:13 — And behold joy and gladness, slaying oxen, and killing sheep, eating flesh, and drinking wine: let us eat and drink; for to morrow we shall die.
Jer 31:9 — They shall come with weeping, and with supplications will I lead them: I will cause them to walk by the rivers of waters in a straight way, wherein they shall not stumble: for I am a father to Israel, and Ephraim is my firstborn.
Jer 31:13 — Then shall the virgin rejoice in the dance, both young men and old together: for I will turn their mourning into joy, and will comfort them, and make them rejoice from their sorrow. Jer 31:18-20 — I have surely heard Ephraim bemoaning himself thus; Thou hast chastised me, and I was chastised, as a bullock unaccustomed to the yoke: turn thou me, and I shall be turned; for thou art the LORD my God. 19 Surely after that I was turned, I repented; and after that I was instructed, I smote upon my thigh: I was ashamed, yea, even confounded, because I did bear the reproach of my youth. 20 Is Ephraim my dear son? is he a pleasant child? for since I spake against him, I do earnestly remember him still: therefore my bowels are troubled for him; I will surely have mercy upon him, saith the LORD. Eze 7:16 — But they that escape of them shall escape, and shall be on the mountains like doves of the valleys, all of them mourning, every one for his iniquity. Eze 16:63 — That thou mayest remember, and be confounded, and never open thy mouth any more because of thy shame, when I am pacified toward thee for all that thou hast done, saith the Lord GOD. Zec 12:10 — And I will pour upon the house of David, and upon the inhabitants of Jerusalem, the spirit of grace and of supplications: and they shall look upon me whom they have pierced, and they shall mourn for him, as one mourneth for his only son, and shall be in bitterness for him, as one that is in bitterness for his firstborn. Mt 5:4 — Blessed are they that mourn: for they shall be comforted. Lk 6:21 — Blessed are ye that hunger now: for ye shall be filled. Blessed are ye that weep now: for ye shall laugh. 2Co 7:10 — For godly sorrow worketh repentance to salvation not to be repented of: but the sorrow of the world worketh death. 2Co 7:11 — For behold this selfsame thing, that ye sorrowed after a godly sort, what carefulness it wrought in you, yea, what clearing of yourselves, yea, what indignation, yea, what fear, yea, what vehement desire, yea, what zeal, yea, what revenge! In all things ye have approved yourselves to be clear in this matter.
let
Job 30:31 — My harp also is turned to mourning, and my organ into the voice of them that weep.
Pr 14:13 — Even in laughter the heart is sorrowful; and the end of that mirth is heaviness.
Ecc 2:2 — I said of laughter, It is mad: and of mirth, What doeth it?
Ecc 7:6 — For as the crackling of thorns under a pot, so is the laughter of the fool: this also is vanity.
La 5:15 — The joy of our heart is ceased; our dance is turned into mourning.
Lk 6:25 — Woe unto you that are full! for ye shall hunger. Woe unto you that laugh now! for ye shall mourn and weep.
Lk 16:25 — But Abraham said, Son, remember that thou in thy lifetime receivedst thy good things, and likewise Lazarus evil things: but now he is comforted, and thou art tormented.
Rev 18:7 — How much she hath glorified herself, and lived deliciously, so much torment and sorrow give her: for she saith in her heart, I sit a queen, and am no widow, and shall see no sorrow.
Rev 18:8 — Therefore shall her plagues come in one day, death, and mourning, and famine; and she shall be utterly burned with fire: for strong is the Lord God who judgeth her.
4:10 m Job 22:29; Luke 14:11; 18:14; 1 Pet. 5:6 Treasury - James 4:10 (King James Version)
Humble
Jas 4:6 — But he giveth more grace. Wherefore he saith, God resisteth the proud, but giveth grace unto the humble. Jas 4:7 — Submit yourselves therefore to God. Resist the devil, and he will flee from you.
He
1Sa 2:9 — He will keep the feet of his saints, and the wicked shall be silent in darkness; for by strength shall no man prevail. Job 22:29 — When men are cast down, then thou shalt say, There is lifting up; and he shall save the humble person. Ps 27:6 — And now shall mine head be lifted up above mine enemies round about me: therefore will I offer in his tabernacle sacrifices of joy; I will sing, yea, I will sing praises unto the LORD. Ps 28:9 — Save thy people, and bless thine inheritance: feed them also, and lift them up for ever. Ps 30:1 — I will extol thee, O LORD; for thou hast lifted me up, and hast not made my foes to rejoice over me. Ps 113:7 — He raiseth up the poor out of the dust, and lifteth the needy out of the dunghill; Ps 147:6 — The LORD lifteth up the meek: he casteth the wicked down to the ground. Mt 23:12 — And whosoever shall exalt himself shall be abased; and he that shall humble himself shall be exalted. Lk 14:11 — For whosoever exalteth himself shall be abased; and he that humbleth himself shall be exalted. Lk 18:14 — I tell you, this man went down to his house justified rather than the other: for every one that exalteth himself shall be abased; and he that humbleth himself shall be exalted. 1Pe 5:6 — Humble yourselves therefore under the mighty hand of God, that he may exalt you in due time: *
4:11 Greek brothers.
4:11 speaks evil of a brother or judges his brother The law requires that people love their brothers and sisters in Christ. To speak evil against them violates the kingdom command to love (see note on James 2:8).
Treasury - James 4:11 (King James Version)
Speak
Ps 140:11 — Let not an evil speaker be established in the earth: evil shall hunt the violent man to overthrow him. Eph 4:31 — Let all bitterness, and wrath, and anger, and clamour, and evil speaking, be put away from you, with all malice: 1Ti 3:11 — Even so must their wives be grave, not slanderers, sober, faithful in all things. 2Ti 3:3 — Without natural affection, trucebreakers, false accusers, incontinent, fierce, despisers of those that are good, Tit 2:3 — The aged women likewise, that they be in behaviour as becometh holiness, not false accusers, not given to much wine, teachers of good things; 1Pe 2:1 — Wherefore laying aside all malice, and all guile, and hypocrisies, and envies, and all evil speakings, and judgeth
Mt 7:1 — Judge not, that ye be not judged.
Mt 7:2 — For with what judgment ye judge, ye shall be judged: and with what measure ye mete, it shall be measured to you again.
Lk 6:37 — Judge not, and ye shall not be judged: condemn not, and ye shall not be condemned: forgive, and ye shall be forgiven:
Ro 2:1 — Therefore thou art inexcusable, O man, whosoever thou art that judgest: for wherein thou judgest another, thou condemnest thyself; for thou that judgest doest the same things.
Ro 14:3 — Let not him that eateth despise him that eateth not; and let not him which eateth not judge him that eateth: for God hath received him.
Ro 14:4 — Who art thou that judgest another man's servant? to his own master he standeth or falleth. Yea, he shall be holden up: for God is able to make him stand.
Ro 14:10-12 — But why dost thou judge thy brother? or why dost thou set at nought thy brother? for we shall all stand before the judgment seat of Christ. 11 For it is written, As I live, saith the Lord, every knee shall bow to me, and every tongue shall confess to God. 12 So then every one of us shall give account of himself to God.
1Co 4:5 — Therefore judge nothing before the time, until the Lord come, who both will bring to light the hidden things of darkness, and will make manifest the counsels of the hearts: and then shall every man have praise of God.
speaketh evil of the law
Ro 7:7 — What shall we say then? Is the law sin? God forbid. Nay, I had not known sin, but by the law: for I had not known lust, except the law had said, Thou shalt not covet.
Ro 7:12 — Wherefore the law is holy, and the commandment holy, and just, and good.
Ro 7:13 — Was then that which is good made death unto me? God forbid. But sin, that it might appear sin, working death in me by that which is good; that sin by the commandment might become exceeding sinful.
a doer
Jas 1:22 — But be ye doers of the word, and not hearers only, deceiving your own selves.
Jas 1:23 — For if any be a hearer of the word, and not a doer, he is like unto a man beholding his natural face in a glass:
Jas 1:25 — But whoso looketh into the perfect law of liberty, and continueth therein, he being not a forgetful hearer, but a doer of the work, this man shall be blessed in his deed.
Ro 2:13 — (For not the hearers of the law are just before God, but the doers of the law shall be justified.
4:12 who are you to judge your neighbor Those who judge others adopt a role that belongs to God alone (Gen 18:25; Psa 82:1, 8; Rom 3:6; Heb 12:23).
Treasury - James 4:12 (King James Version)
lawgiver
Isa 33:22 — For the LORD is our judge, the LORD is our lawgiver, the LORD is our king; he will save us.
able
Mt 10:28 — And fear not them which kill the body, but are not able to kill the soul: but rather fear him which is able to destroy both soul and body in hell.
Lk 12:5 — But I will forewarn you whom ye shall fear: Fear him, which after he hath killed hath power to cast into hell; yea, I say unto you, Fear him.
Heb 7:25 — Wherefore he is able also to save them to the uttermost that come unto God by him, seeing he ever liveth to make intercession for them.
who
1Sa 25:10 — And Nabal answered David's servants, and said, Who is David? and who is the son of Jesse? there be many servants now a days that break away every man from his master.
Job 38:2 — Who is this that darkeneth counsel by words without knowledge?
Ro 2:1 — Therefore thou art inexcusable, O man, whosoever thou art that judgest: for wherein thou judgest another, thou condemnest thyself; for thou that judgest doest the same things.
Ro 9:20 — Nay but, O man, who art thou that repliest against God? Shall the thing formed say to him that formed it, Why hast thou made me thus?
Ro 14:4 — Who art thou that judgest another man's servant? to his own master he standeth or falleth. Yea, he shall be holden up: for God is able to make him stand.
Ro 14:13 — Let us not therefore judge one another any more: but judge this rather, that no man put a stumblingblock or an occasion to fall in his brother's way. In these verses, James asks several questions and makes several statements. Make a list and reflect on those between now an Tuesday.
Why do you think James brings up these questions and statements? Because he is using the classic technique of a traditional teaching method similar to Catechism where you ask the question to get a teachable moment to come In James 4:6, it says “ ….God is opposed to the proud, but gives grace to the humble.” How does pride, our own personal pride, affect our relationship with God? We are harmed, God opposes the proud How do we become humble? By Lamenting, Mourning, and Weeping Look for answers in Jam 4.
Now go back and read Jam 1:2-4, why should we consider trials as joy? count it all joy when you fall into various trials, 3 knowing that the testing of your faith produces patience Now move into Jam 1:5-7. How must we ask God for wisdom? 5 If any of you lacks wisdom, let him ask of God, who gives to all liberally and without reproach, and it will be given to him. 6 But let him ask in faith, with no doubting, for he who doubts is like a wave of the sea driven and tossed by the wind. What should we expect if we don’t? 7 For let not that man suppose that he will receive anything from the Lord; 8 he is a double-minded man, unstable in all his ways . Move down to Jam 1:8-10, what contrast does James make but the rich in his humiliation, because as a flower of the field he will pass away. 11
and what is a characteristic of one that is humble?one that is humble is a lowly brother who will glory in his exaltation
Looking forward to Tuesday night…..make your notes and come with your questions…..
Praying for our obedience in Jesus. Grace to you!
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