James 4:10 — KJV with Strong's Concordance

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¹⁰Humble yourselves in the sight of the Lord, and he shall lift you up.

James 4:10 —

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Cross-References

From the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

Psalms 147:6
The LORD lifteth up the meek: he casteth the wicked down to the ground.
Matthew 23:12
And whosoever shall exalt himself shall be abased; and he that shall humble himself shall be exalted.
1 Peter 5:6
Humble yourselves therefore under the mighty hand of God, that he may exalt you in due time:
Luke 14:11
For whosoever exalteth himself shall be abased; and he that humbleth himself shall be exalted.
James 4:6-7
But he giveth more grace. Wherefore he saith, God resisteth the proud, but giveth grace unto the humble. …

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Commentary

Matthew Henry’s Complete Commentary on the Bible (1710)

(vv. 1-10)

The former chapter speaks of envying one another, as the great spring of strifes and contentions; this chapter speaks of a lust after worldly things, and a setting too great a value upon worldly pleasures and friendships, as that which carried their divisions to a shameful height. I. The apostle here reproves the Jewish Christians for their wars, and for their lusts as the cause of them: Whence co…

Robert Jamieson, A. R. Fausset, David Brown’s Jamieson-Fausset-Brown Commentary (1871)

(vv. 10)

10. in the sight of the Lord--as continually in the presence of Him who alone is worthy to be exalted: recognizing His presence in all your ways, the truest incentive to humility. The tree, to grow upwards, must strike its roots deep downwards; so man, to be exalted, must have his mind deep-rooted in humility. In 1Pe 5:6, it is, Humble yourselves under the mighty hand of God, namely, in His dealin…