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Whosoever therefore would be a friend of the world maketh himself an enemy of God. <span class="reftext"><a href="/james/4-5.htm"><b>5</b></a></span>Or think ye that the scripture speaketh in vain? Doth the spirit which he made to dwell in us long unto envying? <span class="reftext"><a href="/james/4-6.htm"><b>6</b></a></span>But he giveth more grace. Wherefore the scripture saith, God resisteth the proud, but giveth grace to the humble.</p> <p class="hdg">Drawing Near to God</p><p class="reg"><span class="reftext"><a href="/james/4-7.htm"><b>7</b></a></span>Be subject therefore unto God; but resist the devil, and he will flee from you. <span class="reftext"><a href="/james/4-8.htm"><b>8</b></a></span>Draw nigh to God, and he will draw nigh to you. Cleanse your hands, ye sinners; and purify your hearts, ye doubleminded. <span class="reftext"><a href="/james/4-9.htm"><b>9</b></a></span>Be afflicted, and mourn, and weep: let your laughter be turned to mourning, and your joy to heaviness. <span class="reftext"><a href="/james/4-10.htm"><b>10</b></a></span>Humble yourselves in the sight of the Lord, and he shall exalt you.</p> <p class="reg"><span class="reftext"><a href="/james/4-11.htm"><b>11</b></a></span>Speak not one against another, brethren. He that speaketh against a brother, or judgeth his brother, speaketh against the law, and judgeth the law: but if thou judgest the law, thou art not a doer of the law, but a judge. <span class="reftext"><a href="/james/4-12.htm"><b>12</b></a></span>One only is the lawgiver and judge, even he who is able to save and to destroy: but who art thou that judgest thy neighbour?</p> <p class="hdg">Do Not Boast about Tomorrow</p><p class="reg"><span class="reftext"><a href="/james/4-13.htm"><b>13</b></a></span>Go to now, ye that say, Today or tomorrow we will go into this city, and spend a year there, and trade, and get gain: <span class="reftext"><a href="/james/4-14.htm"><b>14</b></a></span>whereas ye know not what shall be on the morrow. What is your life? For ye are a vapour, that appeareth for a little time, and then vanisheth away. <span class="reftext"><a href="/james/4-15.htm"><b>15</b></a></span>For that ye ought to say, If the Lord will, we shall both live, and do this or that. <span class="reftext"><a href="/james/4-16.htm"><b>16</b></a></span>But now ye glory in your vauntings: all such glorying is evil. <span class="reftext"><a href="/james/4-17.htm"><b>17</b></a></span>To him therefore that knoweth to do good, and doeth it not, to him it is sin.</p></div></div><div id="botbox"><div class="padbot"><div align="center">English Revised Version, 1885<br /><br /><a href="//bereanbible.com">Section Headings Courtesy BereanBible.com<br />© 2013, 2014 Used by Permission</a><span class="p"><br /><br /><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a href="/">Bible Hub</a></div></div></div></div></td></tr></table></div><div id="left"><a href="../james/3.htm" onmouseover='lft.src="/leftgif.png"' onmouseout='lft.src="/left.png"' title="James 3"><img src="/left.png" name="lft" border="0" alt="James 3" /></a></div><div id="right"><a href="../james/5.htm" onmouseover='rght.src="/rightgif.png"' onmouseout='rght.src="/right.png"' title="James 5"><img src="/right.png" name="rght" border="0" alt="James 5" /></a></div><div id="botleft"><a href="#" onmouseover='botleft.src="/botleftgif.png"' onmouseout='botleft.src="/botleft.png"' title="Top of Page"><img src="/botleft.png" name="botleft" border="0" alt="Top of Page" /></a></div><div id="botright"><a href="#" onmouseover='botright.src="/botrightgif.png"' onmouseout='botright.src="/botright.png"' title="Top of Page"><img src="/botright.png" name="botright" border="0" alt="Top of Page" /></a></div><div id="rightbox"><div class="padright"><div id="pic"><iframe width="100%" height="860" scrolling="no" src="/scan/james/4-1.htm" frameborder="0"></iframe></div></div></div><div id="rightbox4"><div class="padright2"><div id="spons1"><table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0"><tr><td class="sp1"><iframe width="122" height="860" scrolling="no" src="../sidemenu.htm" frameborder="0"></iframe></td></tr></table></div></div></div><div id="bot"><iframe width="100%" height="1500" scrolling="no" src="/botmenubhchap.htm" frameborder="0"></iframe></div></td></tr></table></body></html>