Humble yourselves in the sight of the Lord, and he will exalt you.
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James · James 4
James 4:10
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9Lament, mourn, and weep. Let your laughter be turned to mourning and your joy to gloom.
James 4:10
Humble yourselves in the sight of the Lord, and he will exalt you.
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11Don’t speak against one another, brothers. He who speaks against a brother and judges his brother, speaks against the law and judges the law. But if you judge the law, you are not a doer of the law but a judge.
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- Proverbs 11:2Shares a themeWhen pride comes, then comes shame, but with humility comes wisdom.Shared with Humility
- Proverbs 27:2Shares a themeLet another man praise you, and not your own mouth; a stranger, and not your own lips.Shared with Humility
- 1 Peter 5:5-6Shares a themeLikewise, you younger ones, be subject to the elder. Yes, all of you clothe yourselves with humility and subject yourselves to one another; for “God resists the proud, but gives grace to the humble.” Humble yourselves therefore under the mighty hand of God, that he may exalt you in due time,Shared with Humility
- Romans 12:3Shares a themeFor I say through the grace that was given me, to everyone who is amongst you, not to think of yourself more highly than you ought to think; but to think reasonably, as God has apportioned to each person a measure of faith.Shared with Humility
- Matthew 23:12Shares a themeWhoever exalts himself will be humbled, and whoever humbles himself will be exalted.Shared with Humility
- Philippians 2:3-4Shares a themedoing nothing through rivalry or through conceit, but in humility, each counting others better than himself; each of you not just looking to his own things, but each of you also to the things of others.Shared with Humility