James 4:10 “Humble yourselves before the Lord, and He will exalt you.”

James 4:10

Humble yourselves before the Lord, and He will exalt you.

Berean Standard Bible

Other translations

King James Version

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

World English Bible

Humble yourselves in the sight of the Lord, and he will exalt you.

American Standard Version

Humble yourselves in the sight of the Lord, and he shall exalt you.

Geneva Bible 1599

Cast downe your selues before the Lord, and he will lift you vp.

Darby Translation

Humble yourselves before [the] Lord, and he shall exalt you.

Young's Literal Translation

be made low before the Lord, and He shall exalt you.

Bible in Basic English

Make yourselves low in the eyes of the Lord and you will be lifted up by him.

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Cross references

“Humble”

James 4:6 James 4:7

James 4:6 · BSB

But He gives us more grace. This is why it says: “God opposes the proud, but gives grace to the humble.”

James 4:7 · BSB

Submit yourselves, then, to God. Resist the devil, and he will flee from you.

“he”

Psalm 147:6 Matthew 23:12 1 Peter 5:6 Luke 14:11 Job 22:29 Psalm 113:7

Psalm 147:6 · BSB

The LORD sustains the humble, but casts the wicked to the ground.

Matthew 23:12 · BSB

For whoever exalts himself will be humbled, and whoever humbles himself will be exalted.

1 Peter 5:6 · BSB

Humble yourselves, therefore, under God’s mighty hand, so that in due time He may exalt you.

Luke 14:11 · BSB

For everyone who exalts himself will be humbled, and the one who humbles himself will be exalted.”

Job 22:29 · BSB

When men are brought low and you say, ‘Lift them up!’ then He will save the lowly.

Psalm 113:7 · BSB

He raises the poor from the dust and lifts the needy from the dump

Also

Luke 1:52

Luke 1:52 · BSB

He has brought down rulers from their thrones, but has exalted the humble.

Cross references adapted from OpenBible.info (CC BY 4.0) and the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge.

In context

9Grieve, mourn, and weep. Turn your laughter to mourning, and your joy to gloom.

11Brothers, do not slander one another. Anyone who speaks against his brother or judges him speaks against the law and judges it. And if you judge the law, you are not a practitioner of the law, but a judge of it.

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