James 4
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- 4:7 So place yourselves under God. Stand against the devil, and he will run from you. 19
- 4:2 You crave, and you do not have. You murder and you envy, and you cannot get what you want. You fight and you wage war. You lack, because you do not ask. 13
- 4:3 And when you do ask, you do not receive, because your asking is wrong: you want to spend what you get on your pleasures. 12
- 4:6 But the grace he gives is greater. That is why it says, "God sets himself against the proud, but to the humble he gives grace." 11
- 4:14 Yet you do not know what your life will be like tomorrow. You are a puff of vapor, seen for a short time and then gone. 11
- 4:8 Draw close to God, and he will draw close to you. Wash your hands clean, you sinners, and make your hearts pure, you who are divided in mind. 9
- 4:4 Adulterous people! Do you not know that friendship with the world is hostility toward God? So whoever decides to be a friend of the world is taking a stand as an enemy of God. 8
- 4:13 Listen now, you who say, "Today or tomorrow we will travel to a certain city, stay there a year, run a business, and make a profit." 6
- 4:15 What you ought to say instead is this: "If the Lord wills, we will live, and we will do this or that." 4
- 4:10 Make yourselves low before the Lord, and he will raise you high. 3
- 4:11 Do not speak against one another, brothers and sisters. Whoever speaks against a brother or sister or passes judgment on a brother or sister speaks against the law and judges the law. And if you judge the law, you are not doing the law; you are judging it. 3
- 4:12 There is one Lawgiver and Judge alone, the one who has power to save and to destroy. But you, who are you to sit in judgment on your neighbor? 3
- 4:1 Where do the wars and the fights among you come from? Do they not come from here, from your pleasures that are at war inside you? 2
- 4:5 Or do you suppose that Scripture speaks for nothing when it says, "He longs with jealous love for the spirit he caused to live in us"? 2
- 4:17 So when someone knows what is good to do and does not do it, that person sins. 2
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Where it is preached
- The Mortification of Sin in Believers ·
The necessity of mortification: the duty of the best believers cites James iv. 5
…Pet. iii. 18; Gal. v. 17, etc. — The activity of abiding sin in believers, Rom. vii. 23; James iv. 5; Heb. xii. 1 — Its fruitfulness and tendency — Every lust aims at the height in its kind…
- Christ the Healer ·
How to Appropriate the Redemptive and Covenant Blessing of Bodily Healing cites Jas. 4:7
…thus resisted he will not merely walk away; he will literally run—“flee from you!” (See Jas. 4:7.) The curse, including the different diseases catalogued in Deut. 28th chapter, came upon…
- Thoughts for the Quiet Hour ·
December cites James iv. 14
…your life? It is even a vapor, that appeared for a little time, and then vanisheth away. James iv. 14. “Only one life; 'twill soon be past— And only what's done for Christ will…
- The Key Teachings of Andrew Murray ·
Humility, the Root of Every Grace cites JAMES 4:10
…and with saying no. Humble yourselves in the sight of the Lord, and he shall lift you up. JAMES 4:10 Murray’s last chapter is called Humility and Exaltation, and it ends not in the dust but…
- The Key Teachings of A. B. Simpson ·
The Life of Prayer cites JAMES 4:3
…Ye ask, and receive not, because ye ask amiss, that ye may consume it upon your lusts. JAMES 4:3 Asking, and taking Here is a distinction characteristic of Simpson, and it follows from…
- The Life of Antony (For Teens) ·
Don’t Be Afraid cites James 4:7
“Submit yourselves therefore to God. Resist the devil, and he will flee from you.” — James 4:7 (KJV) When Antony came out of the fort, many people came to live near him and learn from…
- Holiness ·
Growth cites James iv. 6
…He delights to “give more grace;” He “hath pleasure in the prosperity of His servants.” (James iv. 6; Psa. xxxv. 27.) The fault, no doubt, is our own. We ourselves are to blame, and none…
- Mighty Power in Prayer ·
Ask and Have cites James 4:2
…ask, and receive not, because you ask amiss, that you may consume it upon your lusts.” James 4:2,3. MAY these striking words be made profitable to us by the teaching of the Holy Spirit.…
- Communion with God ·
What it is wherein we have peculiar fellowship with the Lord Christ cites James iv. 6
…accepted before thee. So he “giveth grace” (that is, favour) “unto the humble,” James iv. 6; Gen. xxxix. 21, xli. 37; Acts vii. 10; 1 Sam. ii. 26; 2 Kings xxv. 27, etc. 3. The…
- Prayer – The Pulse of Life ·
Cultivating the Spirit of Prayer cites James 4:3
…“You ask and do not receive, because you ask wrongly, to spend it on your passions.” James 4:3. Our focus should be on eternity. Perhaps this is why someone hasn't seen any change even…
- The Holy Spirit, or Power from on High ·
God's Jealous Love cites James 4:5
"The Spirit that dwelleth in us lusteth to envy." James 4:5. In the marginal reading of the Revised Version, we find this verse translated: "The…
- Divine Healing ·
Fervent and Effectual Prayer cites James 4:2
…of the sick, or in conversion, or sanctification. “Ye have not because ye ask not” (James 4:2). Let it also teach us patience. In the cases where healing is delayed, let us remember…
- Divine Healing ·
The Will of God cites James 4:15
“Thy will be done” (Matt. 6:10). “If the Lord will” (James 4:15). In days of sickness, when doctors and medicines fail, recourse is generally had to the…
- Communion with God ·
Of communion with Christ in purchased grace cites James iv. 12
…12, xviii. 23–27; against him are our offences, Ps. li. 4; he is the judge and lawgiver, James iv. 12. To sin is to rebel against him. He shuts up men under disobedience, Rom. xi. 32; and he…
- Institutes of the Christian Religion ·
Book 3, Chapter 20 — Of Prayer cites James 4:3
…“Ye ask and receive note because ye ask amiss, that ye may consume it upon your lusts,” (James 4:3). It is true, indeed (as we shall again see in a little), that the pious, in the prayers…
- How to Bring Men to Christ ·
Dealing with Those Who Wish to Put Off a Decision Until Some Other Time cites James iv. 13
…this method and it has been followed by many others with great success. Prov. xxvii. 1; James iv. 13, 14; Job. xxxvi. 18; Luke xiii. 24‒28; xii. 19, 20; John viii. 21; xii. 35; vii. 33‒34…
- George Müller of Bristol ·
New Lessons in God's School of Prayer cites James iv. 3
…godly: we must not seek any gift of God to consume it upon our own lusts. (1 John v. 14; James iv. 3.) 5. Importunity in supplication. There must be waiting on God and waiting for God, as…
- Talks to the Farmer ·
The Sheep Before the Shearers cites James 4:7
…therefore, under the mighty hand of God” (1 Peter 5:6, ESV). Submit yourselves to God (James 4:7, ESV). Let every thought be brought captive to him (2 Corinthians 10:5, ESV), and may the…
- The Key Teachings of A. W. Tozer ·
The Pursuit of God cites JAMES 4:8
…through but a direction to be kept. Draw nigh to God, and he will draw nigh to you. JAMES 4:8 FOR REFLECTION AND ACTION 1. Ask yourself whether you have treated conversion as the end…
- He Holds My Tomorrows ·
Joseph cites James 4:14
…life?” says James, “It is but a vapor that appears for a while and then passes away” (James 4:14). God stirs faith in the old man so that he now sees where his real inheritance lies. It…
- The Key Teachings of C. S. Lewis ·
The Great Sin cites JAMES 4:6
…on top will never bow to Him. God resisteth the proud, but giveth grace unto the humble. JAMES 4:6 The third reason is the most unsettling. Pride can grow out of goodness itself. The other…
- The Key Teachings of C. S. Lewis ·
Letters from Below cites JAMES 4:7
…falls. Submit yourselves therefore to God. Resist the devil, and he will flee from you. JAMES 4:7 Weighing it The Screwtape Letters is one of the most useful books on temptation written…
- Portraits of Courage – David Livingstone ·
Graves at Linyanti cites James 4:14
…life? For ye are a vapor that appeareth for a little time, and then vanisheth away.” — James 4:14, ASV A Promise Kept In May 1860, Livingstone set out from Tete to take the Makololo home.…
- The Fundamental Doctrines of the Christian Faith ·
The Devil cites James 4:7
…get the victory over the Devil. There are four things to be borne in mind. 1. Read first, James 4:7, "Be subject therefore unto God: but resist the devil, and he will flee from you." This…
- Portraits of Courage – C. S. Lewis ·
Appendix B: Chapter-by-Chapter Study and Reflection Guide cites James 4:6
…taught him the misery of the inner ring. Scriptures to revisit Psalm 14:1; Matthew 6:7-8; James 4:6. Reflection 1. Do you measure your prayers by your feelings? 2. Where are you tempted to…
- The Christian’s Secret of a Happy Life ·
Difficulties Concerning Guidance cites James 4:4
…Therefore, whoever wishes to be a friend of the world makes himself an enemy of God.”(James 4:4) Take the matter of anxieties of all kinds, and we have (Matthew 6:25-34) “Therefore I…
- Portraits of Courage – Watchman Nee ·
Learning to Walk by Faith cites James 4:14
…says, “ye know not what shall be on the morrow. What is your life? For ye are a vapor” (James 4:14, ASV). Nee's later imprisonment would make the same lesson even more severe. Spiritual…
- Portraits of Courage – Praying Hyde ·
The Accuser of the Brethren cites James 4:11
…a brother, or judgeth his brother, speaketh against the law, and judgeth the law” (James 4:11, ASV). Jesus himself warns against seeing the speck in a brother’s eye while ignoring the…
- The Pilgrim's Progress ·
The Fourth Stage cites James 4:7
…spread forth his dragon wings, and sped him away, that Christian saw him no more. James 4:7. In this combat no man can imagine, unless he had seen and heard, as I did, what yelling…
- Practical Religion ·
The World cites James iv. 4
…enmity with God? Whosoever therefore will be a friend of the world is the enemy of God." (James iv. 4.) (c) Let us hear what St. John says:— "Love not the world, neither the things that are…
- The Key Teachings of G. K. Chesterton ·
Humility in the Right Place cites JAMES 4:6
…God is great, and says so. God resisteth the proud, but giveth grace unto the humble. JAMES 4:6 Humility and wonder Chesterton saw a close link between humility and the wonder he prized…
- Rise Up, Men of God ·
The Battle Within cites James 4:6
…in everything, even our humility. "God opposes the proud but shows favor to the humble" (James 4:6). Brother, take note: God opposes the proud. Not just dislikes. Opposes. Actively works…
- Practical Religion ·
Eternity! cites James iv. 14
…is our life? It is a vapour: so soon passeth it away, and we are gone." (Psalm xc. 9; James iv. 14.) The life that is before us when we leave this world is an endless eternity, a sea…
- Abide in Christ ·
So Will You Have Power in Prayer cites Jas. iv. 3
…answers. Out of Him the answer would be dangerous, — we should consume it on our lusts (Jas. iv. 3). Many of the richest answers — say for spiritual grace, or for power to work and to…
- The Pilgrim's Progress ·
The Fifth Stage cites James 4:6
…this Valley of Humiliation; for God resisteth the proud, but giveth grace to the humble. James 4:6; 1 Pet. 5:5. Indeed it is a very fruitful soil, and doth bring forth by handfuls. Some…
- The Pilgrim's Progress ·
The Eighth Stage cites James 4:4
…is she that maintaineth in their splendor all those that are the enemies of pilgrims. James 4:4. Yea, this is she that has bought off many a man from a pilgrim’s life. She is a great…
- Institutes of the Christian Religion ·
Book 2, Chapter 2 — Man Now Deprived of Freedom of Will, and Miserably Enslaved cites James 4:6
…enjoy the favour of God, who “resisteth the proud, but giveth grace unto the humble,” (James 4:6). Then let us call to mind such promises as these, “I will pour water upon him that is…
- Portraits of Courage – Watchman Nee ·
Faith, Prayer, and the Life of Dependence cites James 4:2
…ordains for accomplishing His purposes. James says, “Ye have not, because ye ask not” (James 4:2, ASV). Ezekiel presents God seeking an intercessor. Paul repeatedly asks churches to pray…
- Portraits of Courage – Watchman Nee ·
Appendix a: Twenty-Five Core Teachings of Watchman Nee cites James 4:2
…Scripture unmistakably treats prayer as consequential. “Ye have not, because ye ask not” (James 4:2, ASV). The mystery should move Christians to pray, not to solve every metaphysical…
- Portraits of Courage – Watchman Nee ·
Appendix B: Chapter-by-Chapter Study and Reflection Guide cites James 4:2
…for controlling outcomes. Scriptures to revisit Matthew 6:25-34; Philippians 4:6-13, 19; James 4:2; Matthew 6:10; 1 John 5:14; 2 Corinthians 12:9. Reflection 1. Where does money govern…
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