James 4:6

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Summary

James 4:6

But he giveth more grace. Wherefore he saith, God resisteth the proud, but giveth grace unto the humble.

God

Giveth grace

General references

Jonah 4:1

Matthew 23:12

Luke 22:24

Bible References

God

And Moses cometh in -- Aaron also -- unto Pharaoh, and they say unto him, 'Thus said Jehovah, God of the Hebrews, Until when hast thou refused to be humbled at My presence? send My people away, and they serve Me,

The enemy said, I pursue, I overtake; I apportion spoil; Filled is my soul with them; I draw out my sword; My hand destroyeth them: --

now I have known that Jehovah is greater than all the gods, for in the thing they have acted proudly -- He is above them!'

Ye multiply not -- ye speak haughtily -- The old saying goeth out from your mouth, For a God of knowledge is Jehovah, And by Him actions are weighed.

For they have made low, And thou sayest, 'Lift up.' And the bowed down of eyes he saveth.

Put on, I pray thee, excellency and loftiness, Yea, honour and beauty put on.

For high is Jehovah, and the lowly He seeth, And the haughty from afar He knoweth.

If the scorners He doth scorn, Yet to the humble He doth give grace.

These six hath Jehovah hated, Yea, seven are abominations to His soul.

The pride of man humbleth him, And humility of spirit upholdeth honour.

The haughty eyes of man have been humbled, And bowed down hath been the loftiness of men, And set on high hath Jehovah alone been in that day.

For he saith, 'Are not my princes altogether kings?

We have heard of the pride of Moab -- very proud, His pride, and his arrogance, and his wrath, Not right are his devices.

Now, I, Nebuchadnezzar, am praising and exalting and honouring the King of the heavens, for all His works are truth, and His paths judgment, and those walking in pride He is able to humble.'

and when his heart was high, and his spirit was strong to act proudly, he hath been caused to come down from the throne of his kingdom, and his glory they have caused to pass away from him,

and whoever shall exalt himself shall be humbled, and whoever shall humble himself shall be exalted.

He brought down the mighty from thrones, And He exalted the lowly,

because every one who is exalting himself shall be humbled, and he who is humbling himself shall be exalted.'

I say to you, this one went down declared righteous, to his house, rather than that one: for every one who is exalting himself shall be humbled, and he who is humbling himself shall be exalted.'

In like manner, ye younger, be subject to elders, and all to one another subjecting yourselves; with humble-mindedness clothe yourselves, because God the proud doth resist, but to the humble He doth give grace;

Giveth grace

and Hezekiah is humbled for the loftiness of his heart, he and the inhabitants of Jerusalem, and the wrath of Jehovah hath not come upon them in the days of Hezekiah.

And when he is in distress he hath appeased the face of Jehovah his God, and is humbled exceedingly before the God of his fathers,

Because thy heart is tender, and thou art humbled before God in thy hearing His words concerning this place, and concerning its inhabitants, and art humbled before Me, and dost rend thy garments, and weep before Me: even I also have heard -- the affirmation of Jehovah.

For they have made low, And thou sayest, 'Lift up.' And the bowed down of eyes he saveth.

For He who is seeking for blood Them hath remembered, He hath not forgotten the cry of the afflicted.

The fear of Jehovah is the instruction of wisdom, And before honour is humility!

Before destruction the heart of man is high, And before honour is humility.

The end of humility is the fear of Jehovah, Riches, and honour, and life.

For thus said the high and exalted One, Inhabiting eternity, and holy is His name: 'In the high and holy place I dwell, And with the bruised and humble of spirit, To revive the spirit of the humble, And to revive the heart of bruised ones,'

General references

And it is grievous unto Jonah -- a great evil -- and he is displeased at it;

and whoever shall exalt himself shall be humbled, and whoever shall humble himself shall be exalted.

And there happened also a strife among them -- who of them is accounted to be greater.