James 4:5

Subject Yourselves To God

⁴ You adulteresses [disloyal sinners—flirting with the world and breaking your vow to God]! Do you not know that being the world’s friend [that is, loving the things of the world] is being God’s enemy? So whoever chooses to be a friend of the world makes himself an enemy of God. ⁵ Or do you think that the Scripture says to no purpose that the [human] spirit which He has made to dwell in us lusts with envy? ⁶ But He gives us more and more grace [through the power of the Holy Spirit to defy sin and live an obedient life that reflects both our faith and our gratitude for our salvation]. Therefore, it says, “God is opposed to the proud and haughty, but [continually] gives [the gift of] grace to the humble [who turn away from self-righteousness].”

For Us

Holy Spirit

It is I

Old Testament

Scripture Says

Spirit That Dwelleth In You

O God

No

Genesis 6:5

The Lord saw that the wickedness (depravity) of man was great on the earth, and that every imagination or intent of the thoughts of his heart were only evil continually.

Genesis 8:21

The Lord smelled the pleasing aroma [a soothing, satisfying scent] and the Lord said to Himself, “I will never again curse the ground because of man, for the intent (strong inclination, desire) of man’s heart is wicked from his youth; and I will never again destroy every living thing, as I have done.

Genesis 26:14

he owned flocks and herds and a great household [with a number of servants], and the Philistines envied him.

Genesis 30:1

When Rachel saw that she conceived no children for Jacob, she envied her sister, and said to Jacob, “Give me children, or else I will die.”

Genesis 37:11

Joseph’s brothers were envious and jealous of him, but his father kept the words [of Joseph] in mind [wondering about their meaning].

Numbers 11:29

But Moses said to him, “Are you jealous for my sake? Would that all the Lord’s people were prophets and that the Lord would put His Spirit upon them!”

Psalm 37:1

Do not worry because of evildoers,
Nor be envious toward wrongdoers;

Psalm 106:16

They envied Moses in the camp,
And Aaron [the high priest], the holy one of the Lord,

Proverbs 21:10

The soul of the wicked desires evil [like an addictive substance];
His neighbor finds no compassion in his eyes.

Ecclesiastes 4:4

I have seen that every [effort in] labor and every skill in work comes from man’s rivalry with his neighbor. This too is vanity (futility, false pride) and chasing after the wind.

Isaiah 11:13

Then the jealousy of Ephraim will depart,
And those who harass Judah will be cut off;
Ephraim will not be jealous of Judah,
And Judah will not harass Ephraim.

John 7:42

Does the Scripture not say that the Christ comes from the descendants of David, and from Bethlehem, the village where David lived?”

John 10:35

If He called them gods, men to whom the word of God came (and the Scripture cannot be undone or annulled or broken),

John 19:37

And again another Scripture says, “They shall look at Him whom they have pierced.”

Acts 7:9

“The [ten elder] patriarchs, overwhelmed with jealousy, sold [their younger brother] Joseph into [slavery in] Egypt; but God was with him,

Romans 1:29

until they were filled (permeated, saturated) with every kind of unrighteousness, wickedness, greed, evil; full of envy, murder, strife, deceit, malice and mean-spiritedness. They are gossips [spreading rumors],

Romans 9:17

For the Scripture says to Pharaoh, “I raised you up for this very purpose, to display My power in [dealing with] you, and so that My name would be proclaimed in all the earth.”

1 Corinthians 6:19

Do you not know that your body is a temple of the Holy Spirit who is within you, whom you have [received as a gift] from God, and that you are not your own [property]?

2 Corinthians 6:16

What agreement is there between the temple of God and idols? For we are the temple of the living God; just as God said:“I will dwell among them and walk among them;
And I will be their God, and they shall be My people.

Galatians 3:8

The Scripture, foreseeing that God would justify the Gentiles by faith, proclaimed the good news [of the Savior] to Abraham in advance [with this promise], saying, “In you shall all the nations be blessed.”

Titus 3:3

For we too once were foolish, disobedient, deceived, enslaved to various sinful desires and pleasures, spending and wasting our life in malice and envy, hateful, hating one another.

Genesis 4:5-6

but for Cain and his offering He had no respect. So Cain became extremely angry (indignant), and he looked annoyed and hostile.