Thematic Bible

James 4:1

From whence cometh war, and fighting among you? Come they not here hence, even of your voluptuousness that raineth in your members?

James 4:2

Ye lust, and have not. Ye envy and have indignation, and cannot obtain. Ye fight and war, and have not, because ye ask not.

James 4:3

Ye ask and receive not, because ye ask amiss, even to consume it upon your voluptuousness.

James 4:4

Ye adulterers, and women that break matrimony: know ye not how that the friendship of the world is enmity to Godward? Whosoever will be friend of the world, is made the enemy of God.

James 4:5

Either do ye think that the scripture saith in vain, "The spirit that dwelleth in you, lusteth even contrary to envy,"

James 4:6

but giveth more grace?

James 4:7

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

James 4:8

Draw nigh to God, and he will draw nigh to you. Cleanse your hands ye sinners, and purge your hearts ye wavering minded.

James 4:9

Suffer afflictions: sorrow ye and weep. Let your laughter be turned to mourning, and your joy to heaviness.

James 4:10

Cast down yourselves before the Lord, and he shall lift you up.

James 4:11

Backbite not one another, brethren. He that backbiteth his brother, and he that judgeth his brother, backbiteth the law, and judgeth the law: but and if thou judge the law, thou art not an observer of the law: but a judge.

James 4:12

There is one law giver, which is able to save and to destroy. What art thou that judgest another man?

James 4:13

Go to now, ye that say, "Today and tomorrow let us go into such a city and continue there a year and buy, and sell, and win,"

James 4:14

and yet cannot tell what shall happen tomorrow. For what thing is your life? It is even a vapor that appeareth for a little time, and then vanisheth away.

James 4:15

For that, ye ought to say, "If the Lord will, and if we live, let us do this or that."

James 4:16

But now ye rejoice in your boastings. All such rejoicing is evil.

James 4:17

Therefore to him that knoweth how to do good, and doth it not: to him, it is sin.