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James 4:6 KJV (With Strong’s)

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

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Prov. 29:23• ²³A man's pride bringeth him low; but the humble in spirit shall obtain honour. (Prov. 29:23)

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Ex. 10:3‑4• ³And Moses and Aaron came to Pharaoh, and said to him, Thus saith Jehovah the God of the Hebrews: How long dost thou refuse to humble thyself before me? let my people go, that they may serve me.
⁴For, if thou refuse to let my people go, behold, I will to-morrow bring locusts into thy borders; (Ex. 10:3‑4)

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Ex. 15:9‑10• ⁹The enemy said, I will pursue, I will overtake, I will divide the spoil; my soul shall be sated upon them; I will unsheath my sword, my hand shall dispossess them.
¹⁰Thou didst blow with thy breath, the sea covered them; They sank as lead in the mighty waters. (Ex. 15:9‑10)

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Ex. 18:11• ¹¹Now I know that Jehovah is greater than all gods; for in the thing in which they acted haughtily he was above them. (Ex. 18:11)

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1 Sam. 2:3• ³Do not multiply your words of pride, let not vain-glory come out of your mouth; For Jehovah is a *God of knowledge, and by him actions are weighed. (1 Sam. 2:3)

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Job 22:29• ²⁹When they are made low, then thou shalt say, Rise up! and he shall save him that is of downcast eyes. (Job 22:29)

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Job 40:10‑12• ¹⁰Deck thyself now with glory and excellency, and clothe thyself with majesty and splendour.
¹¹Cast abroad the ragings of thine anger, and look on every one that is proud, and abase him:
¹²Look on every one that is proud, bring him low, and tread down the wicked in their place: (Job 40:10‑12)

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Psa. 138:6• ⁶For Jehovah is high; but he looketh upon the lowly, and the proud he knoweth afar off. (Psa. 138:6)

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Prov. 3:34• ³⁴He indeed scorneth the scorners; but he giveth grace unto the lowly. (Prov. 3:34)

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Prov. 6:16‑17• ¹⁶These six things doth Jehovah hate, yea, seven are an abomination unto him:
¹⁷haughty eyes, a lying tongue, and hands that shed innocent blood; (Prov. 6:16‑17)

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Prov. 29:23• ²³A man's pride bringeth him low; but the humble in spirit shall obtain honour. (Prov. 29:23)

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Isa. 2:11‑12,17• ¹¹The lofty eyes of man shall be brought low, and the haughtiness of men shall be bowed down, and Jehovah alone shall be exalted in that day.
¹²For there shall be a day of Jehovah of hosts upon everything proud and lofty, and upon everything lifted up, and it shall be brought low;
¹⁷And the loftiness of man shall be bowed down, and the haughtiness of men shall be brought low; and Jehovah alone shall be exalted in that day: (Isa. 2:11‑12,17)

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Isa. 10:8‑14• ⁸For he saith, Are not my princes all kings?
⁹Is not Calno as Karkemish? Is not Hamath as Arpad? Is not Samaria as Damascus?
¹⁰As my hand hath found the kingdoms of the idols,--and their graven images exceeded those of Jerusalem and Samaria,
¹¹--shall I not, as I have done unto Samaria and her idols, so do to Jerusalem and her images?
¹²And it shall come to pass, when the Lord hath performed his whole work upon mount Zion and upon Jerusalem, I will punish the fruit of the stoutness of heart of the king of Assyria, and the glory of his high looks.
¹³For he saith, By the strength of my hand I have done it, and by my wisdom, for I am intelligent; and I have removed the bounds of the peoples, and have robbed their treasures, and, like a valiant man, I have brought down them that sit on thrones;
¹⁴and my hand hath found as a nest the riches of the peoples, and as one gathereth forsaken eggs, have I gathered all the earth; and there was none that moved the wing, or opened the mouth, or chirped. (Isa. 10:8‑14)

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Isa. 16:6‑7• ⁶We have heard of the arrogance of Moab,--he is very proud,--of his pride, and his arrogance, and his wrath: his pratings are vain.
⁷Therefore shall Moab howl for Moab; every one of them shall howl. For the foundations of Kirhareseth shall ye mourn, verily afflicted. (Isa. 16:6‑7)

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Dan. 4:37• ³⁷Now I Nebuchadnezzar praise and extol and honour the King of the heavens, all whose works are truth, and his paths judgment: and those that walk in pride he is able to abase. (Dan. 4:37)

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Dan. 5:20‑23• ²⁰But when his heart was lifted up, and his spirit hardened unto presumption, he was deposed from the throne of his kingdom, and they took his glory from him;
²¹and he was driven from the sons of men, and his heart was made like the beasts, and his dwelling was with the wild asses; they fed him with grass like oxen, and his body was bathed with the dew of heaven; till he knew that the Most High God ruleth over the kingdom of men, and that he appointeth over it whomsoever he will.
²²And thou, Belshazzar, his son, hast not humbled thy heart, although thou knewest all this;
²³but hast lifted up thyself against the Lord of the heavens; and they have brought the vessels of his house before thee, and thou and thy nobles, thy wives and thy concubines, have drunk wine in them; and thou hast praised the gods of silver and gold, of brass, iron, wood, and stone, which see not, nor hear, nor know; and the God in whose hand thy breath is, and whose are all thy ways, hast thou not glorified: (Dan. 5:20‑23)

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Matt. 23:12• ¹²And whoever shall exalt himself shall be humbled, and whoever shall humble himself shall be exalted. (Matt. 23:12)

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Luke 1:52• ⁵²He has put down rulers from thrones, and exalted the lowly. (Luke 1:52)

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Luke 14:11• ¹¹for every one that exalts himself shall be abased, and he that abases himself shall be exalted. (Luke 14:11)

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Luke 18:14• ¹⁴I say unto you, This man went down to his house justified rather than that other. For every one who exalts himself shall be humbled, and he that humbles himself shall be exalted. (Luke 18:14)

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1 Peter 5:5• ⁵Likewise ye younger, be subject to the elder, and all of you bind on humility towards one another; for God sets himself against the proud, but to the humble gives grace. (1 Peter 5:5)

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2 Chron. 32:26• ²⁶And Hezekiah humbled himself for the pride of his heart, he and the inhabitants of Jerusalem, so that the wrath of Jehovah came not upon them in the days of Hezekiah. (2 Chron. 32:26)

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2 Chron. 33:12,19,23• ¹²And when he was in affliction, he besought Jehovah his God, and humbled himself greatly before the God of his fathers,
¹⁹And his prayer, and how God was intreated of him, and all his sin and his unfaithfulness, and the places in which he built high places, and set up Asherahs and graven images, before he was humbled, behold, they are written among the words of Hozai.
²³And he did not humble himself before Jehovah, as Manasseh his father had humbled himself; for he, Amon, multiplied trespass. (2 Chron. 33:12,19,23)

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2 Chron. 34:27• ²⁷Because thy heart was tender, and thou didst humble thyself before God, when thou heardest his words against this place and against the inhabitants thereof, and humbledst thyself before me, and didst rend thy garments and weep before me, I also have heard thee, saith Jehovah. (2 Chron. 34:27)

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Job 22:29• ²⁹When they are made low, then thou shalt say, Rise up! and he shall save him that is of downcast eyes. (Job 22:29)

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Psa. 9:12• ¹²For when he maketh inquisition for blood, he remembereth them; the cry of the afflicted ones hath he not forgotten. (Psa. 9:12)

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Prov. 15:33• ³³The fear of Jehovah is the discipline of wisdom, and before honour goeth humility. (Prov. 15:33)

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Prov. 18:12• ¹²Before destruction the heart of man is haughty; and before honour goeth humility. (Prov. 18:12)

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Prov. 22:4• ⁴The reward of humility and the fear of Jehovah is riches, and honour, and life. (Prov. 22:4)

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Isa. 57:15• ¹⁵For thus saith the high and lofty One that inhabiteth eternity, and whose name is Holy: I dwell in the high and holy place, and with him that is of a contrite and humble spirit, to revive the spirit of the humble, and to revive the heart of the contrite ones. (Isa. 57:15)

• God gives more grace: there is counteracting power, if one is content to be little and humble, to be as nothing in the world. The grace and favor of God are with such a one. (“James 4” by J.N. Darby)

• The Apostle unfolds the action of a soul directed by the Spirit of God, in the midst of the unbelieving and selfish multitude with whom it was associated (vss. 6-10). (“James 4” by J.N. Darby)

• If we are content to be little and nothing in this world, power and grace will be given us to resist the flesh and the world. (“The Evil of the Flesh: James 3-4” by H. Smith)

• The flesh, the world, the devil may exert against us power which is much. God gives us grace which is more. And if the power against us becomes more and abounds, then grace super-abounds. (“James 3” by F.B. Hole)

J. N. Darby Translation

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But he gives more grace. Wherefore he saysk, God sets himself against the proud, but gives grace to the lowly.

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See Prov. 3.34.

W. Kelly Translation

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But he giveth more grace; wherefore he saith, God setteth himself against haughty [men], but giveth grace to lowly.