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James 4

James 4:6 KJV (With Strong’s)

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But
de (Greek #1161)
but, and, etc.
KJV usage: also, and, but, moreover, now (often unexpressed in English).
Pronounce: deh
Origin: a primary particle (adversative or continuative)
he giveth
didomi (Greek #1325)
to give (used in a very wide application, properly, or by implication, literally or figuratively; greatly modified by the connection)
KJV usage: adventure, bestow, bring forth, commit, deliver (up), give, grant, hinder, make, minister, number, offer, have power, put, receive, set, shew, smite (+ with the hand), strike (+ with the palm of the hand), suffer, take, utter, yield.
Pronounce: did'-o-mee
Origin: a prolonged form of a primary verb (which is used as an alternative in most of the tenses)
more
megas (Greek #3173)
big (literally or figuratively, in a very wide application)
KJV usage: (+ fear) exceedingly, great(-est), high, large, loud, mighty, + (be) sore (afraid), strong, X to years.
Pronounce: meg'-as
Origin: (including the prolonged forms, feminine μεγάλη, plural μεγάλοι, etc.; compare also 3176, 3187)
grace
charis (Greek #5485)
graciousness (as gratifying), of manner or act (abstract or concrete; literal, figurative or spiritual; especially the divine influence upon the heart, and its reflection in the life; including gratitude)
KJV usage: acceptable, benefit, favour, gift, grace(- ious), joy, liberality, pleasure, thank(-s, -worthy).
Pronounce: khar'-ece
Origin: from 5463
. Wherefore
dio (Greek #1352)
through which thing, i.e. consequently
KJV usage: for which cause, therefore, wherefore.
Pronounce: dee-o'
Origin: from 1223 and 3739
he saith
lego (Greek #3004)
properly, to "lay" forth, i.e. (figuratively) relate (in words (usually of systematic or set discourse; whereas 2036 and 5346 generally refer to an individual expression or speech respectively; while 4483 is properly to break silence merely, and 2980 means an extended or random harangue)); by implication, to mean
KJV usage: ask, bid, boast, call, describe, give out, name, put forth, say(-ing, on), shew, speak, tell, utter.
Pronounce: leg'-o
Origin: a primary verb
z, God
ho (Greek #3588)
the definite article; the (sometimes to be supplied, at others omitted, in English idiom)
KJV usage: the, this, that, one, he, she, it, etc.
Pronounce: ho
Origin: ἡ (hay), and the neuter τό (to) in all their inflections
theos (Greek #2316)
a deity, especially (with 3588) the supreme Divinity; figuratively, a magistrate; by Hebraism, very
KJV usage: X exceeding, God, god(-ly, -ward).
Pronounce: theh'-os
Origin: of uncertain affinity
resisteth
antitassomai (Greek #498)
to range oneself against, i.e. oppose
KJV usage: oppose themselves, resist.
Pronounce: an-tee-tas'-som-ahee
Origin: from 473 and the middle voice of 5021
the proud
huperephanos (Greek #5244)
appearing above others (conspicuous), i.e. (figuratively) haughty
KJV usage: proud.
Pronounce: hoop-er-ay'-fan-os
Origin: from 5228 and 5316
, but
de (Greek #1161)
but, and, etc.
KJV usage: also, and, but, moreover, now (often unexpressed in English).
Pronounce: deh
Origin: a primary particle (adversative or continuative)
giveth
didomi (Greek #1325)
to give (used in a very wide application, properly, or by implication, literally or figuratively; greatly modified by the connection)
KJV usage: adventure, bestow, bring forth, commit, deliver (up), give, grant, hinder, make, minister, number, offer, have power, put, receive, set, shew, smite (+ with the hand), strike (+ with the palm of the hand), suffer, take, utter, yield.
Pronounce: did'-o-mee
Origin: a prolonged form of a primary verb (which is used as an alternative in most of the tenses)
grace
charis (Greek #5485)
graciousness (as gratifying), of manner or act (abstract or concrete; literal, figurative or spiritual; especially the divine influence upon the heart, and its reflection in the life; including gratitude)
KJV usage: acceptable, benefit, favour, gift, grace(- ious), joy, liberality, pleasure, thank(-s, -worthy).
Pronounce: khar'-ece
Origin: from 5463
unto the humble
tapeinos (Greek #5011)
depressed, i.e. (figuratively) humiliated (in circumstances or disposition)
KJV usage: base, cast down, humble, of low degree (estate), lowly.
Pronounce: tap-i-nos'
Origin: of uncertain derivation
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Prov. 29:23• 23A man's pride shall bring him low: but honor shall uphold the humble in spirit. (Prov. 29:23)

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Ministry on This Verse

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Ex. 10:3‑4• 3And Moses and Aaron came in unto Pharaoh, and said unto him, Thus saith the Lord God of the Hebrews, How long wilt thou refuse to humble thyself before me? let my people go, that they may serve me.
 4Else, if thou refuse to let my people go, behold, to morrow will I bring the locusts into thy coast: (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 lust shall be satisfied upon them; I will draw my sword, my hand shall destroy them.
 10Thou didst blow with thy wind, 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 the Lord is greater than all gods: for in the thing wherein they dealt proudly he was above them. (Ex. 18:11)
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1 Sam. 2:3• 3Talk no more so exceeding proudly; let not arrogancy come out of your mouth: for the Lord is a God of knowledge, and by him actions are weighed. (1 Sam. 2:3)
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Job 22:29• 29When men are cast down, then thou shalt say, There is lifting up; and he shall save the humble person. (Job 22:29)
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Job 40:10‑12• 10Deck thyself now with majesty and excellency; and array thyself with glory and beauty.
 11Cast abroad the rage of thy wrath: and behold every one that is proud, and abase him.
 12Look on every one that is proud, and bring him low; and tread down the wicked in their place. (Job 40:10‑12)
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Psa. 138:6• 6Though the Lord be high, yet hath he respect unto the lowly: but the proud he knoweth afar off. (Psa. 138:6)
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Prov. 3:34• 34Surely he 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 the Lord hate: yea, seven are an abomination unto him:
 17A proud look, a lying tongue, and hands that shed innocent blood, (Prov. 6:16‑17)
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Prov. 29:23• 23A man's pride shall bring him low: but honor shall uphold the humble in spirit. (Prov. 29:23)
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Isa. 2:11‑12,17• 11The lofty looks of man shall be humbled, and the haughtiness of men shall be bowed down, and the Lord alone shall be exalted in that day.
 12For the day of the Lord of hosts shall be upon every one that is proud and lofty, and upon every one that is lifted up; and he shall be brought low:
 17And the loftiness of man shall be bowed down, and the haughtiness of men shall be made low: and the Lord 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 altogether kings?
 9Is not Calno as Carchemish? is not Hamath as Arpad? is not Samaria as Damascus?
 10As my hand hath found the kingdoms of the idols, and whose graven images did excel them of Jerusalem and of Samaria;
 11Shall I not, as I have done unto Samaria and her idols, so do to Jerusalem and her idols?
 12Wherefore it shall come to pass, that when the Lord hath performed his whole work upon mount Zion and on Jerusalem, I will punish the fruit of the stout 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 prudent: and I have removed the bounds of the people, and have robbed their treasures, and I have put down the inhabitants like a valiant man:
 14And my hand hath found as a nest the riches of the people: and as one gathereth eggs that are left, have I gathered all the earth; and there was none that moved the wing, or opened the mouth, or peeped. (Isa. 10:8‑14)
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Isa. 16:6‑7• 6We have heard of the pride of Moab; he is very proud: even of his haughtiness, and his pride, and his wrath: but his lies shall not be so.
 7Therefore shall Moab howl for Moab, every one shall howl: for the foundations of Kir-hareseth shall ye mourn; surely they are stricken. (Isa. 16:6‑7)
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Dan. 4:37• 37Now I Nebuchadnezzar praise and extol and honor the King of heaven, all whose works are truth, and his ways 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 mind hardened in pride, he was deposed from his kingly throne, 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 wet with the dew of heaven; till he knew that the most high God ruled in the kingdom of men, and that he appointeth over it whomsoever he will.
 22And thou his son, O Belshazzar, hast not humbled thine heart, though thou knewest all this;
 23But hast lifted up thyself against the Lord of heaven; and they have brought the vessels of his house before thee, and thou, and thy lords, 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 whosoever shall exalt himself shall be abased; and he that shall humble himself shall be exalted. (Matt. 23:12)
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Luke 1:52• 52He hath put down the mighty from their seats, and exalted them of low degree. (Luke 1:52)
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Luke 14:11• 11For whosoever exalteth himself shall be abased; and he that humbleth himself shall be exalted. (Luke 14:11)
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Luke 18:14• 14I tell you, this man went down to his house justified rather than the other: for every one that exalteth himself shall be abased; and he that humbleth himself shall be exalted. (Luke 18:14)
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1 Peter 5:5• 5Likewise, ye younger, submit yourselves unto the elder. Yea, all of you be subject one to another, and be clothed with humility: for God resisteth the proud, and giveth grace to the humble. (1 Peter 5:5)
giveth grace.
2 Chron. 32:26• 26Notwithstanding Hezekiah humbled himself for the pride of his heart, both he and the inhabitants of Jerusalem, so that the wrath of the Lord 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 the Lord his God, and humbled himself greatly before the God of his fathers,
 19His prayer also, and how God was entreated of him, and all his sin, and his trespass, and the places wherein he built high places, and set up groves and graven images, before he was humbled: behold, they are written among the sayings of the seers.
 23And humbled not himself before the Lord, as Manasseh his father had humbled himself; but Amon trespassed more and more. (2 Chron. 33:12,19,23)
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2 Chron. 34:27• 27Because thine 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 clothes, and weep before me; I have even heard thee also, saith the Lord. (2 Chron. 34:27)
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Job 22:29• 29When men are cast down, then thou shalt say, There is lifting up; and he shall save the humble person. (Job 22:29)
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Psa. 9:12• 12When he maketh inquisition for blood, he remembereth them: he forgetteth not the cry of the humble. (Psa. 9:12)
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Prov. 15:33• 33The fear of the Lord is the instruction of wisdom; and before honor is humility. (Prov. 15:33)
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Prov. 18:12• 12Before destruction the heart of man is haughty, and before honor is humility. (Prov. 18:12)
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Prov. 22:4• 4By humility and the fear of the Lord are riches, and honor, and life. (Prov. 22:4)
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Isa. 57:15• 15For thus saith the high and lofty One that inhabiteth eternity, whose name is Holy; I dwell in the high and holy place, with him also 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.

JND Translation Notes

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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.