James:4

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* From where do wars and fightings among you come ? Is it not from this , from your lusts warring in your members ? * You desire greatly and do not have . You murder , and are jealous , and are not able to obtain . You fight and you war , and you do not have , because you do not ask God . * You ask , and do not receive , because you ask wrongly , in order that you may spend on your lusts . * Adulterers and adulteresses ! Do you not know that the friendship of the world is enmity with God ? Whoever , then , purposes to be a friend of the world is shown to be an enemy of God . * Or do you think that vainly the Scripture says , The spirit which has dwelt in us yearns to envy ? No OT passage * But He gives greater grace . Because of this it says , "God sets Himself against proud ones , but He gives grace to humble ones ." Proverbs . strkjv @3:34 * Then be subject to God . Resist the Devil , and he will flee from you . * Draw near to God , and He will draw near to you . Cleanse your hands , sinners ! And purify your hearts , double minded ones ! * Be distressed , and mourn , and weep . Let your laughter be turned to mourning , and your joy into shame . * Be humbled before the Lord , and He will exalt you . * Do not speak against one another , brothers . He that speaks against a brother , and is judging a brother , he speaks against law , and judges law . But if you judge law , you are not a doer of law , but a judge . * One is the Lawgiver , who is able to save and to destroy . Who are you who judges another ? * Come now , those saying , Today or tomorrow we will go into this city , and we will spend one year there , and we will trade and will make a profit , * who do not know of the morrow . For what is your life ? For it is a mist , which for a little while appears , and then disappears . * Instead of you saying , If the Lord wills , even we will live , and we will do this or that ; * but now you boast in your presumptions . All such boasting is evil . * Therefore , to anyone knowing to do good , and not doing it , it is sin to him .

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