James:4
Seeker Overlay ON
*
From whence come wars and fightings among you ?
come they not hence ,
even of your lusts that war in your members ?
*
Ye lust ,
and have not :
ye kill ,
and desire to have ,
and cannot obtain :
ye fight and war ,
yet ye have not ,
because ye ask not .
*
Ye ask ,
and receive not ,
because ye ask amiss ,
that ye may consume it upon your lusts .
*
Ye adulterers and adulteresses ,
know ye not that the friendship of the world is enmity with God ?
whosoever therefore will be a friend of the world is the enemy of God .
*
Do ye think that the scripture saith in vain ,
The spirit that dwelleth in us lusteth to envy ?
*
But he giveth more grace .
Wherefore he saith ,
God resisteth the proud ,
but giveth grace unto the humble .
*
Submit yourselves therefore to God .
Resist the devil ,
and he will flee from you .
*
Draw nigh to God ,
and he will draw nigh to you .
Cleanse your hands ,
ye sinners ;
and purify your hearts ,
ye double minded .
*
Be afflicted ,
and mourn ,
and weep :
let your laughter be turned to mourning ,
and your joy to heaviness .
*
Humble yourselves in the sight of the Lord ,
and he shall lift you up .
*
Speak not evil one of another ,
brethren .
He that speaketh evil of his brother ,
and judgeth his brother ,
speaketh evil of the law ,
and judgeth the law :
but if thou judge the law ,
thou art not a doer of the law ,
but a judge .
*
There is one lawgiver ,
who is able to save and to destroy :
who art thou that judgest another ?
*
Go to now ,
ye that say ,
To day or to morrow we will go into such a city ,
and continue there a year ,
and buy and sell ,
and get gain :
*
Whereas ye know not what shall be on the morrow .
For what is your life ?
It is even a vapour ,
that appeareth for a little time ,
and then vanisheth away .
*
For that ye ought to say ,
If the Lord will ,
we shall live ,
and do this ,
or that .
*
But now ye rejoice in your boastings :
all such rejoicing is evil .
*
Therefore to him that knoweth to do good ,
and doeth it not ,
to him it is sin .