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Found 17 Verses (from 11)

James 4:11

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Brothers and sisters, do not slander one another. Anyone who speaks against a brother or sister or judges them speaks against the law and judges it. When you judge the law, you are not keeping it, but sitting in judgment on it. NIV

[My] brethren, do not speak evil about or accuse one another. He that maligns a brother or judges his brother is maligning and criticizing the Law and judging the Law. But if you judge the Law, you are not a practicer of the Law but a censor and judge [of it]. AMP

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. KJV

James 4:10

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Humble yourselves before the Lord, and he will lift you up. NIV

Humble yourselves [feeling very insignificant] in the presence of the Lord, and He will exalt you [He will lift you up and make your lives significant]. AMP

Humble yourselves in the sight of the Lord, and he shall lift you up. KJV

James 4:9

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Grieve, mourn and wail. Change your laughter to mourning and your joy to gloom. NIV

[As you draw near to God] be deeply penitent and grieve, even weep [over your disloyalty]. Let your laughter be turned to grief and your mirth to dejection and heartfelt shame [for your sins]. AMP

Be afflicted, and mourn, and weep: let your laughter be turned to mourning, and your joy to heaviness. KJV

James 4:12

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There is only one Lawgiver and Judge, the one who is able to save and destroy. But you – who are you to judge your neighbor? NIV

One only is the Lawgiver and Judge Who is able to save and to destroy [the One Who has the absolute power of life and death]. [But you] who are you that [you presume to] pass judgment on your neighbor? AMP

There is one lawgiver, who is able to save and to destroy: who art thou that judgest another? KJV

James 4:15

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Instead, you ought to say, "If it is the Lord's will, we will live and do this or that." NIV

You ought instead to say, If the Lord is willing, we shall live and we shall do this or that [thing]. AMP

For that ye ought to say, If the Lord will, we shall live, and do this, or that. KJV

James 4:16

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As it is, you boast in your arrogant schemes. All such boasting is evil. NIV

But as it is, you boast [falsely] in your presumption and your self-conceit. All such boasting is wrong. AMP

But now ye rejoice in your boastings: all such rejoicing is evil. KJV

James 4:5

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Or do you think Scripture says without reason that he jealously longs for the spirit he has caused to dwell in us? NIV

Or do you suppose that the Scripture is speaking to no purpose that says, The Spirit Whom He has caused to dwell in us yearns over us and He yearns for the Spirit [to be welcome] with a jealous love? [Jer. 3:14; Hos. 2:19ff.] AMP

Do ye think that the scripture saith in vain, The spirit that dwelleth in us lusteth to envy? KJV