James 4:8-9

⁸Draw nigh to God, and he will draw nigh to you. Cleanse your hands, ye sinners: and purify your hearts, ye double minded.h

⁹Be afflicted, and mourn, and weep: let your laughter be turned into mourning, and your joy into sorrow.i

James 4 cuts to the heart of the conflict within the Christian community, diagnosing its root cause as disordered desire and friendship with the world. James calls for radical humility before God, repentance from double-mindedness, and a cessation of slander against one another. The

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a: v.1 — 1 Peter 2:11, Galatians 5:17, Romans 7:23, James 1:14, Romans 8:7, 1 John 2:15-17, Jeremiah 17:9, Jude 1:16-18, 1 Peter 1:14, Colossians 3:5
b: v.2 — John 16:24, Matthew 7:7-8, James 1:5, Luke 11:9-13, John 4:10, 1 Timothy 6:9-10, James 5:1-5, Proverbs 1:19, Habakkuk 2:5, Isaiah 7:12
c: v.3 — 1 John 5:14, 1 John 3:22, James 1:6-7, James 4:1, Proverbs 15:8, Micah 3:4, Psalms 66:18-19, Job 35:12, Proverbs 21:13, Zechariah 7:13
d: v.4 — 1 John 2:15-16, Romans 8:7, John 15:19, Matthew 6:24, Galatians 1:10, John 17:14, James 1:27, John 15:23-24, Romans 5:10, Hosea 3:1
e: v.5 — 2 Corinthians 6:16, 1 Corinthians 6:19, Numbers 11:29, Titus 3:3, Psalms 37:1, Genesis 8:21
f: v.6 — Matthew 23:12, Proverbs 3:34, 1 Peter 5:5, Proverbs 18:12, Psalms 138:6, Proverbs 29:23, Proverbs 6:16-17, Proverbs 22:4, Isaiah 2:11-12, Job 22:29
g: v.7 — 1 Peter 5:8-9, Ephesians 4:27, Ephesians 6:11-12, 1 Peter 5:6, Luke 4:2-13, Matthew 4:3-11, Hebrews 12:9, Romans 10:3, Matthew 11:29, 2 Chronicles 30:8
h: v.8 — Psalms 145:18, Hebrews 10:22, Malachi 3:7, Zechariah 1:3, Isaiah 55:6-7, 2 Chronicles 15:2, Hosea 6:1-2, Jeremiah 4:14, Ezekiel 36:25-27, 1 John 3:3
i: v.9 — 2 Corinthians 7:10-11, Matthew 5:4, Luke 6:25, Proverbs 14:13, James 5:1-2, Psalms 119:67, Ezekiel 16:63, Ecclesiastes 7:2-6, Jeremiah 31:18-20, Revelation 18:7-8
j: v.10 — Psalms 147:6, Matthew 23:12, 1 Peter 5:6, Luke 14:11, James 4:6-7, Job 22:29, Psalms 113:7, Luke 1:52, Luke 18:14, 1 Samuel 2:9
k: v.11 — 1 Peter 2:1, Romans 2:1, James 5:9, Luke 6:37, Psalms 140:11, Matthew 7:1-2, Romans 14:10-12, 1 Corinthians 4:5, Ephesians 4:31, 2 Corinthians 12:20
l: v.12 — Romans 14:4, Romans 2:1, Matthew 10:28, Isaiah 33:22, Hebrews 7:25, James 5:9, Romans 14:13, Job 38:2, Luke 12:5, Romans 9:20
m: v.13 — Proverbs 27:1, Luke 12:17-20, Genesis 11:3-4, Ecclesiastes 2:1, James 5:1, Isaiah 56:11-12, Ezekiel 7:12, Isaiah 24:2, 1 Corinthians 7:30, Isaiah 5:5
n: v.14 — 1 Peter 1:24, Psalms 39:5, 1 John 2:17, Psalms 102:3, Job 7:6-7, Job 14:1-2, James 1:10, Psalms 90:5-7, Job 9:25-26, Psalms 89:47
o: v.15 — Proverbs 19:21, Hebrews 6:3, Lamentations 3:37, Acts 18:21, Romans 1:10, 1 Corinthians 16:7, Romans 15:32, 1 Corinthians 4:19, 2 Samuel 15:25-26
p: v.16 — Proverbs 27:1, 1 Corinthians 5:6, Psalms 52:7, Proverbs 25:14, James 3:14, Psalms 52:1, 1 Corinthians 4:7-8, Isaiah 47:10, Revelation 18:7, Isaiah 47:7-8
q: v.17 — John 9:41, John 13:17, John 15:22, 2 Peter 2:21, Luke 12:47-48, Romans 1:32, Romans 2:17-23, Romans 7:13, Romans 1:20-21

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