(KJV) James 4¹

⥃A Warning against Pride

[1] From whence² [come] wars and fightings³ among you? [come they⁴] not hence, [even] of your lusts⁵ that war in⁶ your members? [2] Ye lust⁷, and have not: ye kill⁸, and desire to have, and cannot obtain: ye fight and war, yet ye have not, because⁹ ye ask not. [3] Ye ask, and¹⁰ receive not, because ye ask amiss, that ye may¹¹ consume [it] upon your lusts¹². [4] Ye adulterers¹³ and adulteresses, know ye not that the friendship¹⁴ of the world is enmity¹⁵ with God? whosoever¹⁶ therefore will be a friend of the world is the¹⁷ enemy of God. [5] Do ye think that the scripture¹⁸ saith in vain, The spirit¹⁹ that dwelleth in us lusteth to envy²⁰? [6] But he giveth more grace. Wherefore he saith, God²¹ resisteth the proud, but giveth grace²² unto the humble.

⥃Drawing Near to God

[7] Submit²³ yourselves therefore to God. Resist²⁴ the devil, and he will flee from you. [8] Draw nigh to God²⁵, and he will draw nigh to you. Cleanse²⁶ [your] hands, [ye] sinners; and purify²⁷ [your] hearts, [ye] double²⁸ minded. [9] Be afflicted²⁹, and mourn, and weep: let³⁰ your laughter be turned to mourning, and [your] joy to heaviness. [10] Humble³¹ yourselves in the³² sight of the Lord, and he shall lift you up. [11] Speak³³ not evil one of another, brethren. He that speaketh evil of [his] brother, and judgeth³⁴ his brother, speaketh evil of the law³⁵, and judgeth the law: but if thou judge the law, thou art not a doer³⁶ of the law, but a judge. [12] There is one lawgiver³⁷, who is able³⁸ to save and to destroy: who³⁹ art thou that judgest another?

⥃Do Not Boast about Tomorrow ^{[ Proverbs 27:1 ]}

[13] Go to⁴⁰ now, ye that say, To day⁴¹ or to morrow we will go into such a city, and continue there a year, and buy⁴² and sell, and get gain: [14] Whereas ye know not what [shall be] on the morrow. For what [is] your life? It is⁴³ even a vapour⁴⁴, that appeareth for a little time, and then vanisheth away. [15] For that ye [ought] to say, If⁴⁵ the Lord will, we shall live, and do this, or that. [16] But now ye rejoice in your boastings: all such rejoicing is evil.⁴⁶ [17] Therefore to him that knoweth to do good, and doeth [it] not, to him it is sin. ⁴⁷