KJV King James Version
Submit yourselves therefore to God. Resist the devil, and he will flee from you.
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James 4:7
Submit yourselves therefore to God. Resist the devil, and he will flee from you.
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BSB Berean Standard Bible
Submit yourselves, then, to God. Resist the devil, and he will flee from you.
WEB World English Bible
Be subject therefore to God. But resist the devil, and he will flee from you.
ASV American Standard Version
Be subject therefore unto God; but resist the devil, and he will flee from you.
YLT Young’s Literal Translation
be subject, then, to God; stand up against the devil, and he will flee from you;
Surrounding context — James 4
4 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.
5 Do ye think that the scripture saith in vain, The spirit that dwelleth in us lusteth to envy?
6 But he giveth more grace. Wherefore he saith, God resisteth the proud, but giveth grace unto the humble.
7 Submit yourselves therefore to God. Resist the devil, and he will flee from you.
8 Draw nigh to God, and he will draw nigh to you. Cleanse [your] hands, [ye] sinners; and purify [your] hearts, [ye] double minded.
9 Be afflicted, and mourn, and weep: let your laughter be turned to mourning, and [your] joy to heaviness.
10 Humble yourselves in the sight of the Lord, and he shall lift you up.
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ὑποτάγητεG5293 · hupotassōto subjectοὖνG3767 · ountherefore/thenτῷG3588 · hothe/this/whoθεῷ.G2316 · theosGodἀντίστητεG436 · anthistēmito opposeδὲG1161 · dethenτῷG3588 · hothe/this/whoδιαβόλῳG1228 · diabolosdevilish/the DevilκαὶG2532 · kaiandφεύξεταιG5343 · pheugōto fleeἀφ᾽G575 · apoaway fromὑμῶν,G4771 · suyou
Cross-references
1 Peter 5:8-9Be sober, be vigilant; because your adversary the devil, as a roaring lion, walketh about, seeking whom he may devour:Ephesians 4:27Neither give place to the devil.Ephesians 6:11-12Put on the whole armour of God, that ye may be able to stand against the wiles of the devil.1 Peter 5:6Humble yourselves therefore under the mighty hand of God, that he may exalt you in due time:Luke 4:2-13Being forty days tempted of the devil. And in those days he did eat nothing: and when they were ended, he afterward hungered.Matthew 4:3-11And when the tempter came to him, he said, If thou be the Son of God, command that these stones be made bread.Hebrews 12:9Furthermore we have had fathers of our flesh which corrected [us], and we gave [them] reverence: shall we not much rather be in subjection unto the Father of spirits, and live?Romans 10:3For they being ignorant of God’s righteousness, and going about to establish their own righteousness, have not submitted themselves unto the righteousness of God.Matthew 11:29Take my yoke upon you, and learn of me; for I am meek and lowly in heart: and ye shall find rest unto your souls.2 Chronicles 30:8Now be ye not stiffnecked, as your fathers [were, but] yield yourselves unto the LORD, and enter into his sanctuary, which he hath sanctified for ever: and serve the LORD your God, that the fierceness of his wrath may turn away from you.Psalm 66:3Say unto God, How terrible [art thou in] thy works! through the greatness of thy power shall thine enemies submit themselves unto thee.Ephesians 5:21Submitting yourselves one to another in the fear of God.Revelation 12:9-11And the great dragon was cast out, that old serpent, called the Devil, and Satan, which deceiveth the whole world: he was cast out into the earth, and his angels were cast out with him.Job 1:21And said, Naked came I out of my mother’s womb, and naked shall I return thither: the LORD gave, and the LORD hath taken away; blessed be the name of the LORD.1 Peter 2:13Submit yourselves to every ordinance of man for the Lord’s sake: whether it be to the king, as supreme;2 Samuel 15:26But if he thus say, I have no delight in thee; behold, [here am] I, let him do to me as seemeth good unto him.Psalm 32:3-5When I kept silence, my bones waxed old through my roaring all the day long.Daniel 4:34-37And at the end of the days I Nebuchadnezzar lifted up mine eyes unto heaven, and mine understanding returned unto me, and I blessed the most High, and I praised and honoured him that liveth for ever, whose dominion [is] an everlasting dominion, and his kingdom [is] from generation to generation:
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