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An Intertextuality Pair — one connection between two passages, shown as linked verse cards: the Later text and the Earlier text it quotes, alludes to or echoes. The Significance essay explains why the link matters and where it points in Christ.

Reference Type— how explicit the link is: Quotation, Allusion, or Echo
Connection Method(s)— how it carries meaning: e.g. Typology, Promise-Fulfillment, Analogy, Longitudinal Theme
Found via— where the connection was identified, e.g. the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge or an Anchor-Text Network

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Intertextuality Pair

James 4:6 → Proverbs 3:34

Quotation

Later text

James 4:6BSB

But He gives us more grace. This is why it says: "God opposes the proud, but gives grace to the humble."

Earlier text

Proverbs 3:34BSB

He mocks the mockers, but gives grace to the humble.

Walk the Square · a single-voice walk of this pair around the Clowney square8:24

Significance

James introduces this citation with "Scripture says" (hē graphē legei) and quotes Proverbs 3:34 (LXX): "God opposes the proud but gives grace to the humble" (ho theos hyperēphanois antitassetai tapeinois de didōsin charin). The LXX rendering is followed closely, differing from the Hebrew masoretic text which reads "he mocks the mockers but gives favor to the afflicted." This same Proverbs text is quoted by Peter (1 Pet 5:5), indicating its importance in early Christian paraenesis. James applies the wisdom saying in the context of worldliness and spiritual adultery (4:4) — pride manifests as friendship with the world, while humility leads to submission to God (4:7). The quotation functions analogically: the wisdom principle that God resists the arrogant but favors the humble grounds James's call to repentance.

Found via: Treasury of Scripture Knowledge
Reference Type: Direct Quotation
Connection Method(s): Analogy

▸ Prov 3:34 — God Opposes the Proud

Hermeneutical Notes

NT Use Pattern: Proverbial — God opposes the proud but gives grace to the humble. James quotes the proverb because it is generally true, not because it predicts or prefigures.

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Anchor Texts 1

Proverbs 3:34 — God Opposes the Proud

James 4:6 → Proverbs 3:34

Significance

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Hermeneutical Notes