Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

James 4

59 catchwords744 parallels

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James 4 . 1 , We are to strive against covetousness; James 4 . 4 , intemperance; James 4 . 5 , pride; James 4 . 11 , detraction and rash judgment of others; James 4 . 13 , and not to be confident in the good success of worldly business , but mindful ever of the uncertainty of this life , to commit ourselves and all our affairs to God’s providence.

James 4:1

What causes conflicts and quarrels among you? Don’t they come from the passions at war within you?

James 4:1 · BSB

whence1 parallel

come they17 parallels

lusts1 parallel

or , pleasures

in4 parallels

Reciprocal34 parallels

fightings or , brawlings

James 4:2

You crave what you do not have; you kill and covet, but are unable to obtain it. You quarrel and fight. You do not have, because you do not ask.

James 4:2 · BSB

lust6 parallels

because7 parallels

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kill or , envy

James 4:3

And when you do ask, you do not receive, because you ask with wrong motives, that you may squander it on your pleasures.

James 4:3 · BSB

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ye may4 parallels

lusts1 parallel

or , pleasures

Reciprocal17 parallels

James 4:4

You adulteresses! Do you not know that friendship with the world is hostility toward God? Therefore, whoever chooses to be a friend of the world renders himself an enemy of God.

James 4:4 · BSB

adulterers7 parallels

the friendship6 parallels

enmity2 parallels

whosoever1 parallel

is the5 parallels

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James 4:5

Or do you think the Scripture says without reason that the Spirit He caused to dwell in us yearns with envy?

James 4:5 · BSB

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The spirit16 parallels

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to envy or , enviously

James 4:6

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

James 4:6 · BSB

God26 parallels

giveth grace11 parallels

Reciprocal61 parallels

James 4:7

Submit yourselves, then, to God. Resist the devil, and he will flee from you.

James 4:7 · BSB

Submit25 parallels

Resist8 parallels

Reciprocal17 parallels

James 4:8

Draw near to God, and He will draw near to you. Cleanse your hands, you sinners, and purify your hearts, you double-minded.

James 4:8 · BSB

Draw nigh to God14 parallels

Cleanse14 parallels

purify15 parallels

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James 4:9

Grieve, mourn, and weep. Turn your laughter to mourning, and your joy to gloom.

James 4:9 · BSB

afflicted20 parallels

let9 parallels

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James 4:10

Humble yourselves before the Lord, and He will exalt you.

James 4:10 · BSB

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James 4:11

Brothers, do not slander one another. Anyone who speaks against his brother or judges him speaks against the law and judges it. And if you judge the law, you are not a practitioner of the law, but a judge of it.

James 4:11 · BSB

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and judgeth8 parallels

speaketh evil of the law3 parallels

a doer4 parallels

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James 4:12

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

James 4:12 · BSB

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James 4:13

Come now, you who say, “Today or tomorrow we will go to this or that city, spend a year there, carry on business, and make a profit.”

James 4:13 · BSB

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To day3 parallels

and buy4 parallels

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James 4:14

You do not even know what will happen tomorrow! What is your life? You are a mist that appears for a little while and then vanishes.

James 4:14 · BSB

a vapour15 parallels

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It is or , For it is

James 4:15

Instead, you ought to say, “If the Lord is willing, we will live and do this or that.”

James 4:15 · BSB

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James 4:16

As it is, you boast in your proud intentions. All such boasting is evil.

James 4:16 · BSB

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James 4:17

Anyone, then, who knows the right thing to do, yet fails to do it, is guilty of sin.

James 4:17 · BSB

the whole verse10 parallels

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The Treasury of Scripture Knowledge is the classical cross-reference layer — centuries of catchword parallels beneath the site’s quotations, allusions, and echoes. Every reference above also flows into the wider web of connections.

In the wider web6 threads
Intertextuality Pairs
Quotations James 4:6 → Proverbs 3:34
Echoes James 4:6 → Isaiah 61:1
Trajectories
Ceremonial Uncleanness (Spiritual Defilement), Nazirite Vow (Separation unto God), Spiritual Adultery (Covenant Faithfulness and Idolatry)
Chiasms
Shaped James 4
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