Six ways to encounter God here
A passage is not only to be understood; it is to be lived with. Choose how you want to meet God in James 4:6, and Living Bread opens it right there.
Read itSit with the words themselves in The Word.Study itContext, cross-references, and questions in Bible Study.Be still in itLet it quiet you in the Sanctuary.Pray itTurn it into a prayer of your own.Hide it in your heartMemorize it, word by word.Encounter it togetherGather a few people to walk through it.
The web of Scripture around it
Where this passage echoes across the Bible, from the cross-reference graph, 12 connected Scriptures. Each one is a door to meet God there too.
- Matthew 23:12
And whosoever shall exalt himself shall be abased; and he that shall humble himself shall be exalted.
- Proverbs 3:34
Surely he scorneth the scorners: but he giveth grace unto the lowly.
- 1 Peter 5:5
Likewise, ye younger, submit yourselves unto the elder. Yea, all of you be subject one to another, and be clothed with humility: for God resisteth the…
- Psalms 138:6
Though the LORD be high, yet hath he respect unto the lowly: but the proud he knoweth afar off.
- Proverbs 18:12
Before destruction the heart of man is haughty, and before honour is humility.
- Proverbs 29:23
A man’s pride shall bring him low: but honour shall uphold the humble in spirit.
- Proverbs 6:16
These six things doth the LORD hate: yea, seven are an abomination unto him:
- Proverbs 22:4
By humility and the fear of the LORD are riches, and honour, and life.
- Isaiah 2:11
The lofty looks of man shall be humbled, and the haughtiness of men shall be bowed down, and the LORD alone shall be exalted in that day.
- Job 22:29
When men are cast down, then thou shalt say, There is lifting up; and he shall save the humble person.
- Isaiah 2:17
And the loftiness of man shall be bowed down, and the haughtiness of men shall be made low: and the LORD alone shall be exalted in that day.
- Luke 18:14
I tell you, this man went down to his house justified rather than the other: for every one that exalteth himself shall be abased; and he that humbleth…
More to meet God in James
How it points to Christ
Every Scripture ultimately leads to Jesus. See how the whole Bible points to Him in Christ in all Scripture, then meet Him for yourself.