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James 4:9

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Be afflicted, and mourn, and weep: let your laughter be turned to mourning, and your joy to heaviness.

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  1. James 4:7

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

  2. James 4:8

    Draw nigh to God, and he will draw nigh to you. Cleanse your hands, ye sinners; and purify your hearts, ye double minded.

  3. James 4:10

    Humble yourselves in the sight of the Lord, and he shall lift you up.

  4. James 4:11

    Speak not evil one of another, brethren. He that speaketh evil of his brother, and judgeth his brother, speaketh evil of the law, and judgeth the law: but if thou judge the law, thou art not a doer of the law, but a judge.

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Scripture: King James Version (KJV), English, 66-book canon. The quotation retains the wording and numbering of our source corpus.