King James Version (KJV)

James 4:5

โ€œDo ye think that the scripture saith in vain, The spirit that dwelleth in us lusteth to envy?โ€

Verse in context โ€” James 4

3

Ye ask, and receive not, because ye ask amiss, that ye may consume [it] upon your lusts.

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.

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