James 4:7-12

English Standard Version

⁷Submit yourselves therefore to God. ^(A)Resist the devil, and he will flee from you. ⁸^(B)Draw near to God, and he will draw near to you. ^(C)Cleanse your hands, you sinners, and ^(D)purify your hearts, ^(E)you double-minded. ⁹^(F)Be wretched and mourn and weep. Let your laughter be turned to mourning and your joy to gloom. ¹⁰^(G)Humble yourselves before the Lord, and he will exalt you.

¹¹^(H)Do not speak evil against one another, brothers.^[a] The one who speaks against a brother or ^(I)judges his brother, speaks evil against the law and judges the law. But if you judge the law, you are not a doer of the law but a judge. ¹²There is only ^(J)one lawgiver and ^(K)judge, he who is able to save and ^(L)to destroy. But ^(M)who are you to judge your neighbor?