James 4:3-8

New King James Version

^3 (A)You ask and do not receive, ^(B)because you ask amiss, that you may spend it on your pleasures. ^4 [a]Adulterers and adulteresses! Do you not know that ^(C)friendship with the world is enmity with God? ^(D)Whoever therefore wants to be a friend of the world makes himself an enemy of God. ⁵ Or do you think that the Scripture says in vain, ^(E)“The Spirit who dwells in us yearns jealously”?

⁶ But He gives more grace. Therefore He says:

Humility Cures Worldliness

⁷ Therefore submit to God. ^(G)Resist the devil and he will flee from you. ^8 (H)Draw near to God and He will draw near to you. ^(I)Cleanse your hands, you sinners; and ^(J)purify your hearts, you double-minded.