James 4:7
BSB · Public Domain (CC0)“Submit yourselves, then, to God. Resist the devil, and he will flee from you.”
What this verse means
‘Submit yourselves… to God. Resist the devil, and he will flee from you’—surrender to God is the basis for resisting evil.
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“Submit yourselves, then, to God. Resist the devil, and he will flee from you.”
Berean Standard Bible · Public Domain (CC0)KJVPD
“Submit yourselves therefore to God. Resist the devil, and he will flee from you.”
King James Version · Public DomainASVPD
“Be subject therefore unto God; but resist the devil, and he will flee from you.”
American Standard Version · Public DomainYLTPD
“be subject, then, to God; stand up against the devil, and he will flee from you;”
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Other passages that echo James 4:7 — 24 related verses from the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge.
- 1 Samuel 3:18So Samuel told him everything and did not hide a thing from him. “He is the LORD,” replied Eli. “Let Him do what is good in His eyes.”
- 2 Samuel 15:26But if He should say, ‘I do not delight in you,’ then here I am; let Him do to me whatever seems good to Him.”
- 2 Kings 1:13So the king sent a third captain with his fifty men. And the third captain went up, fell on his knees before Elijah, and begged him, “Man of God, may my life and the lives of these fifty servants please be precious in your sight.
- 2 Chronicles 30:8Now do not stiffen your necks as your fathers did. Submit to the LORD and come to His sanctuary, which He has consecrated forever. Serve the LORD your God, so that His fierce anger will turn away from you.
- 2 Chronicles 33:12And in his distress, Manasseh sought the favor of the LORD his God and earnestly humbled himself before the God of his fathers.
- Job 1:21saying: “Naked I came from my mother’s womb, and naked I will return. The LORD gave, and the LORD has taken away. Blessed be the name of the LORD.”
- Job 40:3Then Job answered the LORD:
- Job 42:1Then Job replied to the LORD:
- Psalms 32:3When I kept silent, my bones became brittle from my groaning all day long.
- Psalms 66:3Say to God, “How awesome are Your deeds! So great is Your power that Your enemies cower before You.
- Psalms 68:30Rebuke the beast in the reeds, the herd of bulls among the calves of the nations, until it submits, bringing bars of silver. Scatter the nations who delight in war.
- Jeremiah 13:18Say to the king and to the queen mother: “Take a lowly seat, for your glorious crowns have fallen from your heads.”
- Daniel 4:25You will be driven away from mankind, and your dwelling will be with the beasts of the field. You will feed on grass like an ox and be drenched with the dew of heaven, and seven times shall pass you by, until you acknowledge that the Most High rules over the kingdom of mankind and gives it to whom He wishes.
- Daniel 4:32You will be driven away from mankind to live with the beasts of the field, and you will feed on grass like an ox. And seven times will pass you by, until you acknowledge that the Most High rules over the kingdom of mankind and gives it to whom He wishes.”
- Daniel 4:34But at the end of those days I, Nebuchadnezzar, looked up to heaven, and my sanity was restored to me. Then I praised the Most High, and I honored and glorified Him who lives forever: “For His dominion is an everlasting dominion, and His kingdom endures from generation to generation.
- Matthew 4:3The tempter came to Him and said, “If You are the Son of God, tell these stones to become bread.”
- Matthew 11:29Take My yoke upon you and learn from Me; for I am gentle and humble in heart, and you will find rest for your souls.
- Luke 4:2where for forty days He was tempted by the devil. He ate nothing during those days, and when they had ended, He was hungry.
- Acts 9:6“Now get up and go into the city, and you will be told what you must do.”
- Acts 16:29Calling for lights, the jailer rushed in and fell trembling before Paul and Silas.
- Acts 26:19So then, King Agrippa, I was not disobedient to the heavenly vision.
- Romans 10:3Because they were ignorant of God’s righteousness and sought to establish their own, they did not submit to God’s righteousness.
- Romans 14:11It is written: “As surely as I live, says the Lord, every knee will bow before Me; every tongue will confess to God.”
- Ephesians 4:27and do not give the devil a foothold.
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