Clean hands and a humble heart

Fights Come from Selfishness · James 4

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7Submit yourselves, therefore, to God. But resist the devil, and he will flee from you.

8Draw near to God, and he will draw near to you. Cleanse your hands, sinners, and purify your hearts, double-minded people.

9Be miserable and mourn and weep. Let your laughter be turned into mourning and your joy into gloom.

10Humble yourselves before the Lord, and he will exalt you.

11Do not speak against one another, brothers. The one who speaks against a brother or judges his brother speaks 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 one Lawgiver and Judge, the one who is able to save and to destroy. But who are you, judging your neighbor?

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