James 4 - NLT

You want what you don’t have, so you scheme and kill to… James 4:2

You want what you don’t have, so you scheme and kill to get it. You are jealous of what others have, but you can’t get it, so you fight and wage war to take it away from them. Yet you don’t have what you want because you don’t ask God for it.
James 4:2 sin desires prayer
You adulterers! Don’t you realize that friendship with the world makes you an enemy of God? I say it again: If you want to be a friend of the world, you make yourself an enemy of God.
James 4:4 sin God friendship

So humble yourselves before God. Resist the devil, and he will flee from you.
James 4:7 obedience safety addiction
Come close to God, and God will come close to you. Wash your hands, you sinners; purify your hearts, for your loyalty is divided between God and the world.
James 4:8 sin purification righteousness
Humble yourselves before the Lord, and he will lift you up in honor.
James 4:10 God humility reward
God alone, who gave the law, is the Judge. He alone has the power to save or to destroy. So what right do you have to judge your neighbor?
James 4:12 law judgment salvation

Bible verse of the day

On the day of Pentecost all the believers were meeting together in one place. Suddenly, there was a sound from heaven like the roaring of a mighty windstorm, and it filled the house where they were sitting.

Acts 2:1-2 Spirit heaven pentecost