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The Book of James, Chapter 4, Verse 9

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Be afflicted, and mourn, and weep: let your laughter be turned to mourning, and [your] joy to heaviness.
King James Version
Humble yourselves in the sight of the Lord, and he shall lift you up.
American Standard Version
Humble yourselves in the sight of the Lord, and he shall exalt you.
New English Translation
As an example of suffering and patience, brothers and sisters, take the prophets who spoke in the Lord’s name.
World English Bible
Lament, mourn, and weep. Let your laughter be turned to mourning, and your joy to gloom.
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Speak not evil one of another, brethren. He that speaketh evil of [his] brother, and judgeth his brother, speaketh evil of the law, and judgeth the law: but if thou judge the law, thou art not a doer of the law, but a judge.
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There is one lawgiver, who is able to save and to destroy: who art thou that judgest another?
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Go to now, ye that say, To day or to morrow we will go into such a city, and continue there a year, and buy and sell, and get gain:
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Whereas ye know not what [shall be] on the morrow. For what [is] your life? It is even a vapour, that appeareth for a little time, and then vanisheth away.
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For that ye [ought] to say, If the Lord will, we shall live, and do this, or that.
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But now ye rejoice in your boastings: all such rejoicing is evil.
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Therefore to him that knoweth to do good, and doeth [it] not, to him it is sin.
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Go to now, [ye] rich men, weep and howl for your miseries that shall come upon [you].
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Your riches are corrupted, and your garments are motheaten.
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Your gold and silver is cankered; and the rust of them shall be a witness against you, and shall eat your flesh as it were fire. Ye have heaped treasure together for the last days.