But he gives us more grace. That is why Scripture says:

“God opposes the proud
    but shows favor to the humble.”[a](A)

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Footnotes

  1. James 4:6 Prov. 3:34

But he giveth more grace. Wherefore he saith, God resisteth the proud, but giveth grace unto the humble.

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11 The lowly he sets on high,(A)
    and those who mourn(B) are lifted(C) to safety.

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11 To set up on high those that be low; that those which mourn may be exalted to safety.

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Humble yourselves, therefore, under God’s mighty hand, that he may lift you up in due time.(A)

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Humble yourselves therefore under the mighty hand of God, that he may exalt you in due time:

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