Jam 4:5-6, 1Pe 5:5-6 | ESV | STEP | Or do you suppose it is to no purpose that the Scripture says , He yearns jealously over the spirit that he has made to dwell in us ?

c 1 Pet. 5:5; Cited from Prov. 3:34 (Gk.)

g[See ver. 5 above]

James 4:5-6

5 Or do you suppose it is to no purpose that the Scripture says, “He yearns jealously over the spirit ^athat he has made to dwell in us”? 6 But ^bhe gives more grace. Therefore it says, ^c“God opposes the proud but ^dgives grace to the humble.”

1 Peter 5:5-6

5 Likewise, you who are younger, be subject to the elders. ^eClothe yourselves, all of you, with humility toward one another, for ^f“God opposes the proud but gives grace to the humble.”

6 ^gHumble yourselves, therefore, under the mighty hand of God so that at the proper time he may exalt you,