James 4:7

Submit yourselves, then, to God. Resist the devil, and he will flee from you.

Cross References (31)

  • 1 Peter 5:8–9 (133)

    Be sober-minded and alert. Your adversary the devil prowls around like a roaring lion, seeking someone to devour.

  • Ephesians 4:27 (122)

    and do not give the devil a foothold.

  • Ephesians 6:11–12 (92)

    Put on the full armor of God, so that you can make your stand against the devil’s schemes.

  • 1 Peter 5:6 (80)

    Humble yourselves, therefore, under God’s mighty hand, so that in due time He may exalt you.

  • Luke 4:2–13 (45)

    where for forty days He was tempted by the devil. He ate nothing during those days, and when they had ended, He was hung

  • Matthew 4:3–11 (28)

    The tempter came to Him and said, “If You are the Son of God, tell these stones to become bread.”

  • Hebrews 12:9 (24)

    Furthermore, we have all had earthly fathers who disciplined us, and we respected them. Should we not much more submit t

  • Romans 10:3 (23)

    Because they were ignorant of God’s righteousness and sought to establish their own, they did not submit to God’s righte

  • Matthew 11:29 (17)

    Take My yoke upon you and learn from Me, for I am gentle and humble in heart, and you will find rest for your souls.

  • 2 Chronicles 30:8 (17)

    Now do not stiffen your necks as your fathers did. Submit to the LORD and come to His sanctuary, which He has consecrate

  • Psalms 66:3 (16)

    Say to God, “How awesome are Your deeds! So great is Your power that Your enemies cower before You.

  • Job 1:21 (15)

    saying: “Naked I came from my mother’s womb, and naked I will return. The LORD gave, and the LORD has taken away. Blesse

  • Ephesians 5:21 (15)

    Submit to one another out of reverence for Christ.

  • Revelation 12:9–11 (14)

    And the great dragon was hurled down—that ancient serpent called the devil and Satan, the deceiver of the whole world. H

  • 2 Samuel 15:26 (11)

    But if He should say, ‘I do not delight in you,’ then here I am; let Him do to me whatever seems good to Him.”

  • 1 Peter 2:13 (11)

    Submit yourselves for the Lord’s sake to every human institution, whether to the king as the supreme authority,

  • Psalms 32:3–5 (11)

    When I kept silent, my bones became brittle from my groaning all day long.

  • Daniel 4:34–37 (10)

    But at the end of those days I, Nebuchadnezzar, looked up to heaven, and my sanity was restored to me. Then I praised th

  • Daniel 4:25 (9)

    You will be driven away from mankind, and your dwelling will be with the beasts of the field. You will feed on grass lik

  • Romans 14:11 (9)

    It is written: “As surely as I live, says the Lord, every knee will bow before Me; every tongue will confess to God.”

  • Job 40:3–5 (8)

    Then Job answered the LORD:

  • 1 Samuel 3:18 (8)

    So Samuel told him everything and did not hide a thing from him. “He is the LORD,” replied Eli. “Let Him do what is good

  • Psalms 68:30 (7)

    Rebuke the beast in the reeds, the herd of bulls among the calves of the nations, until it submits, bringing bars of sil

  • 2 Chronicles 33:12–13 (7)

    And in his distress, Manasseh sought the favor of the LORD his God and earnestly humbled himself before the God of his f

  • Job 42:1–6 (7)

    Then Job replied to the LORD:

  • Acts 16:29–31 (6)

    Calling for lights, the jailer rushed in and fell trembling before Paul and Silas.

  • Jeremiah 13:18 (6)

    Say to the king and to the queen mother: “Take a lowly seat, for your glorious crowns have fallen from your heads.”

  • Daniel 4:32 (5)

    You will be driven away from mankind to live with the beasts of the field, and you will feed on grass like an ox. And se

  • 2 Kings 1:13–15 (5)

    So the king sent a third captain with his fifty men. And the third captain went up, fell on his knees before Elijah, and

  • Acts 26:19 (5)

    So then, King Agrippa, I was not disobedient to the heavenly vision.

  • Acts 9:6 (4)

    “Now get up and go into the city, and you will be told what you must do.”