James 4:4

Legacy Standard Bible

You adulteresses, do you not know that friendship with the world is enmity toward God? Therefore, whoever wishes to be a friend of the world sets himself as an enemy of God.

Cross References

Genesis 3:15

And I will put enmity Between you and the woman, And between your seed and her seed; He shall bruise you on the head, And you shall bruise him on the heel.”

Psalm 21:8

Your hand will find out all your enemies; Your right hand will find out those who hate you.

Psalm 50:18

“When you see a thief, you are pleased with him, And you associate with adulterers.

Psalm 73:27

For, behold, those who are far from You will perish; You have destroyed everyone who is unfaithful to You.

Isaiah 57:3

“But draw near, you sons of a soothsayer, Seed of an adulterer and a prostitute.

Jeremiah 2:2

“Go and call out in the ears of Jerusalem, saying, ‘Thus says Yahweh, “I remember concerning you the lovingkindness of your youth, The love of your betrothals, Your walking after Me in the wilderness, Through a land not sown.

Jeremiah 9:2

Oh that I had in the desert A travelers’ lodging place, That I might leave my people And go from them! For all of them are adulterers, A solemn assembly of treacherous men.

Ezekiel 16:32

You adulteress wife, who takes strangers instead of her husband!

Hosea 3:1

Then Yahweh said to me, “Go again, love a woman who is loved by her companion and is an adulteress, even as Yahweh loves the sons of Israel, though they turn to other gods and love raisin cakes.”

Matthew 12:39

But He answered and said to them, “An evil and adulterous generation eagerly seeks for a sign; and yet no sign will be given to it but the sign of Jonah the prophet;

Matthew 16:4

An evil and adulterous generation eagerly seeks for a sign; and a sign will not be given it, except the sign of Jonah.” And He left them and went away.

Matthew 6:24

“No one can serve two masters; for either he will hate the one and love the other, or he will be devoted to one and despise the other. You cannot serve God and wealth.

Luke 19:27

But these enemies of mine, who did not want me to reign over them, bring them here and slay them in my presence.’ ”

John 15:19

If you were of the world, the world would love its own; but because you are not of the world, but I chose you out of the world, because of this the world hates you.

John 17:14

I have given them Your word; and the world has hated them, because they are not of the world, even as I am not of the world.

John 7:7

The world cannot hate you, but it hates Me because I bear witness about it, that its deeds are evil.

Romans 5:10

For if while we were enemies we were reconciled to God through the death of His Son, much more, having been reconciled, we shall be saved by His life.

Romans 8:7

because the mind set on the flesh is at enmity toward God, for it does not subject itself to the law of God, for it is not even able to do so,

1 Corinthians 1:20

Where is the wise man? Where is the scribe? Where is the debater of this age? Has not God made foolish the wisdom of the world?

1 Corinthians 1:21

For since, in the wisdom of God, the world through its wisdom did not come to know God, God was well-pleased, through the foolishness of the message preached, to save those who believe.

Galatians 1:10

For am I now seeking the favor of men, or of God? Or am I striving to please men? If I were still trying to please men, I would not be a slave of Christ.

James 1:27

Pure and undefiled religion before our God and Father is this: to visit orphans and widows in their affliction, and to keep oneself unstained by the world.