James 4:6 (WEB)

Passage

But he gives more grace. Therefore it says, “God resists the proud, but gives grace to the humble.”Proverbs 3:34

Nearby Context

James 4:4 You adulterers and adulteresses, don’t you know that friendship with the world is hostility toward God? Whoever therefore wants to be a friend of the world makes himself an enemy of God.

James 4:5 Or do you think that the Scripture says in vain, “The Spirit who lives in us yearns jealously”?

James 4:6 But he gives more grace. Therefore it says, “God resists the proud, but gives grace to the humble.”Proverbs 3:34

James 4:7 Be subject therefore to God. Resist the devil, and he will flee from you.

James 4:8 Draw near to God, and he will draw near to you. Cleanse your hands, you sinners; and purify your hearts, you double-minded.

Study Lenses

The verse centers on "grace", "gives", "therefore", "says", "resists", and "proud". It is saying that salvation is received as God's gift through faith, so boasting is pushed out by the wording itself.

The nearby context moves from verse 5's "Or do you think that the Scripture..." into verse 7's "Be subject therefore to God Resist the...", so "grace" and "gives" belong inside that flow. In James context, the local focus is Christ, faith, and discipleship.

A plain takeaway is to answer the verse's own emphasis on "grace" and "gives" with trust shaped by these words, not by a vague optimism outside the passage.