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Jam 4:6. Μείζονα) So much the greater the farther you depart from envy.-δίδωσι, He giveth) God.-λέγει, it saith) the Scripture, Jam 4:5. James confirms the authority of Solomon, whom he quotes with great propriety, when he would dissuade us from the hinderances to wisdom.-ὁ Θεὸς-χάριν) Pro 3:34. Septuagint has Κυριος-the rest in the same words. James altogether agrees with Peter: see 1Pe 5:5.-ὑπερηφάνοις, the proud) Pride is the mother of envy, respecting which see Jam 4:5. The Hebrew is ללצים, scoffers, such are they who think that the Scripture speaks in vain.-ἀντιτάσσεται, resists) In the Hebrew יליץ, He will laugh at. The humble are of such a spirit, that if it were possible for God to require the service of any one, they would afford it; but the proud endeavour to resist Him, as Pharaoh did; therefore He repays each according to their own deservings. He resists the proud, but He gives grace to the lowly.-χάριν, grace) He, to whom God gives grace, learns to lay aside all envy.