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James 4:4 Testing Our Faith

4 You adulterous people, don’t you know that friendship with the world is hatred toward God? Anyone who chooses to be a friend of the world becomes an enemy of God.

Cross References for James 4:4

Mark 8:38 - If anyone is ashamed of me and my words in this adulterous and sinful generation, the Son of Ma... Click to read the verse Mark 8:38 Click to read the verse Mark 8:38

Genesis 3:15 - And I will put enmity between you and the woman, and between your offspring and hers; he will c... Click to read the verse Genesis 3:15 Click to read the verse Genesis 3:15

1 John 5:19 - We know that we are children of God, and that the whole world is under the control of the evil ... Click to read the verse 1 John 5:19 Click to read the verse 1 John 5:19

1 John 2:15-16 - Do Not Love the World Do not love the world or anything in the world. If anyone loves the world... Click to read the verse 1 John 2:15-16 Click to read the verse 1 John 2:15-16

Ephesians 2:2 - in which you used to live when you followed the ways of this world and of the ruler of the king... Click to read the verse Ephesians 2:2 Click to read the verse Ephesians 2:2

2 Chronicles 19:2 - Jehu the seer, the son of Hanani, went out to meet him and said to the king, “Should you help t... Click to read the verse 2 Chronicles 19:2 Click to read the verse 2 Chronicles 19:2

Exodus 20:5 - You shall not bow down to them or worship them; for I, the Lord your God, am a jealous God, pun... Click to read the verse Exodus 20:5 Click to read the verse Exodus 20:5

Matthew 6:24 - “No one can serve two masters. Either he will hate the one and love the other, or he will be de... Click to read the verse Matthew 6:24 Click to read the verse Matthew 6:24

Jeremiah 5:7 - “Why should I forgive you? Your children have forsaken me and sworn by gods that are not gods. ... Click to read the verse Jeremiah 5:7 Click to read the verse Jeremiah 5:7

Jeremiah 13:27 - your adulteries and lustful neighings, your shameless prostitution! I have seen your detestable... Click to read the verse Jeremiah 13:27 Click to read the verse Jeremiah 13:27

John 7:7 - The world cannot hate you, but it hates me because I testify that what it does is evil. Click to read the verse John 7:7 Click to read the verse John 7:7

John 17:14 - I have given them your word and the world has hated them, for they are not of the world any mor... Click to read the verse John 17:14 Click to read the verse John 17:14

2 Corinthians 6:14 - Do Not Be Yoked With Unbelievers Do not be yoked together with unbelievers. For what do righteo... Click to read the verse 2 Corinthians 6:14 Click to read the verse 2 Corinthians 6:14

Luke 19:27 - But those enemies of mine who did not want me to be king over them—bring them here and kill the... Click to read the verse Luke 19:27 Click to read the verse Luke 19:27

Jeremiah 2:2 - “Go and proclaim in the hearing of Jerusalem: “‘I remember the devotion of your youth, how as a... Click to read the verse Jeremiah 2:2 Click to read the verse Jeremiah 2:2

Matthew 12:39 - He answered, “A wicked and adulterous generation asks for a miraculous sign! But none will be g... Click to read the verse Matthew 12:39 Click to read the verse Matthew 12:39

Hosea 10:2 - Their heart is deceitful, and now they must bear their guilt. The Lord will demolish their alta... Click to read the verse Hosea 10:2 Click to read the verse Hosea 10:2

Numbers 15:39 - You will have these tassels to look at and so you will remember all the commands of the Lord, t... Click to read the verse Numbers 15:39 Click to read the verse Numbers 15:39

John 15:23-24 - He who hates me hates my Father as well. Click to read the verse John 15:23-24 Click to read the verse John 15:23-24

John 15:18 - The World Hates the Disciples “If the world hates you, keep in mind that it hated me first. Click to read the verse John 15:18 Click to read the verse John 15:18

Romans 8:7 - the sinful mind is hostile to God. It does not submit to God’s law, nor can it do so. Click to read the verse Romans 8:7 Click to read the verse Romans 8:7

Exodus 20:14 - “You shall not commit adultery. Click to read the verse Exodus 20:14 Click to read the verse Exodus 20:14

James 1:27 - Religion that God our Father accepts as pure and faultless is this: to look after orphans and w... Click to read the verse James 1:27 Click to read the verse James 1:27

1 Corinthians 3:16 - Don’t you know that you yourselves are God’s temple and that God’s Spirit lives in you? Click to read the verse 1 Corinthians 3:16 Click to read the verse 1 Corinthians 3:16

Psalms 73:27 - Those who are far from you will perish; you destroy all who are unfaithful to you. Click to read the verse Psalms 73:27 Click to read the verse Psalms 73:27

Romans 5:10 - For if, when we were God’s enemies, we were reconciled to him through the death of his Son, how... Click to read the verse Romans 5:10 Click to read the verse Romans 5:10

Colossians 2:20 - Since you died with Christ to the basic principles of this world, why, as though you still belo... Click to read the verse Colossians 2:20 Click to read the verse Colossians 2:20

Romans 12:2 - Do not conform any longer to the pattern of this world, but be transformed by the renewing of y... Click to read the verse Romans 12:2 Click to read the verse Romans 12:2

Romans 2:22 - You who say that people should not commit adultery, do you commit adultery? You who abhor idols... Click to read the verse Romans 2:22 Click to read the verse Romans 2:22

John 15:19 - If you belonged to the world, it would love you as its own. As it is, you do not belong to the ... Click to read the verse John 15:19 Click to read the verse John 15:19

John 17:11 - I will remain in the world no longer, but they are still in the world, and I am coming to you. ... Click to read the verse John 17:11 Click to read the verse John 17:11

John 15:24 - If I had not done among them what no one else did, they would not be guilty of sin. But now the... Click to read the verse John 15:24 Click to read the verse John 15:24

1 John 2:15 - Do Not Love the World Do not love the world or anything in the world. If anyone loves the world... Click to read the verse 1 John 2:15 Click to read the verse 1 John 2:15

Luke 6:26 - Woe to you when all men speak well of you, for that is how their fathers treated the false prop... Click to read the verse Luke 6:26 Click to read the verse Luke 6:26

Isaiah 57:3 - “But you—come here, you sons of a sorceress, you offspring of adulterers and prostitutes! Click to read the verse Isaiah 57:3 Click to read the verse Isaiah 57:3

Ephesians 4:18 - They are darkened in their understanding and separated from the life of God because of the igno... Click to read the verse Ephesians 4:18 Click to read the verse Ephesians 4:18

Matthew 16:4 - A wicked and adulterous generation looks for a miraculous sign, but none will be given it excep... Click to read the verse Matthew 16:4 Click to read the verse Matthew 16:4

Psalms 21:8 - Your hand will lay hold on all your enemies; your right hand will seize your foes. Click to read the verse Psalms 21:8 Click to read the verse Psalms 21:8

Galatians 1:10 - Am I now trying to win the approval of men, or of God? Or am I trying to please men? If I were ... Click to read the verse Galatians 1:10 Click to read the verse Galatians 1:10

Joshua 10:4 - “Come up and help me attack Gibeon,” he said, “because it has made peace with Joshua and the Is... Click to read the verse Joshua 10:4 Click to read the verse Joshua 10:4

Psalms 50:18 - When you see a thief, you join with him; you throw in your lot with adulterers. Click to read the verse Psalms 50:18 Click to read the verse Psalms 50:18

Acts 16:20 - They brought them before the magistrates and said, “These men are Jews, and are throwing our ci... Click to read the verse Acts 16:20 Click to read the verse Acts 16:20

Jeremiah 9:2 - Oh, that I had in the desert a lodging place for travelers, so that I might leave my people and... Click to read the verse Jeremiah 9:2 Click to read the verse Jeremiah 9:2

Luke 16:13 - “No servant can serve two masters. Either he will hate the one and love the other, or he will b... Click to read the verse Luke 16:13 Click to read the verse Luke 16:13

Hosea 7:4 - They are all adulterers, burning like an oven whose fire the baker need not stir from the knead... Click to read the verse Hosea 7:4 Click to read the verse Hosea 7:4

2 Corinthians 13:5 - Examine yourselves to see whether you are in the faith; test yourselves. Do you not realize tha... Click to read the verse 2 Corinthians 13:5 Click to read the verse 2 Corinthians 13:5

Song of Songs 5:16 - His mouth is sweetness itself; he is altogether lovely. This is my lover, this my friend, O dau... Click to read the verse Song of Songs 5:16 Click to read the verse Song of Songs 5:16

John 8:23 - But he continued, “You are from below; I am from above. You are of this world; I am not of this... Click to read the verse John 8:23 Click to read the verse John 8:23

Mark 10:23 - Jesus looked around and said to his disciples, “How hard it is for the rich to enter the kingdo... Click to read the verse Mark 10:23 Click to read the verse Mark 10:23

1 John 3:13 - Do not be surprised, my brothers, if the world hates you. Click to read the verse 1 John 3:13 Click to read the verse 1 John 3:13

Hosea 3:1 - Hosea’s Reconciliation With His Wife The Lord said to me, “Go, show your love to your wife agai... Click to read the verse Hosea 3:1 Click to read the verse Hosea 3:1

Jeremiah 23:10 - The land is full of adulterers; because of the curse the land lies parched and the pastures in ... Click to read the verse Jeremiah 23:10 Click to read the verse Jeremiah 23:10

Colossians 1:21 - Once you were alienated from God and were enemies in your minds because of your evil behavior. Click to read the verse Colossians 1:21 Click to read the verse Colossians 1:21

Galatians 1:4 - who gave himself for our sins to rescue us from the present evil age, according to the will of ... Click to read the verse Galatians 1:4 Click to read the verse Galatians 1:4

Matthew 13:27 - “The owner’s servants came to him and said, ‘Sir, didn’t you sow good seed in your field? Where... Click to read the verse Matthew 13:27 Click to read the verse Matthew 13:27

Romans 6:3 - Or don’t you know that all of us who were baptized into Christ Jesus were baptized into his death? Click to read the verse Romans 6:3 Click to read the verse Romans 6:3