James 4:15 · KJV
“For that ye {ought} to say, If the Lord will, we shall live, and do this, or that.”
— James 4:15
Whereas ye know not what {shall be} on the morrow. For what {is} your life? It is even a vapour, that appeareth for a little time, and then vanisheth away. {It...: or, For it is}
But now ye rejoice in your boastings: all such rejoicing is evil.
James 4 — Context
Go to now, ye that say, To day or to morrow we will go into such a city, and continue there a year, and buy and sell, and get gain:
14Whereas ye know not what {shall be} on the morrow. For what {is} your life? It is even a vapour, that appeareth for a little time, and then vanisheth away. {It...: or, For it is}
15For that ye {ought} to say, If the Lord will, we shall live, and do this, or that.
16But now ye rejoice in your boastings: all such rejoicing is evil.
17Therefore to him that knoweth to do good, and doeth {it} not, to him it is sin.
Cross References
Proverbs 19:21
{There are} many devices in a man's heart; nevertheless the counsel of the LORD, that shall stand.
Hebrews 6:3
And this will we do, if God permit.
Lamentations 3:37
Who {is} he {that} saith, and it cometh to pass, {when} the Lord commandeth {it} not?
Acts 18:21
But bade them farewell, saying, I must by all means keep this feast that cometh in Jerusalem: but I will return again unto you, if God will. And he sailed from Ephesus.
Romans 1:10
Making request, if by any means now at length I might have a prosperous journey by the will of God to come unto you.
1 Corinthians 16:7
For I will not see you now by the way; but I trust to tarry a while with you, if the Lord permit.
Romans 15:32
That I may come unto you with joy by the will of God, and may with you be refreshed.
1 Corinthians 4:19
But I will come to you shortly, if the Lord will, and will know, not the speech of them which are puffed up, but the power.