James 4:9-11

New International Version

⁹ Grieve, mourn and wail. Change your laughter to mourning and your joy to gloom.^{(A) 10} Humble yourselves before the Lord, and he will lift you up.^(B)

¹¹ Brothers and sisters, do not slander one another.^(C) Anyone who speaks against a brother or sister^[a] or judges them^(D) speaks against the law^(E) and judges it. When you judge the law, you are not keeping it,^(F) but sitting in judgment on it.