James 4:6

“But he giveth more grace, etc.] The Arabic version adds, “to us”; the Ethiopic version, “to you”; and the Syriac version reads the whole thus; “but our Lord gives more grace to us”; or “greater grace”; than the world can give, whose friendship is courted by men; the least measure of grace, of faith, and hope, and love, and of a spiritual knowledge of Christ, and interest in him, and of peace, joy, and comfort, is more worth than all the world, and everything in it: or greater grace, more favours than the saints are able to ask or think; so Solomon had more favours given him than he could think of asking for: or greater grace, and larger measures of it, even of spiritual light and knowledge,…”

“But--"Nay, rather." he--God. giveth more grace--ever increasing grace; the farther ye depart from "envy" [BENGEL]. he saith--The same God who causes His spirit to dwell in believers (Jam 4:5), by the Spirit also speaks in Scripture. The quotation here is probably from Pro 3:34; as probably Pro 21:10 was generally referred to in Jam 4:5. In Hebrew it is "scorneth the scorners," namely, those who think "Scripture speaketh in vain." resisteth--literally, "setteth Himself in array against"; even as they, like Pharaoh, set themselves against Him. God repays sinners in their own coin. "Pride" is the mother of "envy" (Jam 4:5); it is peculiarly satanic, for by it Satan fell. the proud--The Greek…”

“But he giveth more grace - The reference here is undoubtedly to God. Some have regarded this clause as a continuation of the quotation in the previous verse, but it is rather to be considered as a declaration of the apostle himself. The writer had just spoken of envy, and of the crimes which grew out of it. He thought of the wars and commotions of the earth, and of the various lusts which reigned among men. In the contemplation of these things, it seems suddenly to have occurred to him that all were not under the influence of these things; that there were cases where men were restrained, and where a spirit opposite to these things prevailed. Another passage of Scripture struck his mind,…”

“But he giveth greater grace - To all who shun those tempers. Therefore it - The scripture. Saith, God resisteth the proud - And pride is the great root of all unkind affections. Pro 3:34 James 4:7”

“God: Exo 10:3, Exo 10:4, Exo 15:9, Exo 15:10, Exo 18:11; Sa1 2:3; Job 22:29, Job 40:10-12; Psa 138:6; Pro 3:34, Pro 6:16, Pro 6:17, Pro 29:23; Isa 2:11, Isa 2:12, Isa 2:17, Isa 10:8-14, Isa 16:6, Isa 16:7; Dan 4:37; Dan 5:20-23; Mat 23:12; Luk 1:52, Luk 14:11, Luk 18:14; Pe1 5:5 giveth grace: Ch2 32:26, Ch2 33:12, Ch2 33:19, Ch2 33:23, Ch2 34:27; Job 22:29; Psa 9:12; Pro 15:33, Pro 18:12; Pro 22:4; Isa 57:15 James 4:7”