James 4:13-17 ▼

13 Now listen, you who say, |Today or tomorrow we will go to such and such a town, stay there a year, conduct business, and make money.|

14 You do not know what tomorrow will bring. What is your life? You are a mist that appears for a little while and then vanishes.

15 Instead you should say, |If the Lord wants us to, we will live—and do this or that.|

16 But you boast about your proud intentions. All such boasting is evil.

17 Therefore, anyone who knows what is right but fails to do it is guilty of sin.