See, I am setting before you today a blessing and a curse: the blessing, if you obey the commandments of the Lord your God, which I command you today, and uthe curse, if you do not obey the commandments of the Lord your God, but turn aside from the way that I am commanding you today, to go after other gods that you have not known.
Deuteronomy 11:26–28
The Parable of the Prodigal Son (also known as the parable of the Two Brothers, Lost Son, Loving Father, or of the Forgiving Father)...
Matthew 19:9 9 And I say to you: whoever divorces his wife, except for sexual immorality, and marries another, commits adultery.”
James conveys the idea that only when we submit to God will the devil "flee from you" as we are then committed to God ...