James 2:9

American Standard Version (1901)

but if ye have respect of persons, ye commit sin, being convicted by the law as transgressors.

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  • Lev 19:15 : 15 Ye shall do no unrighteousness in judgment: thou shalt not respect the person of the poor, nor honor the person of the mighty; but in righteousness shalt thou judge thy neighbor.
  • John 8:9 : 9 And they, when they heard it, went out one by one, beginning from the eldest, [even] unto the last: and Jesus was left alone, and the woman, where she was, in the midst.
  • John 8:46 : 46 Which of you convicteth me of sin? If I say truth, why do ye not believe me?
  • John 16:8 : 8 And he, when he is come, will convict the world in respect of sin, and of righteousness, and of judgment:
  • Rom 3:20 : 20 because by the works of the law shall no flesh be justified in his sight; for through the law [cometh] the knowledge of sin.
  • Rom 7:7-9 : 7 What shall we say then? Is the law sin? God forbid. Howbeit, I had not known sin, except through the law: for I had not known coveting, except the law had said, Thou shalt not covet: 8 but sin, finding occasion, wrought in me through the commandment all manner of coveting: for apart from the law sin [is] dead. 9 And I was alive apart from the law once: but when the commandment came, sin revived, and I died; 10 and the commandment, which [was] unto life, this I found [to be] unto death: 11 for sin, finding occasion, through the commandment beguiled me, and through it slew me. 12 So that the law is holy, and the commandment holy, and righteous, and good. 13 Did then that which is good become death unto me? God forbid. But sin, that it might be shown to be sin, by working death to me through that which is good;--that through the commandment sin might become exceeding sinful.
  • 1 Cor 14:24 : 24 But if all prophesy, and there come in one unbelieving or unlearned, he is reproved by all, he is judged by all;
  • Gal 2:19 : 19 For I through the law died unto the law, that I might live unto God.
  • Jas 2:1-4 : 1 My brethren, hold not the faith of our Lord Jesus Christ, [the Lord] of glory, with respect of persons. 2 For if there come into your synagogue a man with a gold ring, in fine clothing, and there come in also a poor man in vile clothing; 3 and ye have regard to him that weareth the fine clothing, and say, Sit thou here in a good place; and ye say to the poor man, Stand thou there, or sit under my footstool; 4 do ye not make distinctions among yourselves, and become judges with evil thoughts?
  • 1 John 3:4 : 4 Every one that doeth sin doeth also lawlessness; and sin is lawlessness.
  • Jude 1:15 : 15 to execute judgment upon all, and to convict all the ungodly of all their works of ungodliness which they have ungodly wrought, and of all the hard things which ungodly sinners have spoken against him.

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    6But ye have dishonored the poor man. Do not the rich oppress you, and themselves drag you before the judgment-seats?

    7Do not they blaspheme the honorable name by which ye are called?

    8Howbeit if ye fulfil the royal law, according to the scripture, Thou shalt love thy neighbor as thyself, ye do well:

  • Jas 2:10-13
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    10For whosoever shall keep the whole law, and yet stumble in one [point], he is become guilty of all.

    11For he that said, Do not commit adultery, said also, Do not kill. Now if thou dost not commit adultery, but killest, thou art become a transgressor of the law.

    12So speak ye, and so do, as men that are to be judged by a law of liberty.

    13For judgment [is] without mercy to him that hath showed no mercy: mercy glorieth against judgment.

  • Prov 28:21
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    21To have respect of persons is not good; Neither that a man should transgress for a piece of bread.

  • Rom 2:11-13
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    11for there is no respect of persons with God.

    12For as many as have sinned without law shall also perish without the law: and as many as have sinned under the law shall be judged by the law;

    13for not the hearers of the law are just before God, but the doers of the law shall be justified:

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    1My brethren, hold not the faith of our Lord Jesus Christ, [the Lord] of glory, with respect of persons.

    2For if there come into your synagogue a man with a gold ring, in fine clothing, and there come in also a poor man in vile clothing;

    3and ye have regard to him that weareth the fine clothing, and say, Sit thou here in a good place; and ye say to the poor man, Stand thou there, or sit under my footstool;

    4do ye not make distinctions among yourselves, and become judges with evil thoughts?

  • Job 13:10
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    10He will surely reprove you, If ye do secretly show partiality.

  • Mal 2:9
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    9Therefore have I also made you contemptible and base before all the people, according as ye have not kept my ways, but have had respect of persons in the law.

  • Col 3:25
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    25For he that doeth wrong shall receive again for the wrong that he hath done: and there is no respect of persons.

  • 1 Pet 1:17
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    17And if ye call on him as Father, who without respect of persons judgeth according to each man's work, pass the time of your sojourning in fear:

  • 1 John 3:4
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    4Every one that doeth sin doeth also lawlessness; and sin is lawlessness.

  • Prov 24:23
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    23These also are [sayings] of the wise. To have respect of persons in judgment is not good.

  • Rom 2:22-23
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    22thou that sayest a man should not commit adultery, dost thou commit adultery? thou that abhorrest idols, dost thou rob temples?

    23thou who gloriest in the law, through thy transgression of the law dishonorest thou God?

  • Lev 19:15
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    15Ye shall do no unrighteousness in judgment: thou shalt not respect the person of the poor, nor honor the person of the mighty; but in righteousness shalt thou judge thy neighbor.

  • Rom 2:1-3
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    1Wherefore thou art without excuse, O man, whosoever thou art that judgest: for wherein thou judges another, thou condemnest thyself; for thou that judgest dost practise the same things.

    2And we know that the judgment of God is according to truth against them that practise such things.

    3And reckonest thou this, O man, who judgest them that practise such things, and doest the same, that thou shalt escape the judgment of God?

  • Rom 3:9
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    9What then? are we better than they? No, in no wise: for we before laid to the charge both of Jews and Greeks, that they are all under sin;

  • Jas 4:11
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    11Speak not one against another, brethren. He that speaketh against a brother, or judgeth his brother, speaketh against the law, and judgeth the law: but if thou judgest the law, thou art not a doer of the law, but a judge.

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    27and shall not the uncircumcision which is by nature, if it fulfil the law, judge thee, who with the letter and circumcision art a transgressor of the law?

  • Gal 2:17
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    17But if, while we sought to be justified in Christ, we ourselves also were found sinners, is Christ a minister of sin? God forbid.

  • Deut 16:19
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    19Thou shalt not wrest justice: thou shalt not respect persons; neither shalt thou take a bribe; for a bribe doth blind the eyes of the wise, and pervert the words of the righteous.

  • Gal 5:14
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    14For the whole law is fulfilled in one word, [even] in this: Thou shalt love thy neighbor as thyself.

  • Deut 1:17
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    17Ye shall not respect persons in judgment; ye shall hear the small and the great alike; ye shall not be afraid of the face of man; for the judgment is God's: and the cause that is too hard for you ye shall bring unto me, and I will hear it.

  • Prov 18:5
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    5To respect the person of the wicked is not good, [Nor] to turn aside the righteous in judgment.

  • 1 Cor 8:12
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    12And thus, sinning against the brethren, and wounding their conscience when it is weak, ye sin against Christ.

  • 1 Cor 6:8
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    8Nay, but ye yourselves do wrong, and defraud, and that [your] brethren.

  • Eph 6:9
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    9And, ye masters, do the same things unto them, and forbear threatening: knowing that he who is both their Master and yours is in heaven, and there is no respect of persons with him.

  • Lev 6:2
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    2If any one sin, and commit a trespass against Jehovah, and deal falsely with his neighbor in a matter of deposit, or of bargain, or of robbery, or have oppressed his neighbor,

  • Num 5:6
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    6Speak unto the children of Israel, When a man or woman shall commit any sin that men commit, so as to trespass against Jehovah, and that soul shall be guilty;

  • Jer 7:5
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    5For if ye thoroughly amend your ways and your doings; if ye thoroughly execute justice between a man and his neighbor;

  • Rom 13:9
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    9For this, Thou shalt not commit adultery, Thou shalt not kill, Thou shalt not steal, Thou shalt not covet, and if there be any other commandment, it is summed up in this word, namely, Thou shalt love thy neighbor as thyself.

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    7What shall we say then? Is the law sin? God forbid. Howbeit, I had not known sin, except through the law: for I had not known coveting, except the law had said, Thou shalt not covet:

  • Gal 6:2
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    2Bear ye one another's burdens, and so fulfil the law of Christ.

  • 2 Chr 19:7
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    7Now therefore let the fear of Jehovah be upon you; take heed and do it: for there is no iniquity with Jehovah our God, nor respect of persons, nor taking of bribes.

  • 1 Tim 1:9
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    9as knowing this, that law is not made for a righteous man, but for the lawless and unruly, for the ungodly and sinners, for the unholy and profane, for murderers of fathers and murderers of mothers, for manslayers,

  • Rom 2:17
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    17But if thou bearest the name of a Jew, and restest upon the law, and gloriest in God,

  • Rom 2:15
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    15in that they show the work of the law written in their hearts, their conscience bearing witness therewith, and their thoughts one with another accusing or else excusing [them] );

  • Jas 1:22
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    22But be ye doers of the word, and not hearers only, deluding your own selves.

  • Rom 3:20
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    20because by the works of the law shall no flesh be justified in his sight; for through the law [cometh] the knowledge of sin.