James 4:12

American Standard Version (1901)

One [only] is the lawgiver and judge, [even] he who is able to save and to destroy: but who art thou that judgest thy neighbor?

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Referenced Verses

  • Rom 14:4 : 4 Who art thou that judgest the servant of another? to his own lord he standeth or falleth. Yea, he shall be made to stand; for the Lord hath power to make him stand.
  • Isa 33:22 : 22 For Jehovah is our judge, Jehovah is our lawgiver, Jehovah is our king; he will save us.
  • Matt 10:28 : 28 And be not afraid of them that kill the body, but are not able to kill the soul: but rather fear him who is able to destroy both soul and body in hell.
  • Rom 2:1 : 1 Wherefore 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.
  • Rom 9:20 : 20 Nay but, O man, who art thou that repliest against God? Shall the thing formed say to him that formed it, Why didst thou make me thus?
  • Rom 14:13 : 13 Let us not therefore judge one another any more: but judge ye this rather, that no man put a stumblingblock in his brother's way, or an occasion of falling.
  • Jas 5:9 : 9 Murmur not, brethren, one against another, that ye be not judged: behold, the judge standeth before the doors.
  • Luke 12:5 : 5 But I will warn you whom ye shall fear: Fear him, who after he hath killed hath power to cast into hell; yea, I say unto you, Fear him.
  • 1 Sam 25:10 : 10 And Nabal answered David's servants, and said, Who is David? and who is the son of Jesse? there are many servants now-a-days that break away every man from his master.
  • Job 38:2 : 2 Who is this that darkeneth counsel By words without knowledge?
  • Heb 7:25 : 25 Wherefore also he is able to save to the uttermost them that draw near unto God through him, seeing he ever liveth to make intercession for them.

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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.

  • Rom 14:4
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    4Who art thou that judgest the servant of another? to his own lord he standeth or falleth. Yea, he shall be made to stand; for the Lord hath power to make him stand.

  • Jas 2:9-13
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    9but if ye have respect of persons, ye commit sin, being convicted by the law as transgressors.

    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.

  • 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?

  • Luke 12:57-58
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    57And why even of yourselves judge ye not what is right?

    58For as thou art going with thine adversary before the magistrate, on the way give diligence to be quit of him; lest haply he drag thee unto the judge, and the judge shall deliver thee to the officer, and the officer shall cast thee into prison.

  • Jas 4:13
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    13Come now, ye that say, To-day or to-morrow we will go into this city, and spend a year there, and trade, and get gain:

  • Matt 7:1
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    1Judge not, that ye be not judged.

  • 2 Chr 19:6
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    6and said to the judges, Consider what ye do: for ye judge not for man, but for Jehovah; and [he is] with you in the judgment.

  • 1 Cor 6:4-7
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    4If then ye have to judge things pertaining to this life, do ye set them to judge who are of no account in the church?

    5I say [this] to move you to shame. What, cannot there be [found] among you one wise man who shall be able to decide between his brethren,

    6but brother goeth to law with brother, and that before unbelievers?

    7Nay, already it is altogether a defect in you, that ye have lawsuits one with another. Why not rather take wrong? why not rather be defrauded?

  • Acts 7:27
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    27But he that did his neighbor wrong thrust him away, saying, Who made thee a ruler and a judge over us?

  • 1 Cor 4:3-4
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    3But with me it is a very small thing that I should be judged of you, or of man's judgment: yea, I judge not mine own self.

    4For I know nothing against myself; yet am I not hereby justified: but he that judgeth me is the Lord.

  • 1 Cor 6:1
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    1Dare any of you, having a matter against his neighbor, go to law before the unrighteous, and not before the saints?

  • Jas 2:4
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    4do ye not make distinctions among yourselves, and become judges with evil thoughts?

  • 1 Cor 5:12-13
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    12For what have I to do with judging them that are without? Do not ye judge them that are within?

    13But them that are without God judgeth. Put away the wicked man from among yourselves.

  • Luke 12:14
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    14But he said unto him, Man, who made me a judge or a divider over you?

  • Jas 5:9
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    9Murmur not, brethren, one against another, that ye be not judged: behold, the judge standeth before the doors.

  • Isa 33:22
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    22For Jehovah is our judge, Jehovah is our lawgiver, Jehovah is our king; he will save us.

  • Rom 2:12
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    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;

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    7But God is the judge: He putteth down one, and lifteth up another.

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    24Judge not according to appearance, but judge righteous judgment.

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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?

  • Rom 14:12-13
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    12So then each one of us shall give account of himself to God.

    13Let us not therefore judge one another any more: but judge ye this rather, that no man put a stumblingblock in his brother's way, or an occasion of falling.

  • Rom 14:10
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    10But thou, why dost thou judge thy brother? or thou again, why dost thou set at nought thy brother? for we shall all stand before the judgment-seat of 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.

  • Deut 25:1
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    1If there be a controversy between men, and they come unto judgment, and [the judges] judge them; then they shall justify the righteous, and condemn the wicked;

  • Job 14:3
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    3And dost thou open thine eyes upon such a one, And bringest me into judgment with thee?

  • Job 40:8
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    8Wilt thou even annul my judgment? Wilt thou condemn me, that thou mayest be justified?

  • 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.

  • Job 34:17
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    17Shall even one that hateth justice govern? And wilt thou condemn him that is righteous [and] mighty?--

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    1Be not many [of you] teachers, my brethren, knowing that we shall receive heavier judgment.

  • Job 36:17
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    17But thou art full of the judgment of the wicked: Judgment and justice take hold [on thee] .

  • Prov 17:15
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    15He that justifieth the wicked, and he that condemneth the righteous, Both of them alike are an abomination to Jehovah.

  • Matt 12:37
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    37For by thy words thou shalt be justified, and by thy words thou shalt be condemned.

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    6Ye have condemned, ye have killed the righteous [one] ; he doth not resist you.

  • 1 Cor 11:31
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    31But if we discerned ourselves, we should not be judged.

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    51Doth our law judge a man, except it first hear from himself and know what he doeth?

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    4For the king's word [hath] power; and who may say unto him, What doest thou?