James 2:9

Bible in Basic English (1941)

But if you take a man's position into account, you do evil, and are judged as evil-doers by the law.

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  • Lev 19:15 : 15 Do no wrong in your judging: do not give thought to the position of the poor, or honour to the position of the great; but be a judge to your neighbour in righteousness.
  • John 8:9 : 9 And when his words came to their ears, they went out one by one, starting with the oldest even to the last, because they were conscious of what was in their hearts: and Jesus was there by himself with the woman before him.
  • John 8:46 : 46 Which of you is able truly to say that I am a sinner? If I say what is true, why have you no belief in me?
  • John 16:8 : 8 And he, when he comes, will make the world conscious of sin, and of righteousness, and of being judged:
  • Rom 3:20 : 20 Because by the works of the law no man is able to have righteousness in his eyes, for through the law comes the knowledge of sin.
  • Rom 7:7-9 : 7 What then is to be said? is the law sin? in no way. But I would not have had knowledge of sin but for the law: for I would not have been conscious of desire if the law had not said, You may not have a desire for what is another's. 8 But sin, taking its chance through that which was ordered by the law, was working in me every form of desire: because without the law sin is dead. 9 And there was a time when I was living without the law: but when the law gave its orders, sin came to life and put me to death; 10 And I made the discovery that the law whose purpose was to give life had become a cause of death: 11 For I was tricked and put to death by sin, which took its chance through the law. 12 But the law is holy, and its orders are holy, upright, and good. 13 Was then that which is good, death to me? In no way. But the purpose was that sin might be seen to be sin by working death to me through that which is good; so that through the orders of the law sin might seem much more evil.
  • 1 Cor 14:24 : 24 But if all are teaching as prophets, and a man without faith or knowledge comes in, he is tested by all, he is judged by all;
  • Gal 2:19 : 19 For I, through the law, have become dead to the law, so that I might be living to God.
  • Jas 2:1-4 : 1 My brothers, if you have the faith of our Lord Jesus Christ of glory, do not take a man's position into account. 2 For if a man comes into your Synagogue in fair clothing and with a gold ring, and a poor man comes in with dirty clothing, 3 And you do honour to the man in fair clothing and say, Come here and take this good place; and you say to the poor man, Take up your position there, or be seated at my feet; 4 Is there not a division in your minds? have you not become judges with evil thoughts?
  • 1 John 3:4 : 4 Everyone who is a sinner goes against the law, for sin is going against the law.
  • Jude 1:15 : 15 To be the judge of all, and to give a decision against all those whose lives are unpleasing to him, because of the evil acts which they have done, and because of all the hard things which sinners without fear of God have said against him.

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  • Jas 2:6-8
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    6But you have put the poor man to shame. Are not the men of wealth rulers over you? do they not take you by force before their judges?

    7Do they not say evil of the holy name which was given to you?

    8But if you keep the greatest law of all, as it is given in the holy Writings, Have love for your neighbour as for yourself, you do well:

  • Jas 2:10-13
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    10For anyone who keeps all the law, but makes a slip in one point, is judged to have gone against it all.

    11For he who said, Do not be untrue in married life, is the same who said, Put no man to death. Now if you are not untrue in married life, but you put a man to death, the law is broken.

    12Let your words and your acts be those of men who are to be judged by the law which makes free.

    13For the man who has had no mercy will be judged without mercy, but mercy takes pride in overcoming judging.

  • Prov 28:21
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    21It is not good to have respect for a man's position: for a man will do wrong for a bit of bread.

  • Rom 2:11-13
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    11For one man is not different from another before God.

    12All those who have done wrong without the law will get destruction without the law: and those who have done wrong under the law will have their punishment by the law;

    13For it is not the hearers of the law who will be judged as having righteousness before God, but only the doers:

  • Jas 2:1-4
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    1My brothers, if you have the faith of our Lord Jesus Christ of glory, do not take a man's position into account.

    2For if a man comes into your Synagogue in fair clothing and with a gold ring, and a poor man comes in with dirty clothing,

    3And you do honour to the man in fair clothing and say, Come here and take this good place; and you say to the poor man, Take up your position there, or be seated at my feet;

    4Is there not a division in your minds? have you not become judges with evil thoughts?

  • Job 13:10
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    10He will certainly put you right, if you have respect for persons in secret.

  • Mal 2:9
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    9And so I have taken away your honour and made you low before all the people, even as you have not kept my ways, and have given no thought to me in using the law.

  • Col 3:25
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    25For the wrongdoer will have punishment for the wrong he has done, without respect for any man's position.

  • 1 Pet 1:17
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    17And if you give the name of Father to him who, judging every man by his acts, has no respect for a man's position, then go in fear while you are on this earth:

  • 1 John 3:4
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    4Everyone who is a sinner goes against the law, for sin is going against the law.

  • Prov 24:23
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    23These are more sayings of the wise: To have respect for a person's position when judging is not good.

  • Rom 2:22-23
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    22You who say that a man may not be untrue to his wife, are you true to yours? you who are a hater of images, do you do wrong to the house of God?

    23You who take pride in the law, are you doing wrong to the honour of God by behaviour which is against the law?

  • Lev 19:15
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    15Do no wrong in your judging: do not give thought to the position of the poor, or honour to the position of the great; but be a judge to your neighbour in righteousness.

  • Rom 2:1-3
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    1So you have no reason, whoever you are, for judging: for in judging another you are judging yourself, for you do the same things.

    2And we are conscious that God is a true judge against those who do such things.

    3But you who are judging another for doing what you do yourself, are you hoping that God's decision will not take effect against you?

  • Rom 3:9
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    9What then? are we worse off than they? In no way: because we have before made it clear that Jews as well as Greeks are all under the power of sin;

  • Jas 4:11
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    11Do not say evil against one another, my brothers. He who says evil against his brother or makes himself his brother's judge, says evil against the law and is judging the law: and in judging the law you become, not a doer of the law but a judge.

  • Rom 2:27
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    27And they, by their keeping of the law without circumcision, will be judges of you, by whom the law is broken though you have the letter of the law and circumcision.

  • Gal 2:17
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    17But if, while we were desiring to get righteousness through Christ, we ourselves were seen to be sinners, is Christ a servant of sin? In no way!

  • Deut 16:19
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    19You are not to be moved in your judging by a man's position, you are not to take rewards; for rewards make the eyes of the wise man blind, and the decisions of the upright false.

  • Gal 5:14
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    14For all the law is made complete in one word, even in this, Have love for your neighbour as for yourself.

  • Deut 1:17
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    17In judging, do not let a man's position have any weight with you; give hearing equally to small and great; have no fear of any man, for it is God who is judge: and any cause in which you are not able to give a decision, you are to put before me and I will give it a hearing.

  • Prov 18:5
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    5To have respect for the person of the evil-doer is not good, or to give a wrong decision against the upright.

  • 1 Cor 8:12
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    12And in this way, doing evil to the brothers, and causing trouble to those whose faith is feeble, you are sinning against Christ.

  • 1 Cor 6:8
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    8So far from doing this, you yourselves do wrong and take your brothers' property.

  • Eph 6:9
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    9And, you masters, do the same things to them, not making use of violent words: in the knowledge that their Master and yours is in heaven, and he has no respect for a man's position.

  • Lev 6:2
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    2Give orders to Aaron and to his sons, saying, This is the law for the burned offering: the offering is to be on the fire-wood on the altar all night till the morning; and the fire of the altar is to be kept burning.

  • Num 5:6
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    6Say to the children of Israel, If a man or a woman does any of the sins of men, going against the word of the Lord, and is in the wrong;

  • Jer 7:5
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    5For if your ways and your doings are truly changed for the better; if you truly give right decisions between a man and his neighbour;

  • Rom 13:9
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    9And this, Do not be untrue in married life, Do not put to death, Do not take what is another's, Do not have desire for what is another's, and if there is any other order, it is covered by this word, Have love for your neighbour as for yourself.

  • Rom 7:7
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    7What then is to be said? is the law sin? in no way. But I would not have had knowledge of sin but for the law: for I would not have been conscious of desire if the law had not said, You may not have a desire for what is another's.

  • Gal 6:2
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    2Take on yourselves one another's troubles, and so keep the law of Christ.

  • 2 Chr 19:7
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    7So now let the fear of the Lord be in you; do your work with care; for in the Lord our God there is no evil, or respect for high position, or taking of payment to do wrong.

  • 1 Tim 1:9
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    9With the knowledge that the law is made, not for the upright man, but for those who have no respect for law and order, for evil men and sinners, for the unholy and those who have no religion, for those who put their fathers or mothers to death, for takers of life,

  • Rom 2:17
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    17But as for you who have the name of Jew, and are resting on the law, and take pride in God,

  • Rom 2:15
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    15Because the work of the law is seen in their hearts, their sense of right and wrong giving witness to it, while their minds are at one time judging them and at another giving them approval;

  • Jas 1:22
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    22But be doers of the word, and not only hearers of it, blinding yourselves with false ideas.

  • Rom 3:20
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    20Because by the works of the law no man is able to have righteousness in his eyes, for through the law comes the knowledge of sin.