James 4:12

Bible in Basic English (1941)

There is only one judge and law-giver, even he who has the power of salvation and of destruction; but who are you to be your neighbour's judge?

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Referenced Verses

  • Rom 14:4 : 4 Who are you to make yourself a judge of another man's servant? it is to his master that he is responsible for good or bad. Yes, his place will be safe, because the Lord is able to keep him from falling.
  • Isa 33:22 : 22 For the Lord is our judge, the Lord is our law-giver, the Lord is our king; he will be our saviour.
  • Matt 10:28 : 28 And have no fear of those who put to death the body, but are not able to put to death the soul. But have fear of him who has power to give soul and body to destruction in hell.
  • Rom 2:1 : 1 So you have no reason, whoever you are, for judging: for in judging another you are judging yourself, for you do the same things.
  • Rom 9:20 : 20 But, O man, who are you, to make answer against God? May the thing which is made say to him who made it, Why did you make me so?
  • Rom 14:13 : 13 Then let us not be judges of one another any longer: but keep this in mind, that no man is to make it hard for his brother, or give him cause for doubting.
  • Jas 5:9 : 9 Say no hard things against one another, brothers, so that you will not be judged; see, the judge is waiting at the doors.
  • Luke 12:5 : 5 But I will make clear to you of whom you are to be in fear: of him who after death has power to send you to hell; yes, truly I say, Have fear of him.
  • 1 Sam 25:10 : 10 And Nabal gave them his answer and said, Who is David? who is the son of Jesse? there are a number of servants in these days running away from their masters.
  • Job 38:2 : 2 Who is this who makes the purpose of God dark by words without knowledge?
  • Heb 7:25 : 25 So that he is fully able to be the saviour of all who come to God through him, because he is ever living to make prayer to God for them.

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  • Jas 4:11
    80%

    11 Do 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 14:4
    74%

    4 Who are you to make yourself a judge of another man's servant? it is to his master that he is responsible for good or bad. Yes, his place will be safe, because the Lord is able to keep him from falling.

  • Jas 2:9-13
    5 verses
    74%

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

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

    11 For 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.

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

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

  • Rom 2:1-3
    3 verses
    73%

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

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

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

  • Luke 12:57-58
    2 verses
    72%

    57 And why are you, in your hearts, unable to be judges of what is right?

    58 For if anyone has a cause at law against you, and you are going with him before the ruler, make an attempt, on the way, to come to an agreement with him, for if you do not, he may take you before the judge and the judge will give you up to the police, and they will put you in prison.

  • Jas 4:13
    72%

    13 How foolish it is to say, Today or tomorrow we will go into this town, and be there for a year and do business there and get wealth:

  • Matt 7:1
    72%

    1 Be not judges of others, and you will not be judged.

  • 2 Chr 19:6
    71%

    6 And said to the judges, Take care what you do, for you are judging not for man but for the Lord, and he is with you in the decisions you give.

  • 1 Cor 6:4-7
    4 verses
    71%

    4 If then there are questions to be judged in connection with the things of this life, why do you put them in the hands of those who have no position in the church?

    5 I say this to put you to shame. Is there not among you one wise man who may be able to give a decision between his brothers?

    6 But a brother who has a cause at law against another takes it before Gentile judges.

    7 More than this, it is not to your credit to have causes at law with one another at all. Why not put up with wrong? why not undergo loss?

  • Acts 7:27
    71%

    27 But the man who was doing wrong to his neighbour, pushing him away, said, Who made you a ruler and a judge over us?

  • 1 Cor 4:3-4
    2 verses
    70%

    3 But it is a small thing to me that I am judged by you or by man's judging; I am not even a judge of myself.

    4 For I am not conscious of any wrong in myself; but this does not make me clear, for it is the Lord who is my judge.

  • 1 Cor 6:1
    70%

    1 How is it, that if any one of you has a cause at law against another, he takes it before a Gentile judge and not before the saints?

  • Jas 2:4
    70%

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

  • 1 Cor 5:12-13
    2 verses
    70%

    12 For it is no business of mine to be judging those who are outside; but it is yours to be judging those who are among you;

    13 As for those who are outside, God is their judge. So put away the evil man from among you.

  • Luke 12:14
    69%

    14 But he said, Man, who made me a judge or a maker of decisions for you?

  • Jas 5:9
    69%

    9 Say no hard things against one another, brothers, so that you will not be judged; see, the judge is waiting at the doors.

  • Isa 33:22
    69%

    22 For the Lord is our judge, the Lord is our law-giver, the Lord is our king; he will be our saviour.

  • Rom 2:12
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    12 All 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;

  • Ps 75:7
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    7 But God is the judge, putting down one, and lifting up another.

  • John 7:24
    68%

    24 Let not your decisions be based on what you see, but on righteousness.

  • Rom 2:27
    68%

    27 And 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.

  • Rom 14:12-13
    2 verses
    68%

    12 So every one of us will have to give an account of himself to God.

    13 Then let us not be judges of one another any longer: but keep this in mind, that no man is to make it hard for his brother, or give him cause for doubting.

  • Rom 14:10
    68%

    10 But you, why do you make yourself your brother's judge? or again, why have you no respect for your brother? because we will all have to take our place before God as our judge.

  • Lev 19:15
    68%

    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.

  • Deut 25:1
    67%

    1 If there is an argument between men and they go to law with one another, let the judges give their decision for the upright, and against the wrongdoer.

  • Job 14:3
    67%

    3 Is it on such a one as this that your eyes are fixed, with the purpose of judging him?

  • Job 40:8
    67%

    8 Let them be covered together in the dust; let their faces be dark in the secret place of the underworld.

  • Deut 1:17
    67%

    17 In 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.

  • Job 34:17
    67%

    17 How may a hater of right be a ruler? and will you say that the upright Ruler of all is evil?

  • Jas 3:1
    67%

    1 Do not all be teachers, my brothers, because we teachers will be judged more hardly than others.

  • Job 36:17
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    17 ...

  • Prov 17:15
    67%

    15 He who gives a decision for the evil-doer and he who gives a decision against the upright, are equally disgusting to the Lord.

  • Matt 12:37
    67%

    37 For by your words will your righteousness be seen, and by your words you will be judged.

  • Jas 5:6
    67%

    6 You have given your decision against the upright man and have put him to death. He puts up no fight against you.

  • 1 Cor 11:31
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    31 But if we were true judges of ourselves, punishment would not come on us.

  • John 7:51
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    51 Is a man judged by our law before it has given him a hearing and has knowledge of what he has done?

  • Eccl 8:4
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    4 The word of a king has authority; and who may say to him, What is this you are doing?