James 2:11

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For He who said, 'You shall not commit adultery,' also said, 'You shall not murder.' Now if you do not commit adultery but do commit murder, you have become a transgressor of the law.

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  • Exod 20:13-14 : 13 You shall not murder. 14 You shall not commit adultery.
  • Deut 5:17-18 : 17 You shall not murder. 18 You shall not commit adultery.
  • Rom 13:9 : 9 For the commandments, 'You shall not commit adultery,' 'You shall not murder,' 'You shall not steal,' 'You shall not bear false witness,' 'You shall not covet,' and any other commandment, are summed up in this statement: 'You shall love your neighbor as yourself.'
  • Matt 5:21-28 : 21 You have heard that it was said to those of old, ‘You shall not murder,’ and whoever murders will be subject to judgment. 22 But I say to you, everyone who is angry with their brother without cause will be subject to judgment. Whoever says to their brother, ‘Raka!’ will be answerable to the council, and whoever says, ‘You fool!’ will be in danger of the fire of hell. 23 So if you are offering your gift at the altar and there remember that your brother has something against you, 24 leave your gift there in front of the altar. First go and be reconciled to your brother; then come and offer your gift. 25 Settle matters quickly with your adversary while you are on the way to court. Otherwise, your adversary may hand you over to the judge, and the judge may hand you over to the officer, and you may be thrown into prison. 26 Truly I tell you, you will not get out until you have paid the last penny. 27 You have heard that it was said, ‘You shall not commit adultery.’ 28 But I tell you that anyone who looks at a woman with lust has already committed adultery with her in his heart.
  • Matt 19:18 : 18 The man asked, "Which ones?" Jesus answered, "Do not murder, do not commit adultery, do not steal, do not give false testimony,
  • Mark 10:19 : 19 'You know the commandments: "Do not commit adultery, do not murder, do not steal, do not bear false witness, do not defraud, honor your father and mother."'
  • Luke 18:20 : 20 You know the commandments: 'Do not commit adultery, do not murder, do not steal, do not give false testimony, honor your father and mother.'
  • Lev 4:2 : 2 Speak to the Israelites, saying: If any person sins unintentionally by doing something against any of the commandments of the LORD that should not be done and breaks one of them,
  • Lev 4:13 : 13 If the entire assembly of Israel sins unintentionally and the matter escapes the notice of the congregation by violating one of the LORD’s commands, which should not be done, they are guilty.
  • Lev 4:22 : 22 When a leader sins unintentionally and does what is forbidden in any of the commands of the LORD his God, he becomes guilty.
  • Ps 130:3-4 : 3 If You, LORD, keep a record of iniquities, Lord, who could stand? 4 But with You there is forgiveness, so that You may be feared.

Similar Verses (AI)

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  • Jas 2:8-10
    3 verses
    84%

    8If you truly fulfill the royal law according to Scripture, 'You shall love your neighbor as yourself,' you are doing well.

    9But if you show favoritism, you commit sin and are convicted by the law as transgressors.

    10For whoever keeps the whole law but stumbles at just one point is guilty of breaking it all.

  • Rom 2:21-23
    3 verses
    81%

    21You then, who teach others, do you not teach yourself? You who preach against stealing, do you steal?

    22You who say that people should not commit adultery, do you commit adultery? You who abhor idols, do you rob temples?

    23You who boast in the law, do you dishonor God by breaking the law?

  • Matt 5:21
    80%

    21You have heard that it was said to those of old, ‘You shall not murder,’ and whoever murders will be subject to judgment.

  • Deut 5:17-18
    2 verses
    78%

    17You shall not murder.

    18You shall not commit adultery.

  • Exod 20:13-15
    3 verses
    78%

    13You shall not murder.

    14You shall not commit adultery.

    15You shall not steal.

  • Rom 13:9
    78%

    9For the commandments, 'You shall not commit adultery,' 'You shall not murder,' 'You shall not steal,' 'You shall not bear false witness,' 'You shall not covet,' and any other commandment, are summed up in this statement: 'You shall love your neighbor as yourself.'

  • Matt 5:27-28
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    77%

    27You have heard that it was said, ‘You shall not commit adultery.’

    28But I tell you that anyone who looks at a woman with lust has already committed adultery with her in his heart.

  • Matt 19:18
    77%

    18The man asked, "Which ones?" Jesus answered, "Do not murder, do not commit adultery, do not steal, do not give false testimony,

  • Jas 2:12
    77%

    12Speak and act as those who are to be judged by the law of liberty.

  • Lev 20:10
    75%

    10If a man commits adultery with another man's wife, both the adulterer and the adulteress must surely be put to death.

  • Rom 7:7-8
    2 verses
    75%

    7What shall we say then? Is the law sinful? Certainly not! Nevertheless, I would not have known what sin was had it not been for the law. For I would not have known what coveting really was if the law had not said, 'You shall not covet.'

    8But sin, seizing the opportunity provided by the commandment, produced in me every kind of coveting. For apart from the law, sin was dead.

  • 1 John 3:4
    75%

    4Everyone who commits sin also practices lawlessness, and sin is lawlessness.

  • Luke 18:20
    74%

    20You know the commandments: 'Do not commit adultery, do not murder, do not steal, do not give false testimony, honor your father and mother.'

  • Mark 10:19
    73%

    19'You know the commandments: "Do not commit adultery, do not murder, do not steal, do not bear false witness, do not defraud, honor your father and mother."'

  • Rom 2:12-13
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    12For all who have sinned without the law will also perish without the law, and all who have sinned under the law will be judged by the law.

    13For it is not the hearers of the law who are righteous before God, but it is the doers of the law who will be justified.

  • Rom 2:1-3
    3 verses
    73%

    1Therefore, you have no excuse, O person, whoever you are who judges. For when you judge someone else, you condemn yourself, because you practice the same things you judge others for.

    2We know that God's judgment is based on truth against those who practice such things.

    3Do you think this, O person who judges those who practice such things, yet does the same yourself, that you will escape God’s judgment?

  • Lev 24:17
    72%

    17Anyone who takes the life of another person must be put to death.

  • Jas 4:11
    72%

    11Brothers and sisters, do not slander one another. Anyone who speaks against a brother or sister or judges them speaks against the law and judges it. When you judge the law, you are not keeping it, but sitting in judgment on it.

  • Mark 10:11-12
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    72%

    11He told them, 'Anyone who divorces his wife and marries another woman commits adultery against her.'

    12And if a woman divorces her husband and marries another man, she commits adultery.

  • Exod 21:12
    71%

    12Anyone who strikes a man and kills him shall surely be put to death.

  • Rom 4:15
    71%

    15For the law brings wrath, and where there is no law, there is no transgression.

  • Rom 2:27
    71%

    27The one who is not physically circumcised but keeps the law will condemn you who, even though you have the written code and circumcision, are a lawbreaker.

  • Gal 2:18
    71%

    18For if I rebuild what I tore down, I prove myself to be a lawbreaker.

  • John 8:5
    71%

    5In the Law, Moses commanded us to stone such women. So what do you say?"

  • 1 Tim 1:9
    71%

    9We also know that the law is not made for the righteous but for the lawless and rebellious, the ungodly and sinners, the unholy and profane, those who strike their fathers and mothers, and murderers,

  • Rom 7:10-11
    2 verses
    71%

    10I found that the very commandment that was intended to bring life actually brought death.

    11For sin, seizing the opportunity provided by the commandment, deceived me and through the commandment put me to death.

  • Prov 6:32
    70%

    32But a man who commits adultery has no sense; he destroys himself.

  • Gal 5:14
    70%

    14For the entire law is fulfilled in one statement: 'You shall love your neighbor as yourself.'

  • Num 35:17
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    17If someone strikes another with a stone that is large enough to cause death and the person dies, they are a murderer; the murderer must be put to death.

  • Rom 7:3
    70%

    3Consequently, while her husband is still alive, she would be called an adulteress if she joins herself to another man; but if her husband dies, she is free from that law, so she would not be an adulteress by becoming another man’s wife.

  • Exod 21:15
    70%

    15Anyone who strikes his father or mother shall surely be put to death.

  • Lev 24:21
    70%

    21Whoever kills an animal must make restitution, but whoever kills a person must be put to death.

  • Jas 5:6
    70%

    6You have condemned and murdered the righteous person, who does not resist you.

  • John 7:19
    70%

    19Didn't Moses give you the law? Yet none of you keeps the law. Why are you trying to kill Me?

  • Luke 16:18
    69%

    18Anyone who divorces his wife and marries another woman commits adultery, and the man who marries a divorced woman commits adultery.

  • Rom 10:5
    69%

    5For Moses writes about the righteousness that is based on the law: “The person who does these things will live by them.”