James 2:4

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have you not discriminated among yourselves and become judges with evil thoughts?

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  • John 7:24 : 24 Do not judge by appearance, but judge with righteous judgment.
  • Mal 2:9 : 9 So I have also made you despised and humiliated before all the people, because you have not kept My ways but have shown partiality in matters of the law.
  • Matt 7:1-5 : 1 Do not judge, so that you will not be judged. 2 For with the standard you use to judge, you will be judged; and with the measure you use, it will be measured to you. 3 Why do you look at the speck in your brother's eye, but do not notice the beam in your own eye? 4 Or how can you say to your brother, 'Let me remove the speck from your eye,' while there is a beam in your own eye? 5 Hypocrite! First remove the beam from your own eye, and then you will see clearly to remove the speck from your brother's eye.
  • Job 34:19 : 19 God shows no partiality to princes and does not favor the rich over the poor, for they are all the work of His hands.
  • Jas 4:11 : 11 Brothers 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.
  • Job 21:27 : 27 Behold, I know your thoughts and the schemes you plot against me.
  • Ps 58:1 : 1 For the director, 'Do Not Destroy,' a Miktam of David.
  • Ps 82:2 : 2 How long will you judge unjustly and show partiality to the wicked? Selah.
  • Ps 109:31 : 31 For He stands at the right hand of the needy to save them from those who would condemn their souls.
  • Jas 1:1-9 : 1 James, a servant of God and of the Lord Jesus Christ, to the twelve tribes scattered among the nations: Greetings. 2 Consider it pure joy, my brothers and sisters, whenever you face trials of various kinds, 3 because you know that the testing of your faith produces perseverance. 4 Let perseverance complete its work, so that you may be mature and complete, lacking nothing. 5 If any of you lacks wisdom, let him ask God, who gives generously to all without rebuke, and it will be given to him. 6 But let him ask in faith, without doubting, because the one who doubts is like a wave of the sea, driven and tossed by the wind. 7 Let that person not expect to receive anything from the Lord. 8 Such a person is double-minded and unstable in all their ways. 9 Let the lowly brother boast in his exaltation, 10 and the rich in his humiliation, because like a flower of the grass he will pass away. 11 For the sun rises with its scorching heat, and withers the grass; its flower falls, and its beauty perishes. In the same way, the rich person will fade away in the midst of his pursuits. 12 Blessed is the one who endures trial, because when he has stood the test, he will receive the crown of life that the Lord has promised to those who love Him. 13 Let no one say when he is tempted, 'I am being tempted by God,' for God cannot be tempted by evil, nor does He tempt anyone. 14 But each person is tempted when they are drawn away and enticed by their own desire. 15 Then, after desire has conceived, it gives birth to sin; and when sin is fully grown, it gives birth to death. 16 Do not be deceived, my beloved brothers and sisters. 17 Every good and perfect gift is from above, coming down from the Father of lights, with whom there is no variation or shifting shadow. 18 By His own will He brought us forth by the word of truth, so that we might be a kind of firstfruits of His creation. 19 My beloved brothers and sisters, let every person be quick to listen, slow to speak, and slow to anger. 20 For human anger does not produce the righteousness that God desires. 21 Therefore, rid yourselves of all moral filth and the excess of evil, and humbly accept the implanted word, which is able to save your souls. 22 But be doers of the word, and not hearers only, deceiving yourselves. 23 For if anyone is a hearer of the word and not a doer, he is like a man who looks at his face in a mirror. 24 For he looks at himself, goes away, and immediately forgets what he looks like. 25 But the one who looks intently into the perfect law of freedom and perseveres—not forgetting what he has heard, but doing it—this person will be blessed in what he does. 26 If anyone thinks he is religious but does not bridle his tongue, and deceives his heart, his religion is worthless. 27 Religion that is pure and undefiled before God the Father is this: to care for orphans and widows in their distress, and to keep oneself unstained by the world.

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  • Jas 2:1-3
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    1My brothers, do not hold the faith of our glorious Lord Jesus Christ with an attitude of favoritism.

    2Suppose a man with gold rings and dressed in fine clothes enters your assembly, and a poor man in filthy clothes also comes in.

    3If you show special attention to the one wearing fine clothing and say, 'Here is a good seat for you,' but tell the poor man, 'You stand there,' or 'Sit here by my footstool,'

  • Jas 2:5-9
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    5Listen, my beloved brothers: Has not God chosen the poor of this world to be rich in faith and heirs of the kingdom which He promised to those who love Him?

    6But you have dishonored the poor man. Are not the rich the ones who oppress you and drag you into court?

    7Are they not the ones who blaspheme the noble name that was invoked over you?

    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.

  • Jas 4:11
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    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.

  • Rom 2:1-3
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    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?

  • Luke 12:57
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    57And why do you not judge for yourselves what is right?

  • Job 13:10
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    10He will surely rebuke you if you secretly show partiality.

  • 1 Cor 6:4-5
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    4So if you have cases dealing with everyday affairs, why do you appoint those who are of no account in the church to judge?

    5I say this to your shame. Is there not one wise person among you who is able to judge between fellow believers?

  • John 7:24
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    24Do not judge by appearance, but judge with righteous judgment.

  • 1 Cor 6:7-8
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    7The very fact that you have lawsuits among you means you have been completely defeated already. Why not rather be wronged? Why not rather be cheated?

    8Instead, you yourselves wrong and cheat—and you do this to your brothers and sisters.

  • Matt 7:1-3
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    1Do not judge, so that you will not be judged.

    2For with the standard you use to judge, you will be judged; and with the measure you use, it will be measured to you.

    3Why do you look at the speck in your brother's eye, but do not notice the beam in your own eye?

  • Jas 5:9
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    9Do not grumble against one another, brothers and sisters, so that you may not be judged. Look, the Judge is standing at the door.

  • Matt 9:4
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    4But Jesus, knowing their thoughts, said, 'Why do you think evil in your hearts?'

  • 1 Cor 6:1-2
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    1Does any one of you, when you have a dispute with another, dare to take it before the unrighteous for judgment, rather than before the saints?

    2Don't you know that the saints will judge the world? And if the world is to be judged by you, are you not competent to decide trivial matters?

  • 1 Pet 4:4
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    4They are surprised that you do not join them in their reckless, wild living, and they heap abuse on you.

  • Mal 2:9
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    9So I have also made you despised and humiliated before all the people, because you have not kept My ways but have shown partiality in matters of the law.

  • Lev 19:15
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    15Do not pervert justice; do not show partiality to the poor or favoritism to the great, but judge your neighbor fairly.

  • Prov 24:23
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    23These also belong to the wise: showing partiality in judgment is not good.

  • 1 Cor 5:12-13
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    12What business is it of mine to judge outsiders? Are you not to judge those inside the church?

    13God will judge those outside. 'Expel the wicked person from among you.'

  • Ps 82:2
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    2How long will you judge unjustly and show partiality to the wicked? Selah.

  • Rom 14:10
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    10But you, why do you judge your brother or sister? Or why do you treat them with contempt? For we will all stand before the judgment seat of Christ.

  • 1 Cor 4:6-7
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    6Brothers and sisters, I have applied these things to myself and Apollos for your sake, so that you may learn from us not to go beyond what is written. Then you will not be puffed up in being a follower of one of us over and against another.

    7For who makes you different from anyone else? What do you have that you did not receive? And if you did receive it, why do you boast as though you did not?

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    22But be doers of the word, and not hearers only, deceiving yourselves.

  • Luke 16:15
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    15Jesus said to them, "You are the ones who justify yourselves in the eyes of others, but God knows your hearts. What people value highly is detestable in God’s sight."

  • 2 Chr 19:6
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    6He said to the judges, 'Consider carefully what you do, because you are not judging for mere mortals, but for the LORD, who is with you whenever you give a judgment.'

  • Exod 23:6
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    6Do not deny justice to your poor among you in their lawsuit.

  • 1 Pet 1:17
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    17If you call upon the Father, who judges impartially according to each one’s deeds, live your lives in reverent fear during the time of your temporary residence here.

  • Zech 7:10
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    10Do not oppress the widow or the orphan, the foreigner or the poor. Do not plot evil in your hearts against one another.'

  • Rom 2:11
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    11For God shows no partiality.

  • Rom 14:4
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    4Who are you to judge someone else's servant? To their own Master they stand or fall. And they will stand, for the Lord is able to make them stand.

  • Prov 28:21
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    21To show partiality is not good, yet for a piece of bread, a man will transgress.

  • Acts 7:27
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    27But the man who was wronging his neighbor pushed Moses away and said, 'Who made you ruler and judge over us?'

  • 1 Cor 5:2
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    2And you are proud! Shouldn't you rather have mourned so that the one who has done this would be removed from among you?

  • Prov 18:5
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    5It is not good to show partiality to the wicked or to subvert the justice of the righteous.

  • Mal 2:17
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    17You have wearied the Lord with your words. Yet you ask, 'How have we wearied Him?' By saying, 'Everyone who does evil is good in the eyes of the Lord, and He delights in them,' or 'Where is the God of justice?'

  • Jas 5:6
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    6You have condemned and murdered the righteous person, who does not resist you.