James 2:9

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

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  • Lev 19:15 : 15 Do not pervert justice; do not show partiality to the poor or favoritism to the great, but judge your neighbor fairly.
  • John 8:9 : 9 When they heard this, they began to leave one by one, starting with the older ones, until only Jesus was left with the woman standing there.
  • John 8:46 : 46 Who among you can convict me of sin? If I am telling the truth, why don’t you believe me?
  • John 16:8 : 8 When he comes, he will convict the world about sin, righteousness, and judgment:
  • Rom 3:20 : 20 Therefore no one will be justified in His sight by works of the law; for through the law comes the knowledge of sin.
  • Rom 7:7-9 : 7 What 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.' 8 But sin, seizing the opportunity provided by the commandment, produced in me every kind of coveting. For apart from the law, sin was dead. 9 At one time I was alive apart from the law; but when the commandment came, sin came to life and I died. 10 I found that the very commandment that was intended to bring life actually brought death. 11 For sin, seizing the opportunity provided by the commandment, deceived me and through the commandment put me to death. 12 So then, the law is holy, and the commandment is holy, righteous, and good. 13 Did what is good then become death to me? Certainly not! But sin, in order to be recognized as sin, used what is good to bring about my death, so that sin might become utterly sinful through the commandment.
  • 1 Cor 14:24 : 24 But if everyone is prophesying and an unbeliever or uninitiated person enters, they are convicted of sin by all and are examined by all.
  • Gal 2:19 : 19 For through the law I died to the law, so that I might live to God. I have been crucified with Christ.
  • Jas 2:1-4 : 1 My brothers, do not hold the faith of our glorious Lord Jesus Christ with an attitude of favoritism. 2 Suppose a man with gold rings and dressed in fine clothes enters your assembly, and a poor man in filthy clothes also comes in. 3 If 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,' 4 have you not discriminated among yourselves and become judges with evil thoughts?
  • 1 John 3:4 : 4 Everyone who commits sin also practices lawlessness, and sin is lawlessness.
  • Jude 1:15 : 15 to execute judgment on all and to convict all the ungodly of all their ungodly deeds they have committed, and of all the harsh words that ungodly sinners have spoken against Him.

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  • Jas 2:6-8
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    6 But you have dishonored the poor man. Are not the rich the ones who oppress you and drag you into court?

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

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

  • Jas 2:10-13
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    10 For whoever keeps the whole law but stumbles at just one point is guilty of breaking it all.

    11 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.

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

    13 For judgment without mercy will be shown to anyone who has not been merciful. Mercy triumphs over judgment.

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

  • Rom 2:11-13
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    11 For God shows no partiality.

    12 For 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.

    13 For 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.

  • Jas 2:1-4
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    1 My brothers, do not hold the faith of our glorious Lord Jesus Christ with an attitude of favoritism.

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

    3 If 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,'

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

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

  • Mal 2:9
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    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.

  • Col 3:25
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    25 But the one who does wrong will be repaid for what he has done, and there is no favoritism.

  • 1 Pet 1:17
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    17 If 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.

  • 1 John 3:4
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    4 Everyone who commits sin also practices lawlessness, and sin is lawlessness.

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

  • Rom 2:22-23
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    22 You who say that people should not commit adultery, do you commit adultery? You who abhor idols, do you rob temples?

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

  • Lev 19:15
    72%

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

  • Rom 2:1-3
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    72%

    1 Therefore, 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.

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

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

  • Rom 3:9
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    9 What then? Are we any better? Not at all. For we have already charged that Jews and Gentiles alike are all under the power of sin.

  • Jas 4:11
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    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.

  • Rom 2:27
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    27 The 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 2:17
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    17 But if, while seeking to be justified in Christ, we ourselves are found to be sinners, is Christ then a servant of sin? Certainly not!

  • Deut 16:19
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    19 Do not pervert justice or show partiality. Do not accept a bribe, for a bribe blinds the eyes of the wise and twists the words of the righteous.

  • Gal 5:14
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    14 For the entire law is fulfilled in one statement: 'You shall love your neighbor as yourself.'

  • Deut 1:17
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    17 Do not show partiality in judgment; hear both small and great alike. Do not be afraid of anyone, for judgment belongs to God. Bring any case that is too difficult for you to me, and I will hear it.

  • Prov 18:5
    70%

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

  • 1 Cor 8:12
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    12 When you sin in this way against your brothers and sisters and wound their weak consciences, you are sinning against Christ.

  • 1 Cor 6:8
    69%

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

  • Eph 6:9
    69%

    9 And masters, treat your slaves in the same way, without threatening them, knowing that you too have a Master in heaven, and there is no favoritism with Him.

  • Lev 6:2
    69%

    2 Command Aaron and his sons, saying: This is the law of the burnt offering. The burnt offering shall remain on the hearth of the altar all night until morning, and the fire on the altar must be kept burning.

  • Num 5:6
    69%

    6 Speak to the Israelites: If a man or woman commits any sin against another person and is unfaithful to the Lord, that person is guilty.

  • Jer 7:5
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    5 For if you truly amend your ways and your deeds, if you truly execute justice between a person and their neighbor,

  • Rom 13:9
    69%

    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.'

  • Rom 7:7
    69%

    7 What 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.'

  • Gal 6:2
    69%

    2 Carry one another's burdens, and in this way you will fulfill the law of Christ.

  • 2 Chr 19:7
    69%

    7 Now let the fear of the LORD be upon you. Be careful and act, for with the LORD our God there is no injustice, partiality, or taking of bribes.

  • 1 Tim 1:9
    69%

    9 We 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 2:17
    68%

    17 Now you, if you call yourself a Jew, and rely on the law and boast in God,

  • Rom 2:15
    68%

    15 They demonstrate the work of the law written in their hearts, their conscience also bearing witness, and their thoughts alternately accusing or even defending them.

  • Jas 1:22
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    22 But be doers of the word, and not hearers only, deceiving yourselves.

  • Rom 3:20
    68%

    20 Therefore no one will be justified in His sight by works of the law; for through the law comes the knowledge of sin.

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