James 4:11

Geneva Bible (1560)

Speake not euill one of another, brethren. He that speaketh euill of his brother, or he that condemneth his brother, speaketh euill of ye Law, and condemneth the Lawe: and if thou condemnest the Lawe, thou art not an obseruer of the Lawe, but a iudge.

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  • 1 Pet 2:1 : 1 Wherefore, laying aside all maliciousnes, and all guile, and dissimulation, and enuie, and all euill speaking,
  • Ps 140:11 : 11 For the backbiter shall not be established vpon the earth: euill shall hunt the cruell man to destruction.
  • Matt 7:1-2 : 1 Ivdge not, that ye be not iudged. 2 Eor with what iudgement ye iudge, ye shall be iudged, and with what measure ye mete, it shall be measured to you againe.
  • Jas 5:9 : 9 Grudge not one against another, brethren, least ye be condemned: behold, the iudge standeth before the doore.
  • Rom 2:1 : 1 Therefore thou art inexcusable, O man, whosoeuer thou art that condemnest: for in that that thou condemnest another, thou condemnest thy selfe: for thou that condemnest, doest the same things.
  • Rom 2:13 : 13 (For the hearers of the Lawe are not righteous before God: but the doers of the Lawe shalbe iustified.
  • Rom 7:7 : 7 What shall we say then? Is the Lawe sinne? God forbid. Nay, I knewe not sinne, but by the Lawe: for I had not knowen lust, except the Lawe had sayd, Thou shalt not lust.
  • Rom 7:12-13 : 12 Wherefore the Lawe is holy, and that commandement is holy, and iust, and good. 13 Was that then which is good, made death vnto me? God forbid: but sinne, that it might appeare sinne, wrought death in me by that which is good, that sinne might be out of measure sinfull by the commandement.
  • Rom 14:3-4 : 3 Let not him that eateth, despise him that eateth not: and let not him which eateth not, condemne him that eateth: for God hath receiued him. 4 Who art thou that condemnest another mans seruant? Hee standeth or falleth to his owne master: yea, he shalbe established: for God is able to make him stand.
  • Rom 14:10-12 : 10 But why doest thou condemne thy brother? Or why doest thou despise thy brother? for we shal all appeare before the iudgement seate of Christ. 11 For it is written, I liue, sayth the Lord, and euery knee shall bowe to me, and all tongues shall confesse vnto God. 12 So then euery one of vs shall giue accounts of himselfe to God.
  • 1 Cor 4:5 : 5 Therefore iudge nothing before the time, vntill the Lorde come, who will lighten things that are hid in darkenesse, and make the counsels of the hearts manifest: and then shall euery man haue praise of God.
  • 2 Cor 12:20 : 20 For I feare least when I come, I shall not finde you such as I would: and that I shalbe found vnto you such as ye woulde not, and least there be strife, enuying, wrath, contentions, backebitings, whisperings, swellings and discord.
  • Eph 4:31 : 31 Let all bitternesse, and anger, and wrath, crying, and euill speaking be put away from you, with all maliciousnesse.
  • 1 Tim 3:11 : 11 Likewise their wiues must be honest, not euill speakers, but sober, and faithfull in all things.
  • 2 Tim 3:3 : 3 Without naturall affection, truce breakers, false accusers, intemperate, fierce, no louers at all of them which are good,
  • Luke 6:37 : 37 Iudge not, and ye shal not be iudged: condemne not, and ye shall not bee condemned: forgiue, and ye shalbe forgiuen.
  • Titus 2:3 : 3 The elder women likewise, that they be in such behauiour as becommeth holinesse, not false accusers, not subiect to much wine, but teachers of honest things,
  • Jas 1:22-23 : 22 And be ye doers of the word, and not hearers onely, deceiuing your owne selues. 23 For if any heare the woorde, and doe it not, he is like vnto a man, that beholdeth his naturall face in a glasse.
  • Jas 1:25 : 25 But who so looketh in the perfect Lawe of libertie, and continueth therein, hee not being a forgetful hearer, but a doer of the woorke, shalbe blessed in his deede.

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  • 12There is one Lawgiuer, which is able to saue, and to destroy. Who art thou that iudgest another man?

  • 9Grudge not one against another, brethren, least ye be condemned: behold, the iudge standeth before the doore.

  • 4Are yee not partiall in your selues, and are become iudges of euill thoughts?

  • Jas 2:11-13
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    11For he that saide, Thou shalt not commit adulterie, saide also, Thou shalt not kill. Nowe though thou doest none adulterie, yet if thou killest, thou art a transgressour of the Lawe.

    12So speake ye, and so doe, as they that shal be iudged by the Lawe of libertie.

    13For there shalbe condemnation merciles to him that sheweth not mercie, and mercie reioyceth against condemnation.

  • 1Ivdge not, that ye be not iudged.

  • 13Let vs not therefore iudge one another any more: but vse your iudgement rather in this, that no man put an occasion to fall, or a stumbling blocke before his brother.

  • 1 Cor 6:4-8
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    4If then ye haue iudgements of things perteining to this life, set vp them which are least esteemed in the Church.

    5I speake it to your shame. Is it so that there is not a wise man among you? no not one, that can iudge betweene his brethren?

    6But a brother goeth to law with a brother, and that vnder the infidels.

    7Nowe therefore there is altogether infirmitie in you, in that yee goe to lawe one with another: why rather suffer ye not wrong? why rather susteine yee not harme?

    8Nay, yee your selues doe wrong, and doe harme, and that to your brethren.

  • 10But why doest thou condemne thy brother? Or why doest thou despise thy brother? for we shal all appeare before the iudgement seate of Christ.

  • 16Cause not your commoditie to be euill spoken of.

  • 1Therefore thou art inexcusable, O man, whosoeuer thou art that condemnest: for in that that thou condemnest another, thou condemnest thy selfe: for thou that condemnest, doest the same things.

  • 1Dare any of you, hauing businesse against an other, be iudged vnder the vniust, and not vnder the Saintes?

  • Lev 19:15-17
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    15Ye shall not doe vniustly in iudgement. Thou shalt not fauour the person of the poore, nor honour the person of the mightie, but thou shalt iudge thy neighbour iustly.

    16Thou shalt not walke about with tales among thy people. Thou shalt not stand against the blood of thy neighbour: I am the Lord.

    17Thou shalt not hate thy brother in thine heart, but thou shalt plainely rebuke thy neighbour, and suffer him not to sinne.

  • 19Then shall yee doe vnto him as hee had thought to doe vnto his brother: so thou shalt take euil away forth of the middes of thee.

  • 24Iudge not according to the appearance, but iudge righteous iudgement.

  • 3He that slandereth not with his tongue, nor doeth euill to his neighbour, nor receiueth a false report against his neighbour.

  • 12Not as Cain which was of that wicked one, and slewe his brother: and wherefore slewe he him? because his owne workes were euill, and his brothers good.

  • 20Thou sittest, and speakest against thy brother, and slanderest thy mothers sonne.

  • Jas 2:7-9
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    7Doe nor they blaspheme the worthie Name after which yee be named?

    8But if yee fulfill the royall Lawe according to the Scripture, which saith, Thou shalt loue thy neighbour as thy selfe, yee doe well.

    9But if yee regarde the persons, yee commit sinne, and are rebuked of the Lawe, as transgressours.

  • 4Who art thou that condemnest another mans seruant? Hee standeth or falleth to his owne master: yea, he shalbe established: for God is able to make him stand.

  • 10And oppresse not the widowe, nor the fatherles, the stranger nor the poore, & let none of you imagine euil against his brother in your heart.

  • 31For if we would iudge our selues, we should not be iudged.

  • Matt 7:3-4
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    3And why seest thou the mote, that is in thy brothers eye, and perceiuest not the beame that is in thine owne eye?

    4Or howe sayest thou to thy brother, Suffer me to cast out the mote out of thine eye, and beholde, a beame is in thine owne eye?

  • 12But before all thinges, my brethren, sweare not, neither by heauen, nor by earth, nor by any other othe: but let your yea, be yea, and your nay, nay, lest ye fall into condemnation.

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    12For what haue I to doe, to iudge them also which are without? doe ye not iudge them that are within?

    13But God iudgeth them that are without. Put away therefore from among your selues that wicked man.

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    20If any man say, I loue God, and hate his brother, he is a liar: for how can he that loueth not his brother whom he hath seene, loue God whom he hath not seene?

    21And this comandemet haue we of him, that he that loueth God, should loue his brother also.

  • 15If ye bite and deuoure one another, take heede least ye be consumed one of another.

  • 37Iudge not, and ye shal not be iudged: condemne not, and ye shall not bee condemned: forgiue, and ye shalbe forgiuen.

  • 15But let none of you suffer as a murtherer, or as a thiefe, or an euil doer, or as a busibodie in other mens matters.

  • 10Out of one mouth proceedeth blessing and cursing: my brethren, these things ought not so to be.

  • 57Yea, and why iudge ye not of your selues what is right?

  • 6That no man oppresse or defraude his brother in any matter: for the Lord is auenger of all such thinges, as we also haue tolde you before time, and testified.

  • 10Cast downe your selues before the Lord, and he will lift you vp.

  • 4Wherein it seemeth to them strange, that yee runne not with them vnto the same excesse of riot: therefore speake they euill of you,

  • 3And thinkest thou this, O thou man, that condemnest them which doe such thinges, and doest the same, that thou shalt escape the iudgement of God?

  • 1My brethren, be not many masters, knowing that we shall receiue the greater condemnation.

  • 41And why seest thou a mote in thy brothers eye, and considerest not the beame that is in thine owne eye?

  • 16But nowe ye reioyce in your boastings: all such reioycing is euill.