James 4:12

Authorized King James Version (1611)

There is one lawgiver, who is able to save and to destroy: who art thou that judgest another?

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  • Rom 14:4 : 4 Who art thou that judgest another man's servant? to his own master he standeth or falleth. Yea, he shall be holden up: for God is able to make him stand.
  • Isa 33:22 : 22 For the LORD [is] our judge, the LORD [is] our lawgiver, the LORD [is] our king; he will save us.
  • Matt 10:28 : 28 ‹And fear not them which kill the body, but are not able to kill the soul: but rather fear him which is able to destroy both soul and body in hell.›
  • Rom 2:1 : 1 ¶ Therefore thou art inexcusable, O man, whosoever thou art that judgest: for wherein thou judgest another, thou condemnest thyself; for thou that judgest doest the same things.
  • Rom 9:20 : 20 Nay but, O man, who art thou that repliest against God? Shall the thing formed say to him that formed [it], Why hast thou made me thus?
  • Rom 14:13 : 13 Let us not therefore judge one another any more: but judge this rather, that no man put a stumblingblock or an occasion to fall in [his] brother's way.
  • Jas 5:9 : 9 Grudge not one against another, brethren, lest ye be condemned: behold, the judge standeth before the door.
  • Luke 12:5 : 5 ‹But I will forewarn you whom ye shall fear: Fear him, which after he hath killed hath power to cast into hell; yea, I say unto you, Fear him.›
  • 1 Sam 25:10 : 10 And Nabal answered David's servants, and said, Who [is] David? and who [is] the son of Jesse? there be many servants now a days that break away every man from his master.
  • Job 38:2 : 2 Who [is] this that darkeneth counsel by words without knowledge?
  • Heb 7:25 : 25 Wherefore he is able also to save them to the uttermost that come unto God by him, seeing he ever liveth to make intercession for them.

Similar Verses (AI)

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  • 11 ¶ Speak not evil one of another, brethren. He that speaketh evil of [his] brother, and judgeth his brother, speaketh evil of the law, and judgeth the law: but if thou judge the law, thou art not a doer of the law, but a judge.

  • 4 Who art thou that judgest another man's servant? to his own master he standeth or falleth. Yea, he shall be holden up: for God is able to make him stand.

  • Jas 2:9-13
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    74%

    9 But if ye have respect to persons, ye commit sin, and are convinced of the law as transgressors.

    10 For whosoever shall keep the whole law, and yet offend in one [point], he is guilty of all.

    11 For he that said, Do not commit adultery, said also, Do not kill. Now if thou commit no adultery, yet if thou kill, thou art become a transgressor of the law.

    12 So speak ye, and so do, as they that shall be judged by the law of liberty.

    13 For he shall have judgment without mercy, that hath shewed no mercy; and mercy rejoiceth against judgment.

  • Rom 2:1-3
    3 verses
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    1 ¶ Therefore thou art inexcusable, O man, whosoever thou art that judgest: for wherein thou judgest another, thou condemnest thyself; for thou that judgest doest the same things.

    2 But we are sure that the judgment of God is according to truth against them which commit such things.

    3 And thinkest thou this, O man, that judgest them which do such things, and doest the same, that thou shalt escape the judgment of God?

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    57 ‹Yea, and why even of yourselves judge ye not what is right?›

    58 ‹When thou goest with thine adversary to the magistrate,› [as thou art] ‹in the way, give diligence that thou mayest be delivered from him; lest he hale thee to the judge, and the judge deliver thee to the officer, and the officer cast thee into prison.›

  • 13 Go to now, ye that say, To day or to morrow we will go into such a city, and continue there a year, and buy and sell, and get gain:

  • 1 ¶ ‹Judge not, that ye be not judged.›

  • 6 And said to the judges, Take heed what ye do: for ye judge not for man, but for the LORD, who [is] with you in the judgment.

  • 1 Cor 6:4-7
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    4 If then ye have judgments of things pertaining to this life, set them to judge who are least esteemed in the church.

    5 I speak to your shame. Is it so, that there is not a wise man among you? no, not one that shall be able to judge between his brethren?

    6 But brother goeth to law with brother, and that before the unbelievers.

    7 Now therefore there is utterly a fault among you, because ye go to law one with another. Why do ye not rather take wrong? why do ye not rather [suffer yourselves to] be defrauded?

  • 27 But he that did his neighbour wrong thrust him away, saying, Who made thee a ruler and a judge over us?

  • 1 Cor 4:3-4
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    3 But with me it is a very small thing that I should be judged of you, or of man's judgment: yea, I judge not mine own self.

    4 For I know nothing by myself; yet am I not hereby justified: but he that judgeth me is the Lord.

  • 1 ¶ Dare any of you, having a matter against another, go to law before the unjust, and not before the saints?

  • 4 Are ye not then partial in yourselves, and are become judges of evil thoughts?

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    12 For what have I to do to judge them also that are without? do not ye judge them that are within?

    13 But them that are without God judgeth. Therefore put away from among yourselves that wicked person.

  • 14 And he said unto him, ‹Man, who made me a judge or a divider over you?›

  • 9 Grudge not one against another, brethren, lest ye be condemned: behold, the judge standeth before the door.

  • 22 For the LORD [is] our judge, the LORD [is] our lawgiver, the LORD [is] our king; he will save us.

  • 12 For as many as have sinned without law shall also perish without law: and as many as have sinned in the law shall be judged by the law;

  • 7 But God [is] the judge: he putteth down one, and setteth up another.

  • 24 ‹Judge not according to the appearance, but judge righteous judgment.›

  • 27 And shall not uncircumcision which is by nature, if it fulfil the law, judge thee, who by the letter and circumcision dost transgress the law?

  • Rom 14:12-13
    2 verses
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    12 So then every one of us shall give account of himself to God.

    13 Let us not therefore judge one another any more: but judge this rather, that no man put a stumblingblock or an occasion to fall in [his] brother's way.

  • 10 But why dost thou judge thy brother? or why dost thou set at nought thy brother? for we shall all stand before the judgment seat of Christ.

  • 15 Ye shall do no unrighteousness in judgment: thou shalt not respect the person of the poor, nor honour the person of the mighty: [but] in righteousness shalt thou judge thy neighbour.

  • 1 ¶ If there be a controversy between men, and they come unto judgment, that [the judges] may judge them; then they shall justify the righteous, and condemn the wicked.

  • 3 And dost thou open thine eyes upon such an one, and bringest me into judgment with thee?

  • 8 Wilt thou also disannul my judgment? wilt thou condemn me, that thou mayest be righteous?

  • 17 Ye shall not respect persons in judgment; [but] ye shall hear the small as well as the great; ye shall not be afraid of the face of man; for the judgment [is] God's: and the cause that is too hard for you, bring [it] unto me, and I will hear it.

  • 17 Shall even he that hateth right govern? and wilt thou condemn him that is most just?

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

  • 17 But thou hast fulfilled the judgment of the wicked: judgment and justice take hold [on thee].

  • 15 ¶ He that justifieth the wicked, and he that condemneth the just, even they both [are] abomination to the LORD.

  • 37 ‹For by thy words thou shalt be justified, and by thy words thou shalt be condemned.›

  • 6 Ye have condemned [and] killed the just; [and] he doth not resist you.

  • 31 For if we would judge ourselves, we should not be judged.

  • 51 Doth our law judge [any] man, before it hear him, and know what he doeth?

  • 4 Where the word of a king [is, there is] power: and who may say unto him, What doest thou?