James 4:12

KJV1611 – Modern English

There is one Lawgiver, who is able to save and to destroy. Who are you to judge another?

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  • Rom 14:4 : 4 Who are you to judge another's servant? To his own master he stands or falls. Yes, he will be upheld, 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 do not fear those who kill the body, but cannot kill the soul: but rather fear him who is able to destroy both soul and body in hell.
  • Rom 2:1 : 1 Therefore you are without excuse, O man, whoever you are that judges: for in what you judge another, you condemn yourself; for you who judge do the same things.
  • Rom 9:20 : 20 But indeed, O man, who are you to reply against God? Shall the thing formed say to Him who formed it, Why have you made me like this?
  • Rom 14:13 : 13 Let us not therefore judge one another anymore, but judge this instead: that no one puts a stumbling block or an occasion to fall in his brother's way.
  • Jas 5:9 : 9 Do not grumble against one another, brethren, lest you be condemned: behold, the judge stands before the door.
  • Luke 12:5 : 5 But I will warn you whom you shall fear: Fear him, who after he has killed has power to cast into hell; yes, I say to 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 are many servants these days who break away from their masters.
  • Job 38:2 : 2 Who is this that darkens counsel by words without knowledge?
  • Heb 7:25 : 25 Therefore he is able also to save completely those who come to God through him, since he always lives to make intercession for them.

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  • Jas 4:11
    80%

    11 Do not speak evil of one another, brethren. He who speaks evil of a brother and judges his brother, speaks evil of the law and judges the law. But if you judge the law, you are not a doer of the law but a judge.

  • Rom 14:4
    74%

    4 Who are you to judge another's servant? To his own master he stands or falls. Yes, he will be upheld, for God is able to make him stand.

  • Jas 2:9-13
    5 verses
    74%

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

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

    11 For He who said, Do not commit adultery, also said, Do not kill. Now if you do not commit adultery, yet if you kill, you have become a transgressor of the law.

    12 So speak and so do as those who will be judged by the law of liberty.

    13 For judgment is without mercy to the one who has shown no mercy; mercy triumphs over judgment.

  • Rom 2:1-3
    3 verses
    73%

    1 Therefore you are without excuse, O man, whoever you are that judges: for in what you judge another, you condemn yourself; for you who judge do the same things.

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

    3 And do you think this, O man, who judges those who do such things, and do the same, that you shall escape the judgment of God?

  • Luke 12:57-58
    2 verses
    72%

    57 Yes, and why even of yourselves do you not judge what is right?

    58 When you go with your adversary to the magistrate, as you are on the way, give diligence that you may be delivered from him; lest he drag you to the judge, and the judge deliver you to the officer, and the officer cast you into prison.

  • Jas 4:13
    72%

    13 Come now, you who say, Today or tomorrow we will go into such a city and spend a year there, buy and sell, and make a profit;

  • Matt 7:1
    72%

    1 Do not judge, so that you will not be judged.

  • 2 Chr 19:6
    71%

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

  • 1 Cor 6:4-7
    4 verses
    71%

    4 If then you 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 who shall be able to judge between his brethren?

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

    7 Now therefore there is utterly a fault among you, because you go to law one with another. Why do you not rather accept wrong? Why do you not rather allow yourselves to be defrauded?

  • Acts 7:27
    71%

    27 But he who did his neighbor wrong pushed him away, saying, Who made you a ruler and a judge over us?

  • 1 Cor 4:3-4
    2 verses
    70%

    3 But with me it is a very small thing that I should be judged by you, or by man's judgment; indeed, I do not even judge myself.

    4 For I know nothing against myself, yet I am not justified by this; but He who judges me is the Lord.

  • 1 Cor 6:1
    70%

    1 Do any of you, having a matter against someone else, go to law before the unjust, and not before the saints?

  • Jas 2:4
    70%

    4 are you not then partial among yourselves, and become judges with evil thoughts?

  • 1 Cor 5:12-13
    2 verses
    70%

    12 For what do I have to do with judging those who are outside? Do you not judge those who are inside?

    13 But those who are outside God judges. Therefore put away from among yourselves that wicked person.

  • Luke 12:14
    69%

    14 And he said to him, Man, who made me a judge or a divider over you?

  • Jas 5:9
    69%

    9 Do not grumble against one another, brethren, lest you be condemned: behold, the judge stands before the door.

  • Isa 33:22
    69%

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

  • Rom 2:12
    69%

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

  • Ps 75:7
    69%

    7 But God is the judge; he puts down one and exalts another.

  • John 7:24
    68%

    24 Judge not according to appearance, but judge with righteous judgment.

  • Rom 2:27
    68%

    27 And shall not the uncircumcised which is by nature, if it fulfills the law, judge you, who by the letter and circumcision transgress the law?

  • Rom 14:12-13
    2 verses
    68%

    12 So then each of us shall give account of himself to God.

    13 Let us not therefore judge one another anymore, but judge this instead: that no one puts a stumbling block or an occasion to fall in his brother's way.

  • Rom 14:10
    68%

    10 But why do you judge your brother? Or why do you show contempt for your brother? For we shall all stand before the judgment seat of Christ.

  • Lev 19:15
    68%

    15 You shall do no unrighteousness in judgment: you shall not respect the person of the poor, nor honor the person of the mighty: but in righteousness you shall judge your neighbor.

  • Deut 25:1
    67%

    1 If there is a dispute between men, and they come to judgment, that the judges may judge them; then they shall justify the righteous, and condemn the wicked.

  • Job 14:3
    67%

    3 And do You open Your eyes upon such a one and bring me into judgment with You?

  • Job 40:8
    67%

    8 Will you also annul my judgment? Will you condemn me, that you may be justified?

  • Deut 1:17
    67%

    17 You shall not show partiality in judgment; you shall hear the small as well as the great; you shall not be afraid of anyone, for the judgment is God's. The case that is too difficult for you, bring to me, and I will hear it.

  • Job 34:17
    67%

    17 Shall even he who hates justice govern? And will you condemn Him who is most just?

  • Jas 3:1
    67%

    1 My brothers, do not be many teachers, knowing that we shall receive the greater judgment.

  • Job 36:17
    67%

    17 But you have fulfilled the judgment of the wicked: judgment and justice take hold on you.

  • Prov 17:15
    67%

    15 He who justifies the wicked, and he who condemns the just, both of them are an abomination to the LORD.

  • Matt 12:37
    67%

    37 For by your words you shall be justified, and by your words you shall be condemned.

  • Jas 5:6
    67%

    6 You have condemned and killed the righteous; and he does not resist you.

  • 1 Cor 11:31
    66%

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

  • John 7:51
    66%

    51 Does our law judge a man before it hears him and knows what he is doing?

  • Eccl 8:4
    66%

    4 Where the word of a king is, there is power; and who can say to him, 'What are you doing?'