James 2:11

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For he who said,“Do not commit adultery,” also said,“Do not murder.” Now if you do not commit adultery but do commit murder, you have become a violator of the law.

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Referenced Verses

  • Exod 20:13-14 : 13 “You shall not murder. 14 “You shall not commit adultery.
  • Deut 5:17-18 : 17 You must not murder. 18 You must not commit adultery.
  • Rom 13:9 : 9 For the commandments,“Do not commit adultery, do not murder, do not steal, do not covet,”(and if there is any other commandment) are summed up in this,“Love your neighbor as yourself.”
  • Matt 5:21-28 : 21 Anger and Murder“You have heard that it was said to an older generation,‘Do not murder,’ and‘whoever murders will be subjected to judgment.’ 22 But I say to you that anyone who is angry with a brother will be subjected to judgment. And whoever insults a brother will be brought before the council, and whoever says‘Fool’ will be sent to fiery hell. 23 So then, if you bring your gift to the altar and there you remember that your brother has something against you, 24 leave your gift there in front of the altar. First go and be reconciled to your brother and then come and present your gift. 25 Reach agreement quickly with your accuser while on the way to court, or he may hand you over to the judge, and the judge hand you over to the warden, and you will be thrown into prison. 26 I tell you the truth, you will never get out of there until you have paid the last penny! 27 Adultery“You have heard that it was said,‘Do not commit adultery.’ 28 But I say to you that whoever looks at a woman to desire her has already committed adultery with her in his heart.
  • Matt 19:18 : 18 “Which ones?” he asked. Jesus replied,“Do not murder, do not commit adultery, do not steal, do not give false testimony,
  • Mark 10:19 : 19 You know the commandments:‘Do not murder, do not commit adultery, do not steal, do not give false testimony, do not defraud, honor your father and mother.’”
  • Luke 18:20 : 20 You know the commandments:‘Do not commit adultery, do not murder, do not steal, do not give false testimony, honor your father and mother.’”
  • Lev 4:2 : 2 “Tell the Israelites,‘When a person sins by straying unintentionally from any of the LORD’s commandments which must not be violated, and violates any one of them–
  • Lev 4:13 : 13 For the Whole Congregation“‘If the whole congregation of Israel strays unintentionally and the matter is not noticed by the assembly, and they violate one of the LORD’s commandments, which must not be violated, so they become guilty,
  • Lev 4:22 : 22 For the Leader“‘Whenever a leader, by straying unintentionally, sins and violates one of the commandments of the LORD his God which must not be violated, and he pleads guilty,
  • Ps 130:3-4 : 3 If you, O LORD, were to keep track of sins, O Lord, who could stand before you? 4 But you are willing to forgive, so that you might be honored.

Similar Verses (AI)

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  • Jas 2:8-10
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    84%

    8But if you fulfill the royal law as expressed in this scripture,“You shall love your neighbor as yourself,” you are doing well.

    9But if you show prejudice, you are committing sin and are convicted by the law as violators.

    10For the one who obeys the whole law but fails in one point has become guilty of all of it.

  • Rom 2:21-23
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    81%

    21therefore you who teach someone else, do you not teach yourself? You who preach against stealing, do you steal?

    22You who tell others not to commit adultery, do you commit adultery? You who abhor idols, do you rob temples?

    23You who boast in the law dishonor God by transgressing the law!

  • Matt 5:21
    80%

    21Anger and Murder“You have heard that it was said to an older generation,‘Do not murder,’ and‘whoever murders will be subjected to judgment.’

  • Deut 5:17-18
    2 verses
    78%

    17You must not murder.

    18You must not commit adultery.

  • Exod 20:13-15
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    13“You shall not murder.

    14“You shall not commit adultery.

    15“You shall not steal.

  • Rom 13:9
    78%

    9For the commandments,“Do not commit adultery, do not murder, do not steal, do not covet,”(and if there is any other commandment) are summed up in this,“Love your neighbor as yourself.”

  • Matt 5:27-28
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    27Adultery“You have heard that it was said,‘Do not commit adultery.’

    28But I say to you that whoever looks at a woman to desire her has already committed adultery with her in his heart.

  • Matt 19:18
    77%

    18“Which ones?” he asked. Jesus replied,“Do not murder, do not commit adultery, do not steal, do not give false testimony,

  • Jas 2:12
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    12Speak and act as those who will be judged by a law that gives freedom.

  • Lev 20:10
    75%

    10If a man commits adultery with his neighbor’s wife, both the adulterer and the adulteress must be put to death.

  • Rom 7:7-8
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    7What shall we say then? Is the law sin? Absolutely not! Certainly, I would not have known sin except through the law. For indeed I would not have known what it means to desire something belonging to someone else if the law had not said,“Do not covet.”

    8But sin, seizing the opportunity through the commandment, produced in me all kinds of wrong desires. For apart from the law, sin is dead.

  • 1 John 3:4
    75%

    4Everyone who practices sin also practices lawlessness; indeed, sin is lawlessness.

  • Luke 18:20
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    20You know the commandments:‘Do not commit adultery, do not murder, do not steal, do not give false testimony, honor your father and mother.’”

  • Mark 10:19
    73%

    19You know the commandments:‘Do not murder, do not commit adultery, do not steal, do not give false testimony, do not defraud, honor your father and mother.’”

  • Rom 2:12-13
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    12For all who have sinned apart from the law will also perish apart from the law, and all who have sinned under the law will be judged by the law.

    13For it is not those who hear the law who are righteous before God, but those who do the law will be declared righteous.

  • Rom 2:1-3
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    1The Condemnation of the Moralist Therefore you are without excuse, whoever you are, when you judge someone else. For on whatever grounds you judge another, you condemn yourself, because you who judge practice the same things.

    2Now we know that God’s judgment is in accordance with truth against those who practice such things.

    3And do you think, whoever you are, when you judge those who practice such things and yet do them yourself, that you will escape God’s judgment?

  • Lev 24:17
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    17“‘If a man beats any person to death, he must be put to death.

  • Jas 4:11
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    11Do not speak against one another, brothers and sisters. He who speaks against a fellow believer or judges a fellow believer speaks against the law and judges the law. But if you judge the law, you are not a doer of the law but its judge.

  • Mark 10:11-12
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    72%

    11So he told them,“Whoever divorces his wife and marries another commits adultery against her.

    12And if she divorces her husband and marries another, she commits adultery.”

  • Exod 21:12
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    12Personal Injuries“Whoever strikes someone so that he dies must surely be put to death.

  • Rom 4:15
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    15For the law brings wrath, because where there is no law there is no transgression either.

  • Rom 2:27
    71%

    27The physically uncircumcised man, by keeping the law, will judge you to be the transgressor of the law, even though you have the letter and circumcision!

  • Gal 2:18
    71%

    18But if I build up again those things I once destroyed, I demonstrate that I am one who breaks God’s law.

  • John 8:5
    71%

    5In the law Moses commanded us to stone to death such women. What then do you say?”

  • 1 Tim 1:9
    71%

    9realizing that law is not intended for a righteous person, but for lawless and rebellious people, for the ungodly and sinners, for the unholy and profane, for those who kill their fathers or mothers, for murderers,

  • Rom 7:10-11
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    71%

    10and I died. So I found that the very commandment that was intended to bring life brought death!

    11For sin, seizing the opportunity through the commandment, deceived me and through it I died.

  • Prov 6:32
    70%

    32A man who commits adultery with a woman lacks sense, whoever does it destroys his own life.

  • Gal 5:14
    70%

    14For the whole law can be summed up in a single commandment, namely,“You must love your neighbor as yourself.”

  • Num 35:17
    70%

    17If he strikes him by throwing a stone large enough that he could die, and he dies, he is a murderer. The murderer must surely be put to death.

  • Rom 7:3
    70%

    3So then, if she is joined to another man while her husband is alive, she will be called an adulteress. But if her husband dies, she is free from that law, and if she is joined to another man, she is not an adulteress.

  • Exod 21:15
    70%

    15“Whoever strikes his father or his mother must surely be put to death.

  • Lev 24:21
    70%

    21One who beats an animal to death must make restitution for it, but one who beats a person to death must be put to death.

  • Jas 5:6
    70%

    6You have condemned and murdered the righteous person, although he does not resist you.

  • John 7:19
    70%

    19Hasn’t Moses given you the law? Yet not one of you keeps the law! Why do you want to kill me?”

  • Luke 16:18
    69%

    18“Everyone who divorces his wife and marries someone else commits adultery, and the one who marries a woman divorced from her husband commits adultery.

  • Rom 10:5
    69%

    5For Moses writes about the righteousness that is by the law:“The one who does these things will live by them.”