James 2:9

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

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  • Lev 19:15 : 15 Justice, Love, and Propriety“‘You must not deal unjustly in judgment: you must neither show partiality to the poor nor honor the rich. You must judge your fellow citizen fairly.
  • John 8:9 : 9 Now when they heard this, they began to drift away one at a time, starting with the older ones, until Jesus was left alone with the woman standing before him.
  • John 8:46 : 46 Who among you can prove me guilty of any sin? If I am telling you the truth, why don’t you believe me?
  • John 16:8 : 8 And when he comes, he will prove the world wrong concerning sin and righteousness and judgment–
  • Rom 3:20 : 20 For no one is declared righteous before him by the 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 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.” 8 But sin, seizing the opportunity through the commandment, produced in me all kinds of wrong desires. For apart from the law, sin is dead. 9 And I was once alive apart from the law, but with the coming of the commandment sin became alive 10 and I died. So I found that the very commandment that was intended to bring life brought death! 11 For sin, seizing the opportunity through the commandment, deceived me and through it I died. 12 So then, the law is holy, and the commandment is holy, righteous, and good. 13 Did that which is good, then, become death to me? Absolutely not! But sin, so that it would be shown to be sin, produced death in me through what is good, so that through the commandment sin would become utterly sinful.
  • 1 Cor 14:24 : 24 But if all prophesy, and an unbeliever or uninformed person enters, he will be convicted by all, he will be called to account by all.
  • Gal 2:19 : 19 For through the law I died to the law so that I may live to God.
  • Jas 2:1-4 : 1 Prejudice and the Law of Love My brothers and sisters, do not show prejudice if you possess faith in our glorious Lord Jesus Christ. 2 For if someone comes into your assembly wearing a gold ring and fine clothing, and a poor person enters in filthy clothes, 3 do you pay attention to the one who is finely dressed and say,“You sit here in a good place,” and to the poor person,“You stand over there,” or“Sit on the floor”? 4 If so, have you not made distinctions among yourselves and become judges with evil motives?
  • 1 John 3:4 : 4 Everyone who practices sin also practices lawlessness; indeed, sin is lawlessness.
  • Jude 1:15 : 15 to execute judgment on all, and to convict every person of all their thoroughly ungodly deeds that 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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    6But you have dishonored the poor! Are not the rich oppressing you and dragging you into the courts?

    7Do they not blaspheme the good name of the one you belong to?

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

  • Jas 2:10-13
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    10For the one who obeys the whole law but fails in one point has become guilty of all of it.

    11For 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.

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

    13For judgment is merciless for the one who has shown no mercy. But mercy triumphs over judgment.

  • Prov 28:21
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    21To show partiality is terrible, for a person will transgress over the smallest piece of bread.

  • Rom 2:11-13
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    11For there is no partiality with God.

    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.

  • Jas 2:1-4
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    1Prejudice and the Law of Love My brothers and sisters, do not show prejudice if you possess faith in our glorious Lord Jesus Christ.

    2For if someone comes into your assembly wearing a gold ring and fine clothing, and a poor person enters in filthy clothes,

    3do you pay attention to the one who is finely dressed and say,“You sit here in a good place,” and to the poor person,“You stand over there,” or“Sit on the floor”?

    4If so, have you not made distinctions among yourselves and become judges with evil motives?

  • Job 13:10
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    10He would certainly rebuke you if you secretly showed partiality!

  • Mal 2:9
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    9“Therefore, I have caused you to be ignored and belittled before all people to the extent to which you are not following after me and are showing partiality in your instruction.”

  • Col 3:25
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    25For the one who does wrong will be repaid for his wrong, and there are no exceptions.

  • 1 Pet 1:17
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    17And if you address as Father the one who impartially judges according to each one’s work, live out the time of your temporary residence here in reverence.

  • 1 John 3:4
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    4Everyone who practices sin also practices lawlessness; indeed, sin is lawlessness.

  • Prov 24:23
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    23Further Sayings of the Wise These sayings also are from the wise: To show partiality in judgment is terrible:

  • Rom 2:22-23
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    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!

  • Lev 19:15
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    15Justice, Love, and Propriety“‘You must not deal unjustly in judgment: you must neither show partiality to the poor nor honor the rich. You must judge your fellow citizen fairly.

  • 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?

  • Rom 3:9
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    9The Condemnation of the World What then? Are we better off? Certainly not, for we have already charged that Jews and Greeks alike are all under sin,

  • 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.

  • Rom 2:27
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    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 2:17
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    17But if while seeking to be justified in Christ we ourselves have also been found to be sinners, is Christ then one who encourages sin? Absolutely not!

  • Deut 16:19
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    19You must not pervert justice or show favor. Do not take a bribe, for bribes blind the eyes of the wise and distort the words of the righteous.

  • Gal 5:14
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    14For the whole law can be summed up in a single commandment, namely,“You must love your neighbor as yourself.”

  • Deut 1:17
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    17They must not discriminate in judgment, but hear the lowly and the great alike. Nor should they be intimidated by human beings, for judgment belongs to God. If the matter being adjudicated is too difficult for them, they should bring it before me for a hearing.

  • Prov 18:5
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    5It is terrible to show partiality to the wicked, by depriving a righteous man of justice.

  • 1 Cor 8:12
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    12If you sin against your brothers or sisters in this way and wound their weak conscience, you sin against Christ.

  • 1 Cor 6:8
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    8But you yourselves wrong and cheat, and you do this to your brothers and sisters!

  • Eph 6:9
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    9Masters, treat your slaves the same way, giving up the use of threats, because you know that both you and they have the same master in heaven, and there is no favoritism with him.

  • Lev 6:2
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    2“When a person sins and commits a trespass against the LORD by deceiving his fellow citizen in regard to something held in trust, or a pledge, or something stolen, or by extorting something from his fellow citizen,

  • Num 5:6
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    6“Tell the Israelites,‘When a man or a woman commits any sin that people commit, thereby breaking faith with the LORD, and that person is found guilty,

  • Jer 7:5
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    5You must change the way you have been living and do what is right. You must treat one another fairly.

  • Rom 13:9
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    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.”

  • Rom 7:7
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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.”

  • Gal 6:2
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    2Carry one another’s burdens, and in this way you will fulfill the law of Christ.

  • 2 Chr 19:7
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    7Respect the LORD and make careful decisions, for the LORD our God disapproves of injustice, partiality, and bribery.”

  • 1 Tim 1:9
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    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 2:17
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    17The Condemnation of the Jew But if you call yourself a Jew and rely on the law and boast of your relationship to God

  • Rom 2:15
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    15They show that the work of the law is written in their hearts, as their conscience bears witness and their conflicting thoughts accuse or else defend them,

  • Jas 1:22
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    22But be sure you live out the message and do not merely listen to it and so deceive yourselves.

  • Rom 3:20
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    20For no one is declared righteous before him by the works of the law, for through the law comes the knowledge of sin.