James 2:11

Young's Literal Translation (1862/1898)

for He who is saying, `Thou mayest not commit adultery,' said also, `Thou mayest do no murder;' and if thou shalt not commit adultery, and shalt commit murder, thou hast become a transgressor of law;

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Referenced Verses

  • Exod 20:13-14 : 13 `Thou dost not murder. 14 `Thou dost not commit adultery.
  • Deut 5:17-18 : 17 `Thou dost not murder. 18 `Thou dost not commit adultery.
  • Rom 13:9 : 9 for, `Thou shalt not commit adultery, Thou shalt do no murder, Thou shalt not steal, Thou shalt not bear false testimony, Thou shalt not covet;' and if there is any other command, in this word it is summed up, in this: `Thou shalt love thy neighbor as thyself;'
  • Matt 5:21-28 : 21 `Ye heard that it was said to the ancients: Thou shalt not kill, and whoever may kill shall be in danger of the judgment; 22 but I -- I say to you, that every one who is angry at his brother without cause, shall be in danger of the judgment, and whoever may say to his brother, Empty fellow! shall be in danger of the sanhedrim, and whoever may say, Rebel! shall be in danger of the gehenna of the fire. 23 `If, therefore, thou mayest bring thy gift to the altar, and there mayest remember that thy brother hath anything against thee, 24 leave there thy gift before the altar, and go -- first be reconciled to thy brother, and then having come bring thy gift. 25 `Be agreeing with thy opponent quickly, while thou art in the way with him, that the opponent may not deliver thee to the judge, and the judge may deliver thee to the officer, and to prison thou mayest be cast, 26 verily I say to thee, thou mayest not come forth thence till that thou mayest pay the last farthing. 27 `Ye heard that it was said to the ancients: Thou shalt not commit adultery; 28 but I -- I say to you, that every one who is looking on a woman to desire her, did already commit adultery with her in his heart.
  • Matt 19:18 : 18 He saith to him, `What kind?' And Jesus said, `Thou shalt not kill, thou shalt not commit adultery, thou shalt not steal, thou shalt not bear false witness,
  • Mark 10:19 : 19 the commands thou hast known: Thou mayest not commit adultery, Thou mayest do no murder, Thou mayest not steal, Thou mayest not bear false witness, Thou mayest not defraud, Honour thy father and mother.'
  • Luke 18:20 : 20 the commands thou hast known: Thou mayest not commit adultery, Thou mayest do no murder, Thou mayest not steal, Thou mayest not bear false witness, Honour thy father and thy mother.'
  • Lev 4:2 : 2 `Speak unto the sons of Israel, saying, When a person doth sin through ignorance against any of the commands of Jehovah `regarding things' which are not to be done, and hath done `something' against one of these --
  • Lev 4:13 : 13 `And if the whole company of Israel err ignorantly, and the thing hath been hidden from the eyes of the assembly, and they have done `something against' one of all the commands of Jehovah `concerning things' which are not to be done, and have been guilty;
  • Lev 4:22 : 22 `When a prince doth sin, and hath done `something against' one of all the commands of Jehovah his God `regarding things' which are not to be done, through ignorance, and hath been guilty --
  • Ps 130:3-4 : 3 If iniquities Thou dost observe, O Lord, who doth stand? 4 But with Thee `is' forgiveness, that Thou mayest be feared.

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    8If, indeed, royal law ye complete, according to the Writing, `Thou shalt love thy neighbour as thyself,' -- ye do well;

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  • Rom 2:21-23
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    21Thou, then, who art teaching another, thyself dost thou not teach?

    22thou who art preaching not to steal, dost thou steal? thou who art saying not to commit adultery, dost thou commit adultery? thou who art abhorring the idols, dost thou rob temples?

    23thou who in the law dost boast, through the transgression of the law God dost thou dishonour?

  • Matt 5:21
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    21`Ye heard that it was said to the ancients: Thou shalt not kill, and whoever may kill shall be in danger of the judgment;

  • Deut 5:17-18
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    18`Thou dost not commit adultery.

  • Exod 20:13-15
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    78%

    13`Thou dost not murder.

    14`Thou dost not commit adultery.

    15`Thou dost not steal.

  • Rom 13:9
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    9for, `Thou shalt not commit adultery, Thou shalt do no murder, Thou shalt not steal, Thou shalt not bear false testimony, Thou shalt not covet;' and if there is any other command, in this word it is summed up, in this: `Thou shalt love thy neighbor as thyself;'

  • Matt 5:27-28
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    27`Ye heard that it was said to the ancients: Thou shalt not commit adultery;

    28but I -- I say to you, that every one who is looking on a woman to desire her, did already commit adultery with her in his heart.

  • Matt 19:18
    77%

    18He saith to him, `What kind?' And Jesus said, `Thou shalt not kill, thou shalt not commit adultery, thou shalt not steal, thou shalt not bear false witness,

  • Jas 2:12
    77%

    12so speak ye and so do, as about by a law of liberty to be judged,

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    4Every one who is doing the sin, the lawlessness also he doth do, and the sin is the lawlessness,

  • Luke 18:20
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  • Mark 10:19
    73%

    19the commands thou hast known: Thou mayest not commit adultery, Thou mayest do no murder, Thou mayest not steal, Thou mayest not bear false witness, Thou mayest not defraud, Honour thy father and mother.'

  • Rom 2:12-13
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    73%

    12for as many as without law did sin, without law also shall perish, and as many as did sin in law, through law shall be judged,

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    2 verses
    72%

    11and he saith to them, `Whoever may put away his wife, and may marry another, doth commit adultery against her;

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    71%

    12`He who smiteth a man so that he hath died, is certainly put to death;

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    71%

    15for the law doth work wrath; for where law is not, neither `is' transgression.

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    27and the uncircumcision, by nature, fulfilling the law, shall judge thee who, through letter and circumcision, `art' a transgressor of law.

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    71%

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    71%

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  • 1 Tim 1:9
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    2 verses
    71%

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  • Gal 5:14
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  • Exod 21:15
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    18`Every one who is sending away his wife, and marrying another, doth commit adultery; and every one who is marrying her sent away from a husband doth commit adultery.

  • Rom 10:5
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