James 2:9

Young's Literal Translation (1862/1898)

and if ye accept persons, sin ye do work, being convicted by the law as transgressors;

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  • Lev 19:15 : 15 `Ye do not do perversity in judgment; thou dost not lift up the face of the poor, nor honour the face of the great; in righteousness thou dost judge thy fellow.
  • John 8:9 : 9 and they having heard, and by the conscience being convicted, were going forth one by one, having begun from the elders -- unto the last; and Jesus was left alone, and the woman standing in the midst.
  • John 8:46 : 46 Who of you doth convict me of sin? and if I speak truth, wherefore do ye not believe me?
  • John 16:8 : 8 and having come, He will convict the world concerning sin, and concerning righteousness, and concerning judgment;
  • Rom 3:20 : 20 wherefore by works of law shall no flesh be declared righteous before Him, for through law is a knowledge of sin.
  • Rom 7:7-9 : 7 What, then, shall we say? the law `is' sin? let it not be! but the sin I did not know except through law, for also the covetousness I had not known if the law had not said: 8 `Thou shalt not covet;' and the sin having received an opportunity, through the command, did work in me all covetousness -- for apart from law sin is dead. 9 And I was alive apart from law once, and the command having come, the sin revived, and I died; 10 and the command that `is' for life, this was found by me for death; 11 for the sin, having received an opportunity, through the command, did deceive me, and through it did slay `me'; 12 so that the law, indeed, `is' holy, and the command holy, and righteous, and good. 13 That which is good then, to me hath it become death? let it not be! but the sin, that it might appear sin, through the good, working death to me, that the sin might become exceeding sinful through the command,
  • 1 Cor 14:24 : 24 and if all may prophecy, and any one may come in, an unbeliever or unlearned, he is convicted by all, he is discerned by all,
  • Gal 2:19 : 19 for I through law, did die, that to God I may live;
  • Jas 2:1-4 : 1 My brethren, hold not, in respect of persons, the faith of the glory of our Lord Jesus Christ, 2 for if there may come into your synagogue a man with gold ring, in gay raiment, and there may come in also a poor man in vile raiment, 3 and ye may look upon him bearing the gay raiment, and may say to him, `Thou -- sit thou here well,' and to the poor man may say, `Thou -- stand thou there, or, Sit thou here under my footstool,' -- 4 ye did not judge fully in yourselves, and did become ill-reasoning judges.
  • 1 John 3:4 : 4 Every one who is doing the sin, the lawlessness also he doth do, and the sin is the lawlessness,
  • Jude 1:15 : 15 to do judgment against all, and to convict all their impious ones, concerning all their works of impiety that they did impiously, and concerning all the stiff things that speak against Him did impious sinners.'

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  • Jas 2:6-8
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    83%

    6and ye did dishonour the poor one; do not the rich oppress you and themselves draw you to judgment-seats;

    7do they not themselves speak evil of the good name that was called upon you?

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

  • Jas 2:10-13
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    81%

    10for whoever the whole law shall keep, and shall stumble in one `point', he hath become guilty of all;

    11for 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;

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

    13for the judgment without kindness `is' to him not having done kindness, and exult doth kindness over judgment.

  • Prov 28:21
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    21To discern faces is not good, And for a piece of bread doth a man transgress.

  • Rom 2:11-13
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    11For there is no acceptance of faces with God,

    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,

    13for not the hearers of the law `are' righteous before God, but the doers of the law shall be declared righteous: --

  • Jas 2:1-4
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    1My brethren, hold not, in respect of persons, the faith of the glory of our Lord Jesus Christ,

    2for if there may come into your synagogue a man with gold ring, in gay raiment, and there may come in also a poor man in vile raiment,

    3and ye may look upon him bearing the gay raiment, and may say to him, `Thou -- sit thou here well,' and to the poor man may say, `Thou -- stand thou there, or, Sit thou here under my footstool,' --

    4ye did not judge fully in yourselves, and did become ill-reasoning judges.

  • Job 13:10
    76%

    10He doth surely reprove you, if in secret ye accept faces.

  • Mal 2:9
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    9And I also, I have made you despised and low before all the people, Because ye are not keeping My ways, And are accepting persons in the law.

  • Col 3:25
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    25and he who is doing unrighteously shall receive what he did unrighteously, and there is no acceptance of persons.

  • 1 Pet 1:17
    73%

    17and if on the Father ye do call, who without acceptance of persons is judging according to the work of each, in fear the time of your sojourn pass ye,

  • 1 John 3:4
    73%

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

  • Prov 24:23
    73%

    23These also are for the wise: -- To discern faces in judgment is not good.

  • Rom 2:22-23
    2 verses
    72%

    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?

  • Lev 19:15
    72%

    15`Ye do not do perversity in judgment; thou dost not lift up the face of the poor, nor honour the face of the great; in righteousness thou dost judge thy fellow.

  • Rom 2:1-3
    3 verses
    72%

    1Therefore, thou art inexcusable, O man -- every one who is judging -- for in that in which thou dost judge the other, thyself thou dost condemn, for the same things thou dost practise who art judging,

    2and we have known that the judgment of God is according to truth, upon those practising such things.

    3And dost thou think this, O man, who art judging those who such things are practising, and art doing them, that thou shalt escape the judgment of God?

  • Rom 3:9
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    9What, then? are we better? not at all! for we did before charge both Jews and Greeks with being all under sin,

  • Jas 4:11
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    11Speak not one against another, brethren; he who is speaking against a brother, and is judging his brother, doth speak against law, and doth judge law, and if law thou dost judge, thou art not a doer of law but a judge;

  • Rom 2:27
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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.

  • Gal 2:17
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    17And if, seeking to be declared righteous in Christ, we ourselves also were found sinners, `is' then Christ a ministrant of sin? let it not be!

  • Deut 16:19
    70%

    19Thou dost not turn aside judgment; thou dost not discern faces, nor take a bribe, for the bribe blindeth the eyes of the wise, and perverteth the words of the righteous.

  • Gal 5:14
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    14for all the law in one word is fulfilled -- in this: `Thou shalt love thy neighbor as thyself;'

  • Deut 1:17
    70%

    17ye do not discern faces in judgment; as the little so the great ye do hear; ye are not afraid of the face of any, for the judgment is God's, and the thing which is too hard for you, ye bring near unto me, and I have heard it;

  • Prov 18:5
    70%

    5Acceptance of the face of the wicked `is' not good, To turn aside the righteous in judgment.

  • 1 Cor 8:12
    70%

    12and thus sinning in regard to the brethren, and smiting their weak conscience -- in regard to Christ ye sin;

  • 1 Cor 6:8
    69%

    8but ye -- ye do injustice, and ye defraud, and these -- brethren!

  • Eph 6:9
    69%

    9And the masters! the same things do ye unto them, letting threatening alone, having known that also your Master is in the heavens, and acceptance of persons is not with him.

  • Lev 6:2
    69%

    2`When any person doth sin, and hath committed a trespass against Jehovah, and hath lied to his fellow concerning a deposit, or concerning fellowship, or concerning violent robbery, or hath oppressed his fellow;

  • Num 5:6
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    6`Speak unto the sons of Israel, Man or woman, when they do any of the sins of man, by committing a trespass against Jehovah, and that person `is' guilty,

  • Jer 7:5
    69%

    5For, if ye do thoroughly amend your ways and your doings, If ye do judgment thoroughly Between a man and his neighbour,

  • Rom 13:9
    69%

    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;'

  • Rom 7:7
    69%

    7What, then, shall we say? the law `is' sin? let it not be! but the sin I did not know except through law, for also the covetousness I had not known if the law had not said:

  • Gal 6:2
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    2of one another the burdens bear ye, and so fill up the law of the Christ,

  • 2 Chr 19:7
    69%

    7and now, let fear of Jehovah be upon you, observe and do, for there is not with Jehovah our God perverseness, and acceptance of faces, and taking of a bribe.'

  • 1 Tim 1:9
    69%

    9having known this, that for a righteous man law is not set, but for lawless and insubordinate persons, ungodly and sinners, impious and profane, parricides and matricides, men-slayers,

  • Rom 2:17
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    17Lo, thou art named a Jew, and dost rest upon the law, and dost boast in God,

  • Rom 2:15
    68%

    15who do shew the work of the law written in their hearts, their conscience also witnessing with them, and between one another the thoughts accusing or else defending,

  • Jas 1:22
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    22and become ye doers of the word, and not hearers only, deceiving yourselves,

  • Rom 3:20
    68%

    20wherefore by works of law shall no flesh be declared righteous before Him, for through law is a knowledge of sin.