James 4:11-12

Warning Against Worldliness

11 m Do not speak evil against one another, brothers. 1 The one who speaks against a brother or n judges his brother, speaks evil against the law and judges the law. But if you judge the law, you are not a doer of the law but a judge. 12 There is only o one lawgiver and p judge, he who is able to save and q to destroy. But r who are you to judge your neighbor?

  1. Cross References
    2 Corinthians 12:20
    For I fear that perhaps when I come I may find you not as I wish, and that you may find me not as you wish - that perhaps there may be quarreling, jealousy, anger, hostility, slander, gossip, conceit, and disorder.
    1 Peter 2:1
    So put away all malice and all deceit and hypocrisy and envy and all slander.
    James 5:9
    Do not grumble against one another, brothers, so that you may not be judged; behold, the Judge is standing at the door.
  2. Cross References
    Matthew 7:1
    Judge not, that you be not judged.
  3. Cross References
    Isaiah 33:22
    For the Lord is our judge; the Lord is our lawgiver; the Lord is our king; he will save us.
  4. Cross References
    James 5:9
    Do not grumble against one another, brothers, so that you may not be judged; behold, the Judge is standing at the door.
  5. Cross References
    Matthew 10:28
    And do not fear those who kill the body but cannot kill the soul. Rather fear him who can destroy both soul and body in hell.
  6. Cross References
    Romans 14:4
    Who are you to pass judgment on the servant of another? It is before his own master that he stands or falls. And he will be upheld, for the Lord is able to make him stand.
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