James 5:9

Brothers, do not complain against one another, so that you may not be judged. Behold, the judge stands before the door.

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In The King James Version

Grudge not one against another, brethren, lest ye be condemned: behold, the judge standeth before the door.

In Context

8Therefore, you too should be patient and should strengthen your hearts. For the advent of the Lord draws near.

10My brothers, consider the Prophets, who spoke in the name of the Lord, as an example of departing from evil, of labor, and of patience.

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Cross References

Genesis 4:7If you behave well, will you not receive? But if you behave badly, will not sin at once be present at the door? And so its desire will be within you, and you will be dominated by it.”

Matthew 7:1“Do not judge, so that you may not be judged.

Mark 6:19Now Herodias was devising treachery against him; and she wanted to kill him, but she was unable.

1 Corinthians 4:5And so, do not choose to judge before the time, until the Lord returns. He will illuminate the hidden things of the darkness, and he will make manifest the decisions of hearts. And then each one shall have praise from God.

2 Corinthians 9:7each one giving, just as he has determined in his heart, neither out of sadness, nor out of obligation. For God loves a cheerful giver.

Matthew Henry on James 5:2-12

Warnings to the Rich; Motives to Patience under Affliction. ( a. d. 61.) 1 Go to now, ye rich men, weep and howl for your miseries that shall come upon you. 2 Your riches are corrupted, and your garments are motheaten. 3 Your gold and silver is cankered; and the rust of them shall be a witness against you, and shall eat your flesh as it were fire. Ye have heaped treasure together for the last days. 4 Behold, the hire of the labourers who have reaped down your fields, which is of you kept back by fraud, crieth: and… Read the whole commentary →

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