James 5:9
Murmur not, brethren, one against another, that ye be not judged: behold, the judge standeth before the doors.
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In Context
8Be ye also patient; establish your hearts: for the coming of the Lord is at hand.
Cross References
Genesis 4:7If thou doest well, shall it not be lifted up? and if thou doest not well, sin coucheth at the door: and unto thee shall be its desire, but do thou rule over it.
Psalms 59:15They shall wander up and down for food, And tarry all night if they be not satisfied.
Matthew 7:1Judge not, that ye be not judged.
Mark 6:19And Herodias set herself against him, and desired to kill him; and she could not;
1 Corinthians 4:5Wherefore judge nothing before the time, until the Lord come, who will both bring to light the hidden things of darkness, and make manifest the counsels of the hearts; and then shall each man have his praise from God.
2 Corinthians 9:7[Let] each man [do] according as he hath purposed in his heart: not grudgingly, or of necessity: for God loveth 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 →