James 5:9
Do not complain about one another, brothers, so that you will not be judged. Look, the Judge is standing at the door!
Berean Standard Bible
In The King James Version
In Context
8You, too, be patient and strengthen your hearts, because the Lord’s coming is near.
Cross References
Genesis 4:7If you do what is right, will you not be accepted? But if you refuse to do what is right, sin is crouching at your door; it desires you, but you must master it.”
Psalms 59:15They scavenge for food, and growl if they are not satisfied.
Matthew 7:1“Do not judge, or you will be judged.
Mark 6:19So Herodias held a grudge against John and wanted to kill him. But she had been unable,
1 Corinthians 4:5Therefore judge nothing before the appointed time; wait until the Lord comes. He will bring to light what is hidden in darkness and will expose the motives of men’s hearts. At that time each will receive his praise from God.
2 Corinthians 9:7Each one should give what he has decided in his heart to give, not out of regret or compulsion. 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 →