James 5:9
Do not murmur against one another, brothers, lest you be judged. Behold, the Judge stands before the doors!
English Majority Text (NT)
In The King James Version
In Context
8You also be patient. Establish your hearts, for the coming of the Lord has drawn near.
Cross References
Matthew 7:1“Judge not, lest you be judged.
Mark 6:19Therefore Herodias held a grudge against him and was desiring to kill him, but she was not able;
1 Corinthians 4:5So then judge nothing before the time, until the Lord comes, who also will bring to light the hidden things of darkness, and will make clear the purposes of the hearts. Then each one's praise shall come from God.
2 Corinthians 9:7Let each one give just as he decides in his heart, not grudgingly or of necessity; 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 →