James 5:6
You condemned, you murdered the righteous—he offers you no resistance.
Family 35 New Testament
In The King James Version
Ye have condemned and killed the just; and he doth not resist you.
In Context
Cross References
Matthew 21:38But when the farmers saw the son they said among themselves: ‘This is the heir. Come, let us kill him and take possession of his inheritance.’
Matthew 26:53Do you actually suppose that I cannot call upon my Father right now and He will place beside me more than twelve legions of angels?
Matthew 27:24When Pilate saw that nothing was being gained but rather a riot was starting, he took water and washed his hands in front of the crowd saying: “I am innocent of the blood of this righteous man. It's your problem!”
John 16:2—they will excommunicate you; indeed, a time is coming when anyone who kills you will think he is offering God service!
Acts 2:22“Men of Israel, listen to these words: Jesus the Natsorean, a man from God attested to you by miracles and wonders and signs, which God did by Him in your midst, as you yourselves well know,
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 →