James 4:12
There's only one lawgiver and judge—the one who can either save or destroy you—so who are you to judge your neighbor?
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In The King James Version
There is one lawgiver, who is able to save and to destroy: who art thou that judgest another?
In Context
Cross References
Job 38:2“Who is this who questions my wisdom by talking so ignorantly?
Matthew 10:28Don't be afraid of those who can kill you physically, but can't kill you spiritually. Instead, be afraid of the one who can destroy you physically and spiritually in Gehenna.
Romans 2:1So if you judge others you don't have any excuse, whoever you are! For in whatever way you condemn others, you're judging yourself, because you're doing the same things.
Romans 14:4What right do you have to judge someone else's servant? It's their own master who decides whether they are right or wrong. With the Lord's help they will be able to take their stand for right.
Hebrews 7:25As a result he is able to save completely those who come to God through him, living always to plead their case on their behalf.
Matthew Henry on James 4:12-17
Caution against Slander; Caution against Presumption. ( a. d. 61.) 11 Speak not evil one of another, brethren. He that speaketh evil of his brother, and judgeth his brother, speaketh evil of the law, and judgeth the law: but if thou judge the law, thou art not a doer of the law, but a judge. 12 There is one lawgiver, who is able to save and to destroy: who art thou that judgest another? 13 Go to now, ye that say, To day or to morrow we will go into such a city, and continue there a year, and buy and sell, and get… Read the whole commentary →