James 2:13

For the Din (Judgment) will be without rachamim (mercy) to the one not having shown rachamim. Rachamim wins the nitzachon (victory) over HaDin.

Orthodox Jewish Bible

In The King James Version

For he shall have judgment without mercy, that hath shewed no mercy; and mercy rejoiceth against judgment.

In Context

12So let your devarim (words) be and so let your ma'asim (deeds) be as those who are about to come under the judgment of the Torah HaCherut. + 2:12 1:25

14What is the revach (gain, profit), my Achim b'Moshiach, if anyone claims to have emunah but does not have ma'asim (deeds)? Surely not such “emunah” is able to bring him to Yeshu'at Eloheinu?

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Cross References

Genesis 42:21And they said one to another, Surely we are ashemim (guilty ones) because of achinu (our brother), in that we saw the tzoros of his nefesh, when he besought us, and we would not hear; therefore is this tzoros come upon us.

Judges 5:27At her feet he bowed, 1 he fell, he lay down; 1 at her feet he bowed, he fell; 1 where he bowed, sham (there) he fell down dead. 1

Psalms 18:25Therefore hath Hashem recompensed me according to my tzedek, 1 according to the cleanness of my hands before His eyes. 1

Proverbs 21:13He who stoppeth his ozen at the cry of the dal (poor), 1 he also shall cry out himself, but shall not be heard. 1

Jeremiah 9:24Hinei, the yamim come, saith Hashem, that I will punish kol mul b'arlah (all circumcized in arlah [only]);

Micah 7:18Mee El kamocha (Who is a G-d like unto Thee), removing avon, 1 and passing over peysha of the She'erit of His Nachalah? Hashem retaineth not His anger forever, 1 because He delighteth in chesed. 1

Matthew Henry on James 2:9-14

The Christian Law. ( a. d. 61.) 8 If ye fulfil the royal law according to the scripture, Thou shalt love thy neighbour as thyself, ye do well: 9 But if ye have respect to persons, ye commit sin, and are convinced of the law as transgressors. 10 For whosoever shall keep the whole law, and yet offend in one point, he is guilty of all. 11 For he that said, Do not commit adultery, said also, Do not kill. Now if thou commit no adultery, yet if thou kill, thou art become a transgressor of the law. 12 So speak ye, and so… Read the whole commentary →

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