James 5:9
Do not complain against one another, brethren, in order that you may not be judged: behold, the judge stands before the doors.
1902 William Baxter Godbey NT
In The King James Version
In Context
8you also suffer long; establish your hearts; because the coming of the Lord is nigh.
Cross References
Matthew 7:1Criticise not, that you may not be criticised.
Mark 6:19And Herodias hated him, and wished to kill him; and was not able;
1 Corinthians 4:5So judge nothing before the time, until the Lord may come, who will also bring to light the hidden things of darkness, and make manifest the counsels of the hearts; and then praise shall be to each one from God.
2 Corinthians 9:7As each one has predetermined in his heart; not of reluctance, or of constraint: for God loves the hilarious 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 →