James 2:13
For judgment is without mercy to him who has shown no mercy. Mercy triumphs over judgment.
New Heart English Bible
In The King James Version
In Context
12So speak, and so do, as men who are to be judged by a law of freedom.
14What good is it, my brothers, if a man says he has faith, but has no works? Can faith save him?
Cross References
Genesis 42:21They said one to another, "We are certainly guilty concerning our brother, in that we saw the distress of his soul, when he begged us, and we wouldn't listen. Therefore this distress has come upon us."
Judges 5:27At her feet he collapsed, he fell, he lay.At her feet he collapsed, he fell.Where he collapsed, there he fell down dead.
Psalms 18:25With the merciful you will show yourself merciful.With the perfect man, you will show yourself perfect.
Proverbs 21:13Whoever stops his ears at the cry of the poor,he will also cry out, but shall not be heard.
Jeremiah 9:24but let him who glories glory in this, that he has understanding, and knows me, that I am the Lord who exercises loving kindness, justice, and righteousness, in the earth: for in these things I delight," says the Lord.
Micah 7:18Who is a God like you, who pardons iniquity,and passes over the disobedience of the remnant of his heritage?He doesn't retain his anger forever,because he delights in loving kindness.
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 →