James 5:9
Do not make complaints against one another, Brothers, or judgment will be passed upon you. The Judge is already standing at the door!
Twentieth Century New Testament
In The King James Version
In Context
8And you must be patient also, and not be discouraged; for the Lord’s Coming is near.
Cross References
Matthew 7:1Do not judge, that you may not be judged.
Mark 6:19So Herodias was incensed against John, and wanted to put him to death, but was unable to do so,
1 Corinthians 4:5Therefore do not pass judgment before the time, but wait till the Lord comes. He will throw light upon what is now dark and obscure, and will reveal the motives in men’s minds; and then every one will receive due praise from God.
2 Corinthians 9:7Let every one give as he has determined before hand, not grudgingly or under compulsion; for God loves ‘a cheerful 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 →