James 5:9
murmur not against one another, brethren, that ye may not be condemned; lo, the Judge before the door hath stood.
Young's Literal Translation
In The King James Version
In Context
8be patient, ye also; establish your hearts, because the presence of the Lord hath drawn nigh;
Cross References
Genesis 4:7Is there not, if thou dost well, acceptance? and if thou dost not well, at the opening a sin-offering is crouching, and unto thee its desire, and thou rulest over it.'
Psalms 59:15They — they wander for food, If they are not satisfied — then they murmur.
Matthew 7:1'Judge not, that ye may not be judged,
Mark 6:19and Herodias was having a quarrel with him, and was willing to kill him, and was not able,
1 Corinthians 4:5so, then, nothing before the time judge ye, till the Lord may come, who will both bring to light the hidden things of the darkness, and will manifest the counsels of the hearts, and then the praise shall come to each from God.
2 Corinthians 9:7each one, according as he doth purpose in heart, not out of sorrow or out of necessity, for a cheerful giver doth God love,
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 →