James 2:4 - Easy To Read Version

⁴ What are you doing? You are making some people more important than others. With evil thoughts you are deciding which person is better.

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King James Version (Oxford) 1769

⁴ are ye not then partial in yourselves, and are become judges of evil thoughts?

Amplified Bible - Classic Edition

⁴ Are you not discriminating among your own and becoming critics and judges with wrong motives?

American Standard Version (1901)

⁴ do ye not make distinctions among yourselves, and become judges with evil thoughts?

Common English Bible

⁴ Wouldn’t you have shown favoritism among yourselves and become evil-minded judges?

Catholic Public Domain Version

⁴ are you not judging within yourselves, and have you not become judges with unjust thoughts?

Douay-Rheims version of The Bible - 1752 version

⁴ Do you not judge within yourselves, and are become judges of unjust thoughts?

James 2:4 Cross References

Job 21:27

“But, I know what you are thinking,\par and I know you want to hurt me.\par

Job 34:19

God does not love leaders\par more than other people.\par And God does not love rich people\par more that poor people.\par Why? Because God made every person.\par

Psalm 109:31

Why? Because the Lord stands by\par helpless people.\par God saves them from other people\par who try to condemn them to death.\par

Psalm 58:1

You judges are not being fair\par in your decisions.\par You are not judging people fairly.\par

Psalm 82:2

God says,\par “How long will you judge people unfairly?\par How long will you let wicked people go free without punishment?”\par \i (SELAH {\cf2\super [473]})\i0 \par

Malachi 2:9

“You don’t live the way I told you! You have not accepted my teachings! So I will make you become not important—people will not respect you!”

Luke 18:6

The Lord (Jesus) said, “Listen! \{There is meaning\} in what the bad judge said.

John 7:24

Stop judging by the way things look. Be fair and judge by what is really right.”

James 3:17

But the wisdom that comes from God is like this: First, it is pure. It is also peaceful, gentle, and easy to please. This wisdom is always ready to help people who have trouble and to do good things for other people. This wisdom is always fair and honest.

James 4:11

Brothers and sisters, don’t say things against each other. If you criticize your brother \{in Christ\} or judge him, then you are criticizing the law \{he follows\}. When you judge a brother \{in Christ\}, you are really judging the law \{he follows\}. And when you are judging the law, you are not a follower of the law. You have become a judge!