James 5:9 - Easy To Read Version

⁹ Brothers, and sisters, don’t complain against each other. If you don’t stop complaining, you will be judged guilty. And the Judge is ready to come!

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King James Version (Oxford) 1769

⁹ Grudge not one against another, brethren, lest ye be condemned: behold, the judge standeth before the door.

Amplified Bible - Classic Edition

⁹ Do not complain, brethren, against one another, so that you [yourselves] may not be judged. Look! The Judge is [already] standing at the very door.

American Standard Version (1901)

⁹ Murmur not, brethren, one against another, that ye be not judged: behold, the judge standeth before the doors.

Common English Bible

⁹ Don’t complain about each other, brothers and sisters, so that you won’t be judged. Look! The judge is standing at the door!

Catholic Public Domain Version

⁹ Brothers, do not complain against one another, so that you may not be judged. Behold, the judge stands before the door.

James 5:9 Cross References

Genesis 4:7

If you do good things, you will be right with me. Then I will accept you. But if you do wrong things, then that sin is in your life. Your sin will want to control you, but you must control that sin.” [27]

Psalm 59:15

They will look for something to eat,\par but they will find no food\par and no place to sleep.\par

Ezekiel 7:12

People far away will die from disease. People near this place will be killed with swords. And the people that are left in the city will starve to death. Only then will I stop being angry.

Leviticus 19:18

Forget about the wrong things people do {to you}. Don’t try to get even. Love your neighbor as yourself. I am the Lord!

Matthew 24:33

It is the same with these things that I told you would happen. When you see all these things happening, you will know that the time {\cf2\super [378]} is near, ready to come.

Mark 13:29

It is the same with these things that I told you would happen. When you see all these things happening, then you will know that the time {\cf2\super [189]} is near, ready to come.

Mark 6:19

So Herodias hated John. She wanted to kill him. But Herodias was not able to persuade Herod to kill John.

1 Corinthians 10:11

The things that happened to those people are examples. And those things were written to be warnings for us. We live in the time that all those past histories were pointing to.

1 Corinthians 4:5

So don’t judge before the right time; wait until the Lord comes. He will shine light on the things that are hidden in darkness. He will make known the secret purposes of people’s hearts. Then God will give every person the praise he should get.

2 Corinthians 9:7

Each person should give what he has decided in his heart to give. A person should not give if it makes him sad. And a person should not give if he thinks he is forced to give. God loves the person who gives happily.

Galatians 5:14

The whole law {\cf2\super [69]} is made complete in this one command: “Love other people the same as you love yourself.” {\cf2\super [70]}

Galatians 5:26

We must not be vain (conceited). We must not make trouble with each other. And we must not be jealous of each other.

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!

James 4:12

God is the only One who makes laws. He is the only Judge. God is the only One who can save and destroy. So it is not right for you to judge another person.

James 5:10

Brothers and sisters, follow the example of the prophets {\cf2\super [27]} who spoke for the Lord (God). They suffered many bad things, but they were patient.

James 5:7

Brothers and sisters, be patient; the Lord \{Jesus\} will come. So be patient until that time. Farmers are patient. A farmer waits for his valuable crop to grow up from the earth. A farmer waits patiently for his crop to receive the first rain and the last rain. {\cf2\super [26]}

1 Peter 4:5

But those people will have to explain about the things they have done. They will have to explain to the One (Christ) who is ready to judge the people who are living and the people who have died.

1 Peter 4:9

Share your homes with each other without complaining.

Revelation 3:20

Here I am! I stand at the door and knock. If a person hears my voice and opens the door, I will come in and eat with that person. And that person will eat with me.