James 2:13 - English Majority Text Version 2009

¹³ For judgment is without mercy to the one who does not show mercy. Mercy triumphs over judgment.

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King James Version (Oxford) 1769

¹³ For he shall have judgment without mercy, that hath shewed no mercy; and mercy rejoiceth against judgment.

Amplified Bible - Classic Edition

¹³ For to him who has shown no mercy the judgment [will be] merciless, but mercy [full of glad confidence] exults victoriously over judgment.

American Standard Version (1901)

¹³ For judgment is without mercy to him that hath showed no mercy: mercy glorieth against judgment.

Common English Bible

¹³ There will be no mercy in judgment for anyone who hasn’t shown mercy. Mercy overrules judgment.

Catholic Public Domain Version

¹³ For judgment is without mercy toward him who has not shown mercy. But mercy exalts itself above judgment.

James 2:13 Cross References

Matthew 5:7

Blessed [are] the merciful, for they shall obtain mercy.

Matthew 6:15

But if you do not forgive men their trespasses, neither will your Father forgive your trespasses.

Luke 16:25

But Abraham said, 'Child, remember that in your lifetime you received your good things, and likewise Lazarus bad things, but now here he is comforted and you are suffering.

Luke 6:37

"And judge not, and you shall not be judged. Condemn not, and you shall not be condemned. Forgive, and you shall be forgiven.

James 3:17

But the wisdom from above is first pure, then peaceable, gentle, willing to yield, full of mercy and good fruits, without partiality and without hypocrisy.

James 5:4

Indeed, the wages of the laborers who reaped your fields, which were kept back by you, cry out, and the cries of the reapers have entered into the ears of the Lord of Hosts.