James 2:13 - Revised Version with Apocrypha 1895

¹³ For judgement is without mercy to him that hath shewed no mercy: mercy glorieth against judgement.

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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 ye forgive not men their trespasses, neither will your Father forgive your trespasses.

Proverbs 21:13

Whoso stoppeth his ears at the cry of the poor, He also shall cry, but shall not be heard.

Luke 6:37

And judge not, and ye shall not be judged: and condemn not, and ye shall not be condemned: release, and ye shall be released:

Psalm 18:25

With the merciful thou wilt shew thyself merciful; With the perfect man thou wilt shew thyself perfect;

Micah 7:18

Who is a God like unto thee, that pardoneth iniquity, and passeth by the transgression of the remnant of his heritage? he retaineth not his anger for ever, because he delighteth in mercy.

Psalm 85:10

Mercy and truth are met together; Righteousness and peace have kissed each other.

Jeremiah 9:24

but let him that glorieth glory in this, that he understandeth, and knoweth me, that I am the LORD which exercise lovingkindness, judgement, and righteousness, in the earth: for in these things I delight, saith the LORD.

Judges 1:7

And Adoni-bezek said, Threescore and ten kings, having their thumbs and their great toes cut off, gathered their meat under my table: as I have done, so God hath requited me. And they brought him to Jerusalem, and he died there.

Ezekiel 33:11

Say unto them, As I live, saith the Lord GOD I have no pleasure in the death of the wicked; but that the wicked turn from his way and live: turn ye, turn ye from your evil ways; for why will ye die, O house of Israel?

Genesis 42:21

And they said one to another, We are verily guilty concerning our brother, in that we saw the distress of his soul, when he besought us, and we would not hear; therefore is this distress come upon us.

James 5:4

Behold, the hire of the labourers who mowed your fields, which is of you kept back by fraud, crieth out: and the cries of them that reaped have entered into the ears of the Lord of Sabaoth.

Luke 16:25

But Abraham said, Son, remember that thou in thy lifetime receivedst thy good things, and Lazarus in like manner evil things: but now here he is comforted, and thou art in anguish.

Isaiah 27:11

When the boughs thereof are withered, they shall be broken off; the women shall come, and set them on fire: for it is a people of no understanding; therefore he that made them will not have compassion upon them, and he that formed them will shew them no favour.

2 Chronicles 28:11

Now hear me therefore, and send back the captives, which ye have taken captive of your brethren: for the fierce wrath of the LORD is upon you.

Proverbs 22:16

He that oppresseth the poor to increase his gain, And he that giveth to the rich, cometh only to want.

James 3:17

But the wisdom that is from above is first pure, then peaceable, gentle, easy to be entreated, full of mercy and good fruits, without variance, without hypocrisy.

Judges 5:27

At her feet he bowed, he fell, he lay: at her feet he bowed, he fell: where he bowed, there he fell down dead.