James 2:4

Amplified Bible - Classic Edition

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

Cross References

John 7:24

Be honest in your judgment and do not decide at a glance (superficially and by appearances); but judge fairly and righteously.

Job 34:19

[God] is not partial to princes, nor does He regard the rich more than the poor, for they all are the work of His hands.

James 4:11

[My] brethren, do not speak evil about or accuse one another. He that maligns a brother or judges his brother is maligning and criticizing the Law and judging the Law. But if you judge the Law, you are not a practicer of the Law but a censor and judge [of it].

Malachi 2:9

Therefore have I also made you despised and abased before all the people, inasmuch as you have not kept My ways but have shown favoritism to persons in your administration of the law [of God].

Psalm 82:2

How long will you [magistrates or judges] judge unjustly and show partiality to the wicked? Selah [pause, and calmly think of that]!

Psalm 58:1

DO YOU indeed in silence speak righteousness, O you mighty ones? [Or is the righteousness, rightness, and justice you should speak quite dumb?] Do you judge fairly and uprightly, O you sons of men?

Psalm 109:31

For He will stand at the right hand of the poor and needy, to save him from those who condemn his life.

Job 21:27

Behold, I know your thoughts and plans and the devices with which you would wrong me.

Luke 18:6

Then the Lord said, Listen to what the unjust judge says!

James 3:17

But the wisdom from above is first of all pure (undefiled); then it is peace-loving, courteous (considerate, gentle). [It is willing to] yield to reason, full of compassion and good fruits; it is wholehearted and straightforward, impartial and unfeigned (free from doubts, wavering, and insincerity).