James 4:11

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Friends, don't speak badly of one another. Anyone who criticizes a fellow-believer and condemns them, criticizes and condemns the law. If you condemn the law you're not someone who keeps the law, because you're sitting in judgment of it.

Cross References

Psalm 140:11

Don't let people who slander others live in our land. May disaster strike down violent people.

Luke 6:37

Don't judge, and you won't be judged; don't condemn, and you won't be condemned; forgive, and you'll be forgiven;

Romans 2:1

So if you judge others you don't have any excuse, whoever you are! For in whatever way you condemn others, you're judging yourself, because you're doing the same things.

Romans 2:13

Just listening to what the law says doesn't make you right in God's sight. It's those who do what the law says who are made right.

Romans 7:7

So what do we conclude? That the law is sin? Of course not! I wouldn't have known what sin was unless the law defined it. I wouldn't have realized that wanting to have other people's things for myself was wrong without the law that says, “Don't desire for yourself what belongs to someone else.”

1 Corinthians 4:5

So don't judge anything before the right time—when the Lord comes. He will bring to light all the darkest secrets that are hidden, and he will reveal people's motives. God will give everyone whatever praise they deserve.

2 Corinthians 12:20

I do worry when I visit that somehow I won't find you as I would want to, and that you won't find me as you would want to! I'm afraid that there will be arguments, jealousy, anger, rivalry, slander, gossip, arrogance, and disorder.

Ephesians 4:31

Get rid of every kind of bitterness, rage, anger, verbal abuse, and insults, along with all forms of evil.

1 Timothy 3:11

Their wives should be respected too. They should not slander people with gossip, and they should be self-controlled and trustworthy in all they do.

2 Timothy 3:3

Heartless and unforgiving, they'll commit slander and have no self-control. Brutal people who hate what's good,

Titus 2:3

Similarly older women ought to behave in a way that shows they live their lives for God. They shouldn't destroy people's reputations by what they say, and they shouldn't be addicted to wine.

James 1:16

My dear friends, don't be deceived.

James 1:19

Remember this, my dear friends: everyone should be quick to listen but slow to speak, and slow to get angry,

James 1:25

But if you look to the perfect law of freedom and follow it, not as someone who just listens and then forgets, but as someone who acts on it—then you will be blessed in what you do.

James 2:8

If you really observe the royal law of Scripture: “You shall love your neighbor as yourself,” then you do well.

James 5:10

Take the prophets as an example, my friends—see how they spoke in the Lord's name as they suffered and waited patiently.

James 5:7

Friends, be patient as you wait for the Lord's return. Think of the farmer waiting patiently for the earth's precious harvest as it grows with the early and later rains.

James 5:9

My friends, don't complain about each other, so you won't be judged. Look, the judge is standing right at the door!

1 Peter 2:1

So give up all the evil things that you do: all your dishonesty, hypocrisy, and jealousy, all the ways you speak badly about others.