James 5:6

Good News Translation (US Version)

You have condemned and murdered innocent people, and they do not resist you.

Cross References

James 4:2

You want things, but you cannot have them, so you are ready to kill; you strongly desire things, but you cannot get them, so you quarrel and fight. You do not have what you want because you do not ask God for it.

Acts 8:32

The passage of scripture which he was reading was this: “He was like a sheep that is taken to be slaughtered, like a lamb that makes no sound when its wool is cut off. He did not say a word.

Matthew 5:39

But now I tell you: do not take revenge on someone who wrongs you. If anyone slaps you on the right cheek, let him slap your left cheek too.

Isaiah 53:7

“He was treated harshly, but endured it humbly; he never said a word. Like a lamb about to be slaughtered, like a sheep about to be sheared, he never said a word.

Hebrews 10:38

My righteous people, however, will believe and live; but if any of them turns back, I will not be pleased with them.”

Acts 22:14

He said, ‘The God of our ancestors has chosen you to know his will, to see his righteous Servant, and to hear him speaking with his own voice.

James 2:6

But you dishonor the poor! Who are the ones who oppress you and drag you before the judges? The rich!

Acts 7:52

Was there any prophet that your ancestors did not persecute? They killed God's messengers, who long ago announced the coming of his righteous Servant. And now you have betrayed and murdered him.

Matthew 27:20

The chief priests and the elders persuaded the crowd to ask Pilate to set Barabbas free and have Jesus put to death.

Matthew 21:38

But when the tenants saw the son, they said to themselves, ‘This is the owner's son. Come on, let's kill him, and we will get his property!’

Isaiah 5:23

But for just a bribe you let the guilty go free, and you keep the innocent from getting justice.

1 Peter 4:18

As the scripture says, “It is difficult for good people to be saved; what, then, will become of godless sinners?”