James 2:4

Good News Translation

then you are guilty of creating distinctions among yourselves and of making judgments based on evil motives.

Cross References

Job 21:27

I know what spiteful thoughts you have.

Job 34:19

He does not take the side of rulers nor favor the rich over the poor, for he created everyone.

Psalm 109:31

because he defends the poor and saves them from those who condemn them to death.

Psalm 58:1

Do you rulers ever give a just decision? Do you judge everyone fairly?

Psalm 82:2

“You must stop judging unjustly; you must no longer be partial to the wicked!

Malachi 2:9

So I, in turn, will make the people of Israel despise you because you do not obey my will, and when you teach my people, you do not treat everyone alike.”

Luke 18:6

And the Lord continued, “Listen to what that corrupt judge said.

John 7:24

Stop judging by external standards, and judge by true standards.”

James 3:17

But the wisdom from above is pure first of all; it is also peaceful, gentle, and friendly; it is full of compassion and produces a harvest of good deeds; it is free from prejudice and hypocrisy.

James 4:11

Do not criticize one another, my friends. If you criticize or judge another Christian, you criticize and judge the Law. If you judge the Law, then you are no longer one who obeys the Law, but one who judges it.