James 4:11

Good News Translation

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.

Cross References

Psalm 140:11

May those who accuse others falsely not succeed; may evil overtake violent people and destroy them.

Luke 6:37

“Do not judge others, and God will not judge you; do not condemn others, and God will not condemn you; forgive others, and God will forgive you.

Romans 2:1

Do you, my friend, pass judgment on others? You have no excuse at all, whoever you are. For when you judge others and then do the same things which they do, you condemn yourself.

Romans 2:13

For it is not by hearing the Law that people are put right with God, but by doing what the Law commands.

Romans 7:7

Shall we say, then, that the Law itself is sinful? Of course not! But it was the Law that made me know what sin is. If the Law had not said, “Do not desire what belongs to someone else,” I would not have known such a desire.

1 Corinthians 4:5

So you should not pass judgment on anyone before the right time comes. Final judgment must wait until the Lord comes; he will bring to light the dark secrets and expose the hidden purposes of people's minds. And then all will receive from God the praise they deserve.

2 Corinthians 12:20

I am afraid that when I get there I will find you different from what I would like you to be and you will find me different from what you would like me to be. I am afraid that I will find quarreling and jealousy, hot tempers and selfishness, insults and gossip, pride and disorder.

Ephesians 4:31

Get rid of all bitterness, passion, and anger. No more shouting or insults, no more hateful feelings of any sort.

1 Timothy 3:11

Their wives also must be of good character and must not gossip; they must be sober and honest in everything.

2 Timothy 3:3

they will be unkind, merciless, slanderers, violent, and fierce; they will hate the good;

Titus 2:3

In the same way instruct the older women to behave as women should who live a holy life. They must not be slanderers or slaves to wine. They must teach what is good,

James 1:16

Do not be deceived, my dear friends!

James 1:19

Remember this, my dear friends! Everyone must be quick to listen, but slow to speak and slow to become angry.

James 1:25

But if you look closely into the perfect law that sets people free, and keep on paying attention to it and do not simply listen and then forget it, but put it into practice—you will be blessed by God in what you do.

James 2:8

You will be doing the right thing if you obey the law of the Kingdom, which is found in the scripture, “Love your neighbor as you love yourself.”

James 5:10

My friends, remember the prophets who spoke in the name of the Lord. Take them as examples of patient endurance under suffering.

James 5:7

Be patient, then, my friends, until the Lord comes. See how patient farmers are as they wait for their land to produce precious crops. They wait patiently for the autumn and spring rains.

James 5:9

Do not complain against one another, my friends, so that God will not judge you. The Judge is near, ready to appear.

1 Peter 2:1

Rid yourselves, then, of all evil; no more lying or hypocrisy or jealousy or insulting language.