James 2:13

Modern English Version

For he who has shown no mercy will have judgment without mercy, for mercy triumphs over judgment.

Cross References

Genesis 42:21

Then they said one to another, “We are guilty concerning our brother, because we saw the anguish of his soul when he pleaded with us, but we would not listen. Therefore, this distress has come upon us.”

2 Chronicles 28:11

And now listen to me. Return the captives whom you have taken captive from your relatives because the burning wrath of the Lord is on you all.”

Psalm 18:25

With the merciful You will show Yourself merciful; with the blameless man You will show Yourself blameless;

Psalm 85:10

Mercy and truth have met together; righteousness and peace have kissed.

Proverbs 21:13

He who shuts his ears to the cry of the poor, he also will cry out, but will not be heard.

Proverbs 22:16

He who oppresses the poor to increase his wealth, and he who gives to the rich, will surely come to poverty.

Isaiah 27:11

When its boughs are withered, they are broken off; the women come and make a fire with them, for they are not a people of understanding; therefore, their maker will not have mercy on them, and their Creator will show them no grace.

Jeremiah 9:24

but let him who glories glory in this, that he understands and knows Me, that I am the Lord who exercises lovingkindness, justice, and righteousness in the earth. For in these things I delight, says the Lord.

Ezekiel 33:11

Say to them: As I live, says the Lord God, I have no pleasure in the death of the wicked, but rather that the wicked turn from his way and live. Turn, turn from your evil ways! For why will you die, O house of Israel?

Micah 7:18

Who is a God like You, bearing iniquity and passing over transgression for the remnant of His inheritance? He does not remain angry forever, because He delights in benevolence.

Matthew 5:7

Blessed are the merciful, for they shall obtain mercy.

Matthew 6:15

But if you do not forgive men for their trespasses, neither will your Father forgive your trespasses.

Luke 16:25

“But Abraham said, ‘Son, remember that you in your lifetime received your good things, and Lazarus in like manner evil things. But now he is comforted and you are tormented.

Luke 6:37

“Judge not, and you shall not be judged. Condemn not, and you will not be condemned. Forgive, and you shall be forgiven.

James 3:17

But the wisdom that is from above is first pure, then peaceable, gentle, open to reason, full of mercy and good fruits, without partiality, and without hypocrisy.

James 5:4

Behold, the wages that you kept back by fraud from the laborers who harvested your fields are crying, and the cries of those who harvested have entered into the ears of the Lord of Hosts.

Judges 1:7

Adoni-Bezek said, “Seventy kings whose thumbs and big toes were cut off once collected scraps of food under my table. Just as I have done, so God has repaid me.” They brought him to Jerusalem, and he died there.

Judges 5:27

Between her feet he sank, he fell, he lay; between her feet he sank, he fell; where he sank, there he fell, overpowered.