James 5:6

Modern English Version

You have condemned and killed the righteous man who does not resist you.

Cross References

Isaiah 5:23

who justify the wicked for a reward, and take away the justice of the righteous from him!

Isaiah 53:7

He was oppressed, and he was afflicted, yet he opened not his mouth; he was brought as a lamb to the slaughter, and as a sheep before its shearers is silent, so he opened not his mouth.

Matthew 21:38

“But when the vinedressers saw the son, they said to themselves, ‘This is the heir. Come, let us kill him and seize his inheritance.’

Matthew 27:20

But the chief priests and elders persuaded the crowd to ask for Barabbas and kill Jesus.

Matthew 5:39

But I say to you, do not resist an evil person. But whoever strikes you on your right cheek, turn to him the other as well.

Acts 22:14

“Then he said, ‘The God of our fathers has appointed you to know His will and to see the Just One and to hear His voice,

Acts 7:52

Which of the prophets have your fathers not persecuted? They have even killed those who foretold the coming of the Righteous One, of whom you have now become the betrayers and murderers,

Acts 8:32

The passage of Scripture which he was reading was this: “He was led as a sheep to slaughter; and as a lamb before its shearer is silent, so He opened not His mouth.

Hebrews 10:38

Now the just shall live by faith; but if anyone draws back, My soul shall have no pleasure in him.”

James 2:6

But you have despised the poor. Do not rich men oppress you and drag you before the judgment seats?

James 4:2

You lust and do not have, so you kill. You desire to have and cannot obtain. You fight and war. Yet you do not have, because you do not ask.

1 Peter 4:18

And “If the righteous one is scarcely saved, where shall the ungodly and the sinner appear?”