James 5:6

New American Bible - revised edition

You have condemned; you have murdered the righteous one; he offers you no resistance. Patience and Oaths.

Cross References

Isaiah 5:23

Those who acquit the guilty for bribes, and deprive the innocent of justice!

Isaiah 53:7

Though harshly treated, he submitted and did not open his mouth; Like a lamb led to slaughter or a sheep silent before shearers, he did not open his mouth.

Matthew 21:38

But when the tenants saw the son, they said to one another, ‘This is the heir. Come, let us kill him and acquire his inheritance.’

Matthew 27:20

The chief priests and the elders persuaded the crowds to ask for Barabbas but to destroy Jesus.

Matthew 5:39

But I say to you, offer no resistance to one who is evil. When someone strikes you on [your] right cheek, turn the other one to him as well.

Acts 22:14

Then he said, ‘The God of our ancestors designated you to know his will, to see the Righteous One, and to hear the sound of his voice;

Acts 7:52

Which of the prophets did your ancestors not persecute? They put to death those who foretold the coming of the righteous one, whose betrayers and murderers you have now become.

Acts 8:32

This was the scripture passage he was reading: “Like a sheep he was led to the slaughter, and as a lamb before its shearer is silent, so he opened not his mouth.

Hebrews 10:38

But my just one shall live by faith, and if he draws back I take no pleasure in him.”

James 2:6

But you dishonored the poor person. Are not the rich oppressing you? And do they themselves not haul you off to court?

James 4:2

You covet but do not possess. You kill and envy but you cannot obtain; you fight and wage war. You do not possess because you do not ask.

1 Peter 4:18

“And if the righteous one is barely saved, where will the godless and the sinner appear?”