James 4:12

New English Translation

But there is only one who is lawgiver and judge – the one who is able to save and destroy. On the other hand, who are you to judge your neighbor?

Cross References

Job 38:2

“Who is this who darkens counsel with words without knowledge?

Isaiah 33:22

For the Lord, our ruler, the Lord, our commander, the Lord, our king – he will deliver us.

Matthew 10:28

Do not be afraid of those who kill the body but cannot kill the soul. Instead, fear the one who is able to destroy both soul and body in hell.

Luke 12:5

But I will warn you whom you should fear: Fear the one who, after the killing, has authority to throw you into hell. Yes, I tell you, fear him!

Romans 14:13

Therefore we must not pass judgment on one another, but rather determine never to place an obstacle or a trap before a brother or sister.

Romans 14:4

Who are you to pass judgment on another’s servant? Before his own master he stands or falls. And he will stand, for the Lord is able to make him stand.

Romans 2:1

Therefore you are without excuse, whoever you are, when you judge someone else. For on whatever grounds you judge another, you condemn yourself, because you who judge practice the same things.

Romans 9:20

But who indeed are you – a mere human being – to talk back to God? Does what is molded say to the molder, “Why have you made me like this?”

Hebrews 7:25

So he is able to save completely those who come to God through him, because he always lives to intercede for them.

James 5:9

Do not grumble against one another, brothers and sisters, so that you may not be judged. See, the judge stands before the gates!

1 Samuel 25:10

But Nabal responded to David’s servants, “Who is David, and who is this son of Jesse? This is a time when many servants are breaking away from their masters!