James 5:6

New English Translation

You have condemned and murdered the righteous person, although he does not resist you.

Cross References

Isaiah 5:23

They pronounce the guilty innocent for a payoff, they ignore the just cause of the innocent.

Isaiah 53:7

He was treated harshly and afflicted, but he did not even open his mouth. Like a lamb led to the slaughtering block, like a sheep silent before her shearers, he did not even open his mouth.

Matthew 21:38

But when the tenants saw the son, they said to themselves, ‘This is the heir. Come, let’s kill him and get his inheritance!’

Matthew 27:20

But the chief priests and the elders persuaded the crowds to ask for Barabbas and to have Jesus killed.

Matthew 5:39

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

Acts 22:14

Then he said, ‘The God of our ancestors has already chosen you to know his will, to see the Righteous One, and to hear a command from his mouth,

Acts 7:52

Which of the prophets did your ancestors not persecute? They killed those who foretold long ago the coming of the Righteous One, whose betrayers and murderers you have now become!

Acts 8:32

Now the passage of scripture the man was reading was this: “He was led like a sheep to slaughter, and like a lamb before its shearer is silent, so he did not open his mouth.

Hebrews 10:38

But my righteous one will live by faith, and if he shrinks back, I take no pleasure in him.

James 2:6

But you have dishonored the poor! Are not the rich oppressing you and dragging you into the courts?

James 4:2

You desire and you do not have; you murder and envy and you cannot obtain; you quarrel and fight. You do not have because you do not ask;

1 Peter 4:18

And if the righteous are barely saved, what will become of the ungodly and sinners?