James 2:4

New International Reader's Version

If you would, aren’t you treating some people better than others? Aren’t you like judges who have evil thoughts?

Cross References

Job 21:27

“I know exactly what you people are thinking. I know you are planning to do bad things to me.

Job 34:19

He doesn’t favor princes. He treats rich people and poor people the same. His hands created all of them.

Psalm 109:31

He stands ready to help those who need it. He saves them from those who are ready to sentence them to death.

Psalm 58:1

Are you rulers really fair when you speak? Do you judge people honestly?

Psalm 82:2

He says, “How long will you stand up for those who aren’t fair to others? How long will you show mercy to sinful people?

Malachi 2:9

“So I have caused all the people to hate you. They have lost respect for you. You have not done what I told you to do. Instead, you have favored one person over another in matters of the law.”

Luke 18:6

The Lord said, “Listen to what the unfair judge says.

John 7:24

Stop judging only by what you see. Judge in the right way.”

James 3:17

But the wisdom that comes from heaven is pure. That’s the most important thing about it. And that’s not all. It also loves peace. It thinks about others. It obeys. It is full of mercy and good fruit. It is fair. It doesn’t pretend to be what it is not.

James 4:11

My brothers and sisters, don’t speak against one another. Anyone who speaks against a brother or sister speaks against the law. And anyone who judges another believer judges the law. When you judge the law, you are not keeping it. Instead, you are acting as if you were its judge.