James 2:4

New Living Translation

doesn’t this discrimination show that your judgments are guided by evil motives?

Cross References

Job 21:27

“Look, I know what you’re thinking. I know the schemes you plot against me.

Job 34:19

He doesn’t care how great a person may be, and he pays no more attention to the rich than to the poor. He made them all.

Psalm 109:31

For he stands beside the needy, ready to save them from those who condemn them.

Psalm 58:1

Justice—do you rulers know the meaning of the word? Do you judge the people fairly?

Psalm 82:2

“How long will you hand down unjust decisions by favoring the wicked? Interlude

Malachi 2:9

“So I have made you despised and humiliated in the eyes of all the people. For you have not obeyed me but have shown favoritism in the way you carry out my instructions.”

Luke 18:6

Then the Lord said, “Learn a lesson from this unjust judge.

John 7:24

Look beneath the surface so you can judge correctly.”

James 3:17

But the wisdom from above is first of all pure. It is also peace loving, gentle at all times, and willing to yield to others. It is full of mercy and the fruit of good deeds. It shows no favoritism and is always sincere.

James 4:11

Don’t speak evil against each other, dear brothers and sisters. If you criticize and judge each other, then you are criticizing and judging God’s law. But your job is to obey the law, not to judge whether it applies to you.