James 4:12

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There is one lawgiver and judge who is able to save and to destroy. So who, then, are you to judge your neighbor?

Cross References

Job 38:2

“Who is this that darkens counsel by words without knowledge?

Isaiah 33:22

For the Lord is our judge, the Lord is our ruler, the Lord is our king; he will save us.

Matthew 10:28

Do not fear those who kill the body but cannot kill the soul; rather fear him who can destroy both soul and body in hell.

Luke 12:5

But I will warn you whom to fear: fear him who, after he has killed, has authority to cast into hell. Yes, I tell you, fear him!

Romans 14:13

Let us therefore no longer pass judgment on one another, but resolve instead never to put a stumbling block or hindrance in the way of another.

Romans 14:4

Who are you to pass judgment on servants of another? It is before their own lord that they stand or fall. And they will be upheld, for the Lord is able to make them stand.

Romans 2:1

Therefore you have no excuse, whoever you are, when you judge others; for in passing judgment on another you condemn yourself, because you, the judge, are doing the very same things.

Romans 9:20

But who indeed are you, a human being, to argue with God? Will what is molded say to the one who molds it, “Why have you made me like this?”

Hebrews 7:25

Consequently he is able for all time to save those who approach God through him, since he always lives to make intercession for them.

James 5:9

Beloved, do not grumble against one another, so that you may not be judged. See, the Judge is standing at the doors!

1 Samuel 25:10

But Nabal answered David's servants, “Who is David? Who is the son of Jesse? There are many servants today who are breaking away from their masters.