James 5:9

The Passion Translation

Since each of you are part of God’s family never complain or grumble about each other so that judgment will not come on you, for the true Judge is near and very ready to appear!

Cross References

Genesis 4:7

If you offer what is right, won’t you be accepted? But if you refuse to offer what is right, sin, the predator, is crouching in wait outside the door of your heart. It desires to have you, yet you must be its master.”

Psalm 59:15

Drifting, devouring, and coming in for the kill, they refuse to sleep until they’ve eaten their fill.

Ezekiel 7:12

The time of your doom is before you; the day of reckoning has come. Let not the buyer be happy nor the seller be sad, for wrath is upon the entire multitude.

Matthew 24:33

So it will be with you, for when you observe all these things taking place, you will know that he is near, even at the door!

Mark 13:29

So also, when you observe all these things progressively taking place, you will know that he is near, even at the door!

Mark 6:19

This infuriated Herodias, and she held a bitter grudge against him and wanted John executed.

1 Corinthians 10:11

All the tests they endured on their way through the wilderness are a symbolic picture, an example that provides us with a warning so that we can learn through what they experienced. For we live in a time when the purpose of all the ages past is now completing its goal within us.

1 Corinthians 4:5

So resist the temptation to pronounce premature judgment on anything before the appointed time when all will be fully revealed. Instead, wait until the Lord makes his appearance, for he will bring all that is hidden in darkness to light and unveil every secret motive of everyone’s heart. Then, when the whole truth is known, each will receive praise from God.

2 Corinthians 9:7

Let giving flow from your heart, not from a sense of religious duty. Let it spring up freely from the joy of giving—all because God loves hilarious generosity!

Galatians 5:14

For all the law can be summarized in one grand statement: “Demonstrate love to your neighbor, even as you care for and love yourself.”

Galatians 5:26

So may we never be arrogant, or look down on another, for each of us is an original. We must forsake all jealousy that diminishes the value of others.

James 4:11

Dear friends, as part of God’s family, never speak against another family member, for when you slander a brother or sister you violate God’s law of love. And your duty is not to make yourself a judge of the law of love by saying that it doesn’t apply to you, but your duty is to obey it!

James 4:12

There is only one true Lawgiver and Judge, the One who has the power to save and destroy—so who do you think you are to judge your neighbor?

James 5:10

My brothers and sisters, take the prophets as your mentors. They have prophesied in the name of the Lord and it brought them great sufferings, yet they patiently endured.

James 5:7

Meanwhile, brothers and sisters, we must be patient and filled with expectation as we wait for the appearing of the Lord. Think about the farmer who has to patiently wait for the earth’s harvest as it ripens because of the early and latter rains.

1 Peter 4:5

But one day they will have to give an account to the one who is destined to judge the living and the dead.

1 Peter 4:9

Be compassionate to foreigners without complaining.

Revelation 3:20

Behold, I’m standing at the door, knocking. If your heart is open to hear my voice and you open the door within, I will come in to you and feast with you, and you will feast with me.