James 5:9 “Do not complain about one another, brothers, so that you will not be j…”

James 5:9

Do not complain about one another, brothers, so that you will not be judged. Look, the Judge is standing at the door!

Berean Standard Bible

Other translations

King James Version

Grudge not one against another, brethren, lest ye be condemned: behold, the judge standeth before the door.

World English Bible

Don’t grumble, brothers, against one another, so that you won’t be judged. Behold, the judge stands at the door.

American Standard Version

Murmur not, brethren, one against another, that ye be not judged: behold, the judge standeth before the doors.

Geneva Bible 1599

Grudge not one against another, brethren, least ye be condemned: behold, the iudge standeth before the doore.

Darby Translation

Complain not one against another, brethren, that ye be not judged. Behold, the judge stands before the door.

Young's Literal Translation

murmur not against one another, brethren, that ye may not be condemned; lo, the Judge before the door hath stood.

Bible in Basic English

Say no hard things against one another, brothers, so that you will not be judged; see, the judge is waiting at the doors.

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Cross references

“Grudge not”

Leviticus 19:18 James 4:11 Galatians 5:14 1 Peter 4:9 Psalm 59:15 Mark 6:19

Leviticus 19:18 · BSB

Do not seek revenge or bear a grudge against any of your people, but love your neighbor as yourself. I am the LORD.

James 4:11 · BSB

Brothers, do not slander one another. Anyone who speaks against his brother or judges him speaks against the law and judges it. And if you judge the law, you are not a practitioner of the law, but a judge of it.

Galatians 5:14 · BSB

The entire law is fulfilled in a single decree: “Love your neighbor as yourself.”

1 Peter 4:9 · BSB

Show hospitality to one another without complaining.

Psalm 59:15 · BSB

They scavenge for food, and growl if they are not satisfied.

Mark 6:19 · BSB

So Herodias held a grudge against John and wanted to kill him. But she had been unable,

“lest”

Matthew 6:14 Matthew 6:15 Matthew 7:1 Matthew 7:2

Matthew 6:14 · BSB

For if you forgive men their trespasses, your heavenly Father will also forgive you.

Matthew 6:15 · BSB

But if you do not forgive men their trespasses, neither will your Father forgive yours.

Matthew 7:1 · BSB

“Do not judge, or you will be judged.

Matthew 7:2 · BSB

For with the same judgment you pronounce, you will be judged, and with the measure you use, it will be measured to you.

“the Judge”

1 Corinthians 4:5 Matthew 24:33 Genesis 4:7 1 Corinthians 10:11 Revelation 3:20

1 Corinthians 4:5 · BSB

Therefore judge nothing before the appointed time; wait until the Lord comes. He will bring to light what is hidden in darkness and will expose the motives of men’s hearts. At that time each will receive his praise from…

Matthew 24:33 · BSB

So also, when you see all these things, you will know that He is near, right at the door.

Genesis 4:7 · BSB

If you do what is right, will you not be accepted? But if you refuse to do what is right, sin is crouching at your door; it desires you, but you must master it.”

1 Corinthians 10:11 · BSB

Now these things happened to them as examples and were written down as warnings for us, on whom the fulfillment of the ages has come.

Revelation 3:20 · BSB

Behold, I stand at the door and knock. If anyone hears My voice and opens the door, I will come in and dine with him, and he with Me.

Also

Mark 13:29 1 Peter 4:5

Mark 13:29 · BSB

So also, when you see these things happening, know that He is near, right at the door.

1 Peter 4:5 · BSB

But they will have to give an account to Him who is ready to judge the living and the dead.

Cross references adapted from OpenBible.info (CC BY 4.0) and the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge.

In context

8You, too, be patient and strengthen your hearts, because the Lord’s coming is near.

10Brothers, as an example of patience in affliction, take the prophets who spoke in the name of the Lord.

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