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James 2:4

have you not discriminated among yourselves and become judges with evil thoughts?

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ASV

do ye not make distinctions among yourselves, and become judges with evil thoughts?

KJV

Are ye not then partial in yourselves, and are become judges of evil thoughts?

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Original language & word study

9 tagged words
OriginalTransliterationMeaningWord study
οὐounotG3756 →
διεκρίθητεdiekrithētewere discriminatedG1252 →
ἐνenamongG1722 →
ἑαυτοῖςhe'autoisyourselvesG1438 →
καὶkaiandG2532 →
ἐγένεσθεegenestheyou have becomeG1096 →
κριταὶkritaijudgesG2923 →
διαλογισμῶνdialogismōnwith thoughtsG1261 →
πονηρῶν;¶ponērōnevil?G4190 →

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John 7:24Stop judging by outward appearances, and start judging justly.”James 3:17But the wisdom from above is first of all pure, then peace-loving, gentle, accommodating, full of mercy and good fruit, impartial, and sincere.Job 34:19who is not partial to princes and does not favor rich over poor? For they are all the work of His hands.Mark 7:21For from within the hearts of men come evil thoughts, sexual immorality, theft, murder, adultery,Romans 14:13Therefore let us stop judging one another. Instead, make up your mind not to put any stumbling block or obstacle in your brother’s way.Acts 10:34Then Peter began to speak: “I now truly understand that God does not show favoritism,Matthew 7:1–5“Do not judge, or you will be judged.Malachi 2:9“So I in turn have made you despised and humiliated before all the people, because you have not kept My ways, but have shown partiality in matters of the law.”James 4:11Brothers, 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.Psalms 82:2“How long will you judge unjustly and show partiality to the wicked? SelahPsalms 58:1Do you indeed speak justly, O rulers? Do you judge uprightly, O sons of men?Acts 4:19But Peter and John replied, “Judge for yourselves whether it is right in God’s sight to listen to you rather than God.James 1:1–27James, a servant of God and of the Lord Jesus Christ, To the twelve tribes of the Dispersion: Greetings.Job 21:27Behold, I know your thoughts full well, the schemes by which you would wrong me.Psalms 109:31For He stands at the right hand of the needy one, to save him from the condemners of his soul.John 8:15You judge according to the flesh; I judge no one.

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