James 4:11

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James 4:11

Don’t criticize one another, brothers. He who criticizes a brother or judges his brother criticizes the law and judges the law. But if you judge the law, you are not a doer of the law but a judge.

1 Peter 2:1

So rid yourselves of all malice, all deceit, hypocrisy, envy, and all slander.

Psalm 140:11

Do not let a slanderer stay in the land.
Let evil relentlessly hunt down a violent man.

James 5:9

Brothers, do not complain about one another, so that you will not be judged. Look, the judge stands at the door!

Matthew 7:1-2

“Do not judge, so that you won’t be judged.

Luke 6:37

“Do not judge, and you will not be judged. Do not condemn, and you will not be condemned. Forgive, and you will be forgiven.

Romans 2:1

Therefore, any one of you who judges is without excuse. For when you judge another, you condemn yourself, since you, the judge, do the same things.

Romans 2:13

For the hearers of the law are not righteous before God, but the doers of the law will be declared righteous.

What should we say then? Is the law sin? Absolutely not! On the contrary, I would not have known sin if it were not for the law. For example, I would not have known what it is to covet if the law had not said, Do not covet.

Romans 7:12-13

So then, the law is holy, and the commandment is holy and just and good.

Romans 14:3-4

One who eats must not look down on one who does not eat, and one who does not eat must not criticize one who does, because God has accepted him.

Romans 14:10-12

But you, why do you criticize your brother? Or you, why do you look down on your brother? For we will all stand before the tribunal of God.

1 Corinthians 4:5

Therefore don’t judge anything prematurely, before the Lord comes, who will both bring to light what is hidden in darkness and reveal the intentions of the hearts. And then praise will come to each one from God.

2 Corinthians 12:20

For I fear that perhaps when I come I will not find you to be what I want, and I may not be found by you to be what you want; there may be quarreling, jealousy, outbursts of anger, selfish ambitions, slander, gossip, arrogance, and disorder.

Ephesians 4:31

All bitterness, anger and wrath, shouting and slander must be removed from you, along with all malice.

1 Timothy 3:11

Wives, too, must be worthy of respect, not slanderers, self-controlled, faithful in everything.

2 Timothy 3:3

unloving, irreconcilable, slanderers, without self-control, brutal, without love for what is good,

Titus 2:3

In the same way, older women are to be reverent in behavior, not slanderers, not addicted to much wine. They are to teach what is good,

James 1:22-23

But be doers of the word and not hearers only, deceiving yourselves.

James 1:25

But the one who looks intently into the perfect law of freedom and perseveres in it, and is not a forgetful hearer but one who does good works—this person will be blessed in what he does.

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Summary

James 4:11

Speak not evil one of another, brethren. He that speaketh evil of his brother, and judgeth his brother, speaketh evil of the law, and judgeth the law: but if thou judge the law, thou art not a doer of the law, but a judge.

And judgeth

1 Corinthians 4:5

Speaketh evil of the law

Romans 7:7

A doer

James 1:22

Romans 2:13

General references

Exodus 20:16

Matthew 7:1

Bible References

And judgeth

“Do not judge, so that you won’t be judged.

“Do not judge, and you will not be judged. Do not condemn, and you will not be condemned. Forgive, and you will be forgiven.

Therefore, any one of you

who judges is without excuse. For when you judge another, you condemn yourself, since you, the judge, do the same things.

One who eats must not look down on one who does not eat, and one who does not eat must not criticize one who does, because God has accepted him.

Speaketh evil of the law

A doer

But be doers of the word and not hearers only, deceiving yourselves.

For the hearers of the law are not righteous before God, but the doers of the law will be declared righteous.

General references

Do not give false testimony against your neighbor.

“Do not judge, so that you won’t be judged.