James 4:11

But be doers of the word, and not only hearers, deluding your own selves.

but now you also put them all away: anger, wrath, malice, slander, and shameful speaking out of your mouth.

Not everyone who says to me, ‘Lord, Lord,’ will enter into the Kingdom of Heaven; but he who does the will of my Father who is in heaven.

Don’t be hasty in your spirit to be angry, for anger rests in the bosom of fools.

And whatever you do, work heartily, as for the Lord, and not for men,

Do you think this, O man who judges those who practice such things, and do the same, that you will escape the judgment of God?

The Lord’s servant must not quarrel, but be gentle toward all, able to teach, patient,

But he said, “On the contrary, blessed are those who hear the word of God, and keep it.”

Don’t judge according to appearance, but judge righteous judgment.”

without understanding, covenant breakers, without natural affection, unforgiving, unmerciful;

Because by the works of the law, no flesh will be justified in his sight; for through the law comes the knowledge of sin.

not a drinker, not violent, not greedy for money, but gentle, not quarrelsome, not covetous;

There is no creature that is hidden from his sight, but all things are naked and laid open before the eyes of him to whom we must give an account.

Therefore, putting away all filthiness and overflowing of wickedness, receive with humility the implanted word, which is able to save your souls.

So speak and so do, as men who are to be judged by a law of freedom.

He uncovers deep things out of darkness, and brings out to light the shadow of death.

A false witness shall not be unpunished. He who pours out lies shall not go free.

Where there is no revelation, the people cast off restraint; but one who keeps the law is blessed.

For God will bring every work into judgment, with every hidden thing, whether it is good, or whether it is evil.

Therefore don’t be afraid of them, for there is nothing covered that will not be revealed; and hidden that will not be known.

He said to him, “Which ones?” Jesus said, “ ‘You shall not murder.’ ‘You shall not commit adultery.’ ‘You shall not steal.’ ‘You shall not offer false testimony.’

For nothing is hidden that will not be revealed; nor anything secret that will not be known and come to light.

You will know the truth, and the truth will make you free.”

in the day when God will judge the secrets of men, according to my Good News, by Jesus Christ.

each man’s work will be revealed. For the Day will declare it, because it is revealed in fire; and the fire itself will test what sort of work each man’s work is.

For we must all be revealed before the judgment seat of Christ that each one may receive the things in the body according to what he has done, whether good or bad.

For it isn’t he who commends himself who is approved, but whom the Lord commends.

as free, and not using your freedom for a cloak of wickedness, but as bondservants of God.

“You shall not covet your neighbor’s house. You shall not covet your neighbor’s wife, nor his male servant, nor his female servant, nor his ox, nor his donkey, nor anything that is your neighbor’s.”

“You shall not covet your neighbor’s wife. Neither shall you desire your neighbor’s house, his field, or his male servant, or his female servant, his ox, or his donkey, or anything that is your neighbor’s.”

Cease from anger, and forsake wrath. Don’t fret; it leads only to evildoing.

“Everyone therefore who hears these words of mine, and does them, I will liken him to a wise man, who built his house on a rock.

Even so you also, when you see all these things, know that it is near, even at the doors.

Why don’t you judge for yourselves what is right?

If you know these things, blessed are you if you do them.

Jesus said to him, “If I desire that he stay until I come, what is that to you? You follow me.”

being filled with all unrighteousness, sexual immorality, wickedness, covetousness, malice; full of envy, murder, strife, deceit, evil habits, secret slanderers,

For circumcision indeed profits, if you are a doer of the law, but if you are a transgressor of the law, your circumcision has become uncircumcision.

but he is a Jew who is one inwardly, and circumcision is that of the heart, in the spirit not in the letter; whose praise is not from men, but from God.

But sin, finding occasion through the commandment, produced in me all kinds of coveting. For apart from the law, sin is dead.

Therefore let’s not judge one another any more, but judge this rather, that no man put a stumbling block in his brother’s way, or an occasion for falling.

“Be angry, and don’t sin.” Don’t let the sun go down on your wrath,

And be kind to one another, tender hearted, forgiving each other, just as God also in Christ forgave you.

Husbands, love your wives, and don’t be bitter against them.

Servants, in the same way, must be reverent, not double-tongued, not addicted to much wine, not greedy for money,

So, then, my beloved brothers, let every man be swift to hear, slow to speak, and slow to anger;

For judgment is without mercy to him who has shown no mercy. Mercy triumphs over judgment.

But if you have bitter jealousy and selfish ambition in your heart, don’t boast and don’t lie against the truth.

that the proof of your faith, which is more precious than gold that perishes even though it is tested by fire, may be found to result in praise, glory, and honor at the revelation of Jesus Christ—

Putting away therefore all wickedness, all deceit, hypocrisies, envies, and all evil speaking,

but in the hidden person of the heart, in the incorruptible adornment of a gentle and quiet spirit, which is very precious in the sight of God.

Little children, let no one lead you astray. He who does righteousness is righteous, even as he is righteous.

Give your servant therefore an understanding heart to judge your people, that I may discern between good and evil; for who is able to judge this great people of yours?”

An evil speaker won’t be established in the earth. Evil will hunt the violent man to overthrow him.

He will say, “Build up, build up, prepare the way! Remove the stumbling-block out of the way of my people.”

Yahweh said to me, “Proclaim all these words in the cities of Judah, and in the streets of Jerusalem, saying, ‘Hear the words of this covenant, and do them.

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

Take my yoke upon you, and learn from me, for I am gentle and humble in heart; and you will find rest for your souls.

Let both grow together until the harvest, and in the harvest time I will tell the reapers, “First, gather up the darnel weeds, and bind them in bundles to burn them; but gather the wheat into my barn.” ’ ”

Love doesn’t harm a neighbor. Love therefore is the fulfillment of the law.

But you, why do you judge your brother? Or you again, why do you despise your brother? For we will all stand before the judgment seat of Christ.

For as often as you eat this bread and drink this cup, you proclaim the Lord’s death until he comes.

But we have renounced the hidden things of shame, not walking in craftiness, nor handling the word of God deceitfully, but by the manifestation of the truth commending ourselves to every man’s conscience in the sight of God.

We give no occasion of stumbling in anything, that our service may not be blamed,

Brothers, even if a man is caught in some fault, you who are spiritual must restore such a one in a spirit of gentleness; looking to yourself so that you also aren’t tempted.

with all lowliness and humility, with patience, bearing with one another in love,

that they may train the young wives to love their husbands, to love their children,

Inasmuch as it is appointed for men to die once, and after this, judgment,

Only one is the lawgiver, who is able to save and to destroy. But who are you to judge another?

Therefore you are without excuse, O man, whoever you are who judge. For in that which you judge another, you condemn yourself. For you who judge practice the same things.

to speak evil of no one, not to be contentious, to be gentle, showing all humility toward all men.

haven’t you shown partiality among yourselves, and become judges with evil thoughts?

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

“You shall not give false testimony against your neighbor.

he who doesn’t slander with his tongue, nor does evil to his friend, nor casts slurs against his fellow man;

Give me understanding, and I will keep your law. Yes, I will obey it with my whole heart.

Don’t judge, and you won’t be judged. Don’t condemn, and you won’t be condemned. Set free, and you will be set free.

For it isn’t the hearers of the law who are righteous before God, but the doers of the law will be justified

What shall we say then? Is the law sin? May it never be! However, I wouldn’t have known sin, except through the law. For I wouldn’t have known coveting, unless the law had said, “You shall not covet.”

Therefore judge nothing before the time, until the Lord comes, who will both bring to light the hidden things of darkness, and reveal the counsels of the hearts. Then each man will get his praise from God.

For I am afraid that by any means, when I come, I might find you not the way I want to, and that I might be found by you as you don’t desire, that by any means there would be strife, jealousy, outbursts of anger, factions, slander, whisperings, proud thoughts, or riots,

Let all bitterness, wrath, anger, outcry, and slander be put away from you, with all malice.

Let no one therefore judge you in eating, or in drinking, or with respect to a feast day or a new moon or a Sabbath day,

Their wives in the same way must be reverent, not slanderers, temperate, and faithful in all things.

without natural affection, unforgiving, slanderers, without self-control, fierce, not lovers of good,

and that older women likewise be reverent in behavior, not slanderers nor enslaved to much wine, teachers of that which is good,

But he who looks into the perfect law of freedom and continues, not being a hearer who forgets, but a doer of the work, this man will be blessed in what he does.