James 2:13

Judgment will be merciless to those who showed no mercy, but mercy triumphs over judgment. How we treat others reflects whether God's mercy has truly gripped us.

Cross-references · 22

• Matt 5:7Blessed are the merciful, for they will be shown mercy.
• Matt 6:15But if you do not forgive men their trespasses, neither will your Father forgive yours.
• Prov 21:13Whoever shuts his ears to the cry of the poor, he too shall cry out and receive no answer.
• Luke 6:37Do not judge, and you will not be judged. Do not condemn, and you will not be condemned. Forgive, and you will be forgiven.
• Eph 2:4–7But because of His great love for us, God, who is rich in mercy,
• Matt 18:28–35But when that servant went out, he found one of his fellow servants who owed him a hundred denarii. He grabbed him and began to choke him, saying, ‘Pay back what you owe me!’
• Ps 18:25To the faithful You show Yourself faithful, to the blameless You show Yourself blameless;
• Matt 7:1–2“Do not judge, or you will be judged.
• Matt 25:41–46Then He will say to those on His left, ‘Depart from Me, you who are cursed, into the eternal fire prepared for the devil and his angels.
• Eph 1:6–7to the praise of His glorious grace, which He has freely given us in the Beloved One.
• 1 Jn 4:18–19There is no fear in love, but perfect love drives out fear, because fear involves punishment. The one who fears has not been perfected in love.
• Ps 85:10Loving devotion and faithfulness have joined together; righteousness and peace have kissed.
• Mic 7:18Who is a God like You, who pardons iniquity and passes over the transgression of the remnant of His inheritance—who does not retain His anger forever, because He delights in loving devotion?
• 1 Jn 4:8–16Whoever does not love does not know God, because God is love.
• Job 22:6–10For you needlessly demanded security from your brothers and deprived the naked of their clothing.
• Judg 1:7Then Adoni-bezek said, “Seventy kings with their thumbs and big toes cut off have gathered the scraps under my table. As I have done to them, so God has repaid me.” And they brought him to Jerusalem, where he died.
• Ezek 33:11Say to them: ‘As surely as I live, declares the Lord GOD, I take no pleasure in the death of the wicked, but rather that the wicked should turn from their ways and live. Turn! Turn from your evil ways! For why should you die, O house of Israel?’
• Jer 9:24But let him who boasts boast in this, that he understands and knows Me, that I am the LORD, who exercises loving devotion, justice and righteousness on the earth—for I delight in these things,” declares the LORD.
• Gen 42:21Then they said to one another, “Surely we are being punished because of our brother. We saw his anguish when he pleaded with us, but we would not listen. That is why this distress has come upon us.”
• Jas 5:4Look, the wages you withheld from the workmen who mowed your fields are crying out against you. The cries of the harvesters have reached the ears of the Lord of Hosts.
• Luke 16:25But Abraham answered, ‘Child, remember that during your lifetime you received your good things, while Lazarus received bad things. But now he is comforted here, while you are in agony.
• Isa 27:11When its limbs are dry, they are broken off. Women come and use them for kindling; for this is a people without understanding. Therefore their Maker has no compassion on them, and their Creator shows them no favor.

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