James 5:6

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“You have condemned and murdered the righteous, who did not resist you.”

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BSBPD

“You have condemned and murdered the righteous, who did not resist you.”

Berean Standard Bible · Public Domain (CC0)
KJVPD

“Ye have condemned and killed the just; and he doth not resist you.”

King James Version · Public Domain
ASVPD

“Ye have condemned, ye have killed the righteous one; he doth not resist you.”

American Standard Version · Public Domain
YLTPD

“ye did condemn--ye did murder the righteous one, he doth not resist you.”

Young's Literal Translation · Public Domain
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Cross references

Other passages that echo James 5:6 — 22 related verses from the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge.

  1. Isaiah 53:7He was oppressed and afflicted, yet He did not open His mouth. He was led like a lamb to the slaughter, and as a sheep before her shearers is silent, so He did not open His mouth.
  2. Matthew 5:39But I tell you not to resist an evil person. If someone slaps you on your right cheek, turn to him the other also;
  3. Matthew 21:38But when the tenants saw the son, they said to one another, ‘This is the heir. Come, let us kill him and take his inheritance.’
  4. Matthew 23:34Because of this, I am sending you prophets and wise men and teachers. Some of them you will kill and crucify, and others you will flog in your synagogues and persecute in town after town.
  5. Matthew 26:53Are you not aware that I can call on My Father, and He will at once put at My disposal more than twelve legions of angels?
  6. Matthew 27:20But the chief priests and elders persuaded the crowds to ask for Barabbas and to have Jesus put to death.
  7. Matthew 27:24When Pilate saw that he was accomplishing nothing, but that instead a riot was breaking out, he took water and washed his hands before the crowd. “I am innocent of this man’s blood,” he said. “You bear the responsibility.”
  8. Luke 22:51But Jesus answered, “No more of this!” And He touched the man’s ear and healed him.
  9. John 16:2They will put you out of the synagogues. In fact, a time is coming when anyone who kills you will think he is offering a service to God.
  10. John 19:9and he went back into the Praetorium. “Where are You from?” he asked. But Jesus gave no answer.
  11. Acts 2:22Men of Israel, listen to this message: Jesus of Nazareth was a man certified by God to you by miracles, wonders, and signs, which God did among you through Him, as you yourselves know.
  12. Acts 3:14You rejected the Holy and Righteous One and asked that a murderer be released to you.
  13. Acts 4:10then let this be known to all of you and to all the people of Israel: It is by the name of Jesus Christ of Nazareth, whom you crucified but whom God raised from the dead, that this man stands before you healed.
  14. Acts 7:52Which of the prophets did your fathers fail to persecute? They even killed those who foretold the coming of the Righteous One. And now you are His betrayers and murderers—
  15. Acts 8:32The eunuch was reading this passage of Scripture: “He was led like a sheep to the slaughter, and as a lamb before the shearer is silent, so He did not open His mouth.
  16. Acts 13:27The people of Jerusalem and their rulers did not recognize Jesus, yet in condemning Him they fulfilled the words of the prophets that are read every Sabbath.
  17. Acts 22:14Then he said, ‘The God of our fathers has appointed you to know His will, and to see the Righteous One, and to hear His voice.
  18. 1 Thessalonians 2:15who killed both the Lord Jesus and their own prophets, and drove us out as well. They are displeasing to God and hostile to all men,
  19. Hebrews 10:38But My righteous one will live by faith; and if he shrinks back, I will take no pleasure in him.”
  20. James 2:6But you have dishonored the poor. Is it not the rich who oppress you and drag you into court?
  21. James 4:2You crave what you do not have; you kill and covet, but are unable to obtain it. You quarrel and fight. You do not have, because you do not ask.
  22. 1 Peter 2:22“He committed no sin, and no deceit was found in His mouth.”

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