James 2:13 Cross References
James 2:13
13: For there will be no mercy for you if you have not been merciful to others. But if you have been merciful, then God's mercy toward you will win out over his judgment against you.
Matthew 5:7
- God blesses those who are merciful, for they will be shown mercy.
Matthew 6:15
- But if you refuse to forgive others, your Father will not forgive your sins.
Proverbs 21:13
- Those who shut their ears to the cries of the poor will be ignored in their own time of need.
Luke 6:37
- "Stop judging others, and you will not be judged. Stop criticizing others, or it will all come back on you. If you forgive others, you will be forgiven.
Matthew 18:28
- "But when the man left the king, he went to a fellow servant who owed him a few thousand dollars. He grabbed him by the throat and demanded instant payment.
- His fellow servant fell down before him and begged for a little more time. 'Be patient and I will pay it,' he pleaded.
- But his creditor wouldn't wait. He had the man arrested and jailed until the debt could be paid in full.
- "When some of the other servants saw this, they were very upset. They went to the king and told him what had happened.
- Then the king called in the man he had forgiven and said, 'You evil servant! I forgave you that tremendous debt because you pleaded with me.
Ephesians 2:4
- But God is so rich in mercy, and he loved us so very much,
- that even while we were dead because of our sins, he gave us life when he raised Christ from the dead. (It is only by God's special favor that you have been saved!)
- For he raised us from the dead along with Christ, and we are seated with him in the heavenly realms--all because we are one with Christ Jesus.
- And so God can always point to us as examples of the incredible wealth of his favor and kindness toward us, as shown in all he has done for us through Christ Jesus.
Matthew 25:41
- "Then the King will turn to those on the left and say, 'Away with you, you cursed ones, into the eternal fire prepared for the Devil and his demons!
- For I was hungry, and you didn't feed me. I was thirsty, and you didn't give me anything to drink.
- I was a stranger, and you didn't invite me into your home. I was naked, and you gave me no clothing. I was sick and in prison, and you didn't visit me.'
- "Then they will reply, 'Lord, when did we ever see you hungry or thirsty or a stranger or naked or sick or in prison, and not help you?'
- And he will answer, 'I assure you, when you refused to help the least of these my brothers and sisters, you were refusing to help me.'
Matthew 7:1
- "Stop judging others, and you will not be judged.
- For others will treat you as you treat them. Whatever measure you use in judging others, it will be used to measure how you are judged.
Psalms 85:10
- Unfailing love and truth have met together. Righteousness and peace have kissed!
1 John 4:18
- Such love has no fear because perfect love expels all fear. If we are afraid, it is for fear of judgment, and this shows that his love has not been perfected in us.
- We love each other as a result of his loving us first.
Micah 7:18
- Where is another God like you, who pardons the sins of the survivors among his people? You cannot stay angry with your people forever, because you delight in showing mercy.
Psalms 18:25
- To the faithful you show yourself faithful; to those with integrity you show integrity.
1 John 4:8
- But anyone who does not love does not know God--for God is love.
- God showed how much he loved us by sending his only Son into the world so that we might have eternal life through him.
- This is real love. It is not that we loved God, but that he loved us and sent his Son as a sacrifice to take away our sins.
- Dear friends, since God loved us that much, we surely ought to love each other.
- No one has ever seen God. But if we love each other, God lives in us, and his love has been brought to full expression through us.
Jeremiah 9:24
- Let them boast in this alone: that they truly know me and understand that I am the LORD who is just and righteous, whose love is unfailing, and that I delight in these things. I, the LORD, have spoken!
Job 22:6
- "For example, you must have lent money to your friend and then kept the clothing he gave you as a pledge. Yes, you stripped him to the bone.
- You must have refused water for the thirsty and food for the hungry.
- After all, you think the land belongs to the powerful and that those who are privileged have a right to it!
- You must have sent widows away without helping them and crushed the strength of orphans.
- That is why you are surrounded by traps and sudden fears.
Genesis 42:21
- Speaking among themselves, they said, "This has all happened because of what we did to Joseph long ago. We saw his terror and anguish and heard his pleadings, but we wouldn't listen. That's why this trouble has come upon us."
James 5:4
- For listen! Hear the cries of the field workers whom you have cheated of their pay. The wages you held back cry out against you. The cries of the reapers have reached the ears of the Lord Almighty.
Ezekiel 33:11
- As surely as I live, says the Sovereign LORD, I take no pleasure in the death of wicked people. I only want them to turn from their wicked ways so they can live. Turn! Turn from your wickedness, O people of Israel! Why should you die?
Ephesians 1:6
- So we praise God for the wonderful kindness he has poured out on us because we belong to his dearly loved Son.
- He is so rich in kindness that he purchased our freedom through the blood of his Son, and our sins are forgiven.
Isaiah 27:11
- The people are like the dead branches of a tree, broken off and used for kindling beneath the cooking pots. Israel is a foolish and stupid nation, for its people have turned away from God. Therefore, the one who made them will show them no pity or mercy.
Luke 16:25
- "But Abraham said to him, 'Son, remember that during your lifetime you had everything you wanted, and Lazarus had nothing. So now he is here being comforted, and you are in anguish.
Judges 1:7
- Adoni-bezek said, "I once had seventy kings with thumbs and big toes cut off, eating scraps from under my table. Now God has paid me back for what I did to them." They took him to Jerusalem, and he died there.