for the judgment without kindness is to him not having done kindness, and exult doth kindness over judgment.James 2:13 Additional Translations
Clarke's Commentary on the BibleFor he shall have judgment - He who shows no mercy to man, or, in other words, he who does not exercise himself in works of charity and mercy to his needy fellow creatures, shall receive no mercy at the hand of God; for he hath said, Blessed are the merciful, for they shall obtain mercy. The unmerciful therefore are cursed, and they shall obtain no mercy.
Mercy rejoiceth against judgment - These words are variously understood.
1. Mercy, the merciful man, the abstract for the concrete, exults over judgment, that is, he is not afraid of it, having acted according to the law of liberty, Thou shalt love thy neighbor as thyself.
2. Ye shall be exalted by mercy above judgment.
3. For he (God) exalts mercy above judgment.
4. A merciful man rejoices rather in opportunities of showing mercy, than in acting according to strict justice.
5. In the great day, though justice might condemn every man according to the rigour of the law, yet God will cause mercy to triumph over justice in bringing those into his glory who, for his sake, had fed the hungry, clothed the naked, ministered to the sick, and visited the prisoners. See what our Lord says, Matthew 25:31-46.
In the MSS. and versions there is a considerable variety of readings on this verse, and some of the senses given above are derived from those readings. The spirit of the saying may be found in another scripture, I will have mercy and not sacrifice - I prefer works of charity and mercy to every thing else, and especially to all acts of worship. The Royal Law, Thou shalt love thy neighbor as thyself, should particularly prevail among men, because of the miserable state to which all are reduced by sin, so that each particularly needs the help of his brother.
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James 5:4 Behold, the hire of the laborers who have reaped down your fields, which is of you kept back by fraud, cries...
Genesis 42:21 And they said one to another, We are truly guilty concerning our brother, in that we saw the anguish of his soul, when he sought us...
Judges 1:7 And Adonibezek said, Three score and ten kings, having their thumbs and their great toes cut off, gathered their meat under my table...
Job 22:6-10 For you have taken a pledge from your brother for nothing, and stripped the naked of their clothing...
Proverbs 21:13 Whoever stops his ears at the cry of the poor, he also shall cry himself, but shall not be heard.
Isaiah 27:11 When the boughs thereof are withered, they shall be broken off: the women come, and set them on fire...
Matthew 5:7 Blessed are the merciful: for they shall obtain mercy.
Matthew 6:15 But if you forgive not men their trespasses, neither will your Father forgive your trespasses.
Matthew 7:1,2 Judge not, that you be not judged...
Matthew 18:28-35 But the same servant went out, and found one of his fellow servants, which owed him an hundred pence: and he laid hands on him...
Matthew 25:41-46 Then shall he say also to them on the left hand, Depart from me, you cursed, into everlasting fire...
Luke 16:25 But Abraham said, Son, remember that you in your lifetime received your good things, and likewise Lazarus evil things...
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Psalm 85:10 Mercy and truth are met together; righteousness and peace have kissed each other.
Jeremiah 9:24 But let him that glories glory in this, that he understands and knows me, that I am the LORD which exercise loving kindness, judgment...
Ezekiel 33:11 Say to them, As I live, said the Lord GOD, I have no pleasure in the death of the wicked...
Micah 7:18 Who is a God like to you, that pardons iniquity, and passes by the transgression of the remnant of his heritage?...
Ephesians 1:6,7 To the praise of the glory of his grace, wherein he has made us accepted in the beloved...
Ephesians 2:4-7 But God, who is rich in mercy, for his great love with which he loved us...
1 John 4:8-16,18,19 He that loves not knows not God; for God is love...
rejoiceth. or, glorieth.
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