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James 2:13 KJV (With Strong’s)

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ho (Greek #3588)
the definite article; the (sometimes to be supplied, at others omitted, in English idiom)
KJV usage: the, this, that, one, he, she, it, etc.
Pronounce: ho
Origin: ἡ (hay), and the neuter τό (to) in all their inflections
gar (Greek #1063)
properly, assigning a reason (used in argument, explanation or intensification; often with other particles)
KJV usage: and, as, because (that), but, even, for, indeed, no doubt, seeing, then, therefore, verily, what, why, yet.
Pronounce: gar
Origin: a primary particle
he
poieo (Greek #4160)
to make or do (in a very wide application, more or less direct)
KJV usage: abide, + agree, appoint, X avenge, + band together, be, bear, + bewray, bring (forth), cast out, cause, commit, + content, continue, deal, + without any delay, (would) do(-ing), execute, exercise, fulfil, gain, give, have, hold, X journeying, keep, + lay wait, + lighten the ship, make, X mean, + none of these things move me, observe, ordain, perform, provide, + have purged, purpose, put, + raising up, X secure, shew, X shoot out, spend, take, tarry, + transgress the law, work, yield. Compare 4238.
Pronounce: poy-eh'-o
Origin: apparently a prolonged form of an obsolete primary
p shall have judgment
krisis (Greek #2920)
by extension, a tribunal; by implication, justice (especially, divine law)
KJV usage: accusation, condemnation, damnation, judgment.
Pronounce: kree'-sis
Origin: decision (subjectively or objectively, for or against)
without mercy
anileos (Greek #448)
inexorable
KJV usage: without mercy.
Pronounce: an-ee'-leh-oce
Origin: from 1 (as a negative particle) and 2436
, that hath showed
poieo (Greek #4160)
to make or do (in a very wide application, more or less direct)
KJV usage: abide, + agree, appoint, X avenge, + band together, be, bear, + bewray, bring (forth), cast out, cause, commit, + content, continue, deal, + without any delay, (would) do(-ing), execute, exercise, fulfil, gain, give, have, hold, X journeying, keep, + lay wait, + lighten the ship, make, X mean, + none of these things move me, observe, ordain, perform, provide, + have purged, purpose, put, + raising up, X secure, shew, X shoot out, spend, take, tarry, + transgress the law, work, yield. Compare 4238.
Pronounce: poy-eh'-o
Origin: apparently a prolonged form of an obsolete primary
no
me (Greek #3361)
(adverb) not, (conjunction) lest; also (as an interrogative implying a negative answer (whereas 3756 expects an affirmative one)) whether
KJV usage: any but (that), X forbear, + God forbid, + lack, lest, neither, never, no (X wise in), none, nor, (can-)not, nothing, that not, un(-taken), without. Often used in compounds in substantially the same relations. See also 3362, 3363, 3364, 3372, 3373, 3375, 3378.
Pronounce: may
Origin: a primary particle of qualified negation (whereas 3756 expresses an absolute denial)
mercy
eleos (Greek #1656)
compassion (human or divine, especially active)
KJV usage: (+ tender) mercy.
Pronounce: el'-eh-os
Origin: of uncertain affinity
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kai (Greek #2532)
and, also, even, so then, too, etc.; often used in connection (or composition) with other particles or small words
KJV usage: and, also, both, but, even, for, if, or, so, that, then, therefore, when, yet.
Pronounce: kahee
Origin: apparently, a primary particle, having a copulative and sometimes also a cumulative force
mercy
eleos (Greek #1656)
compassion (human or divine, especially active)
KJV usage: (+ tender) mercy.
Pronounce: el'-eh-os
Origin: of uncertain affinity
βrejoicetha against
katakauchaomai (Greek #2620)
to exult against (i.e. over)
KJV usage: boast (against), glory, rejoice against.
Pronounce: kat-ak-ow-khah'-om-ahee
Origin: from 2596 and 2744
judgment
krisis (Greek #2920)
by extension, a tribunal; by implication, justice (especially, divine law)
KJV usage: accusation, condemnation, damnation, judgment.
Pronounce: kree'-sis
Origin: decision (subjectively or objectively, for or against)
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ho (Greek #3588)
the definite article; the (sometimes to be supplied, at others omitted, in English idiom)
KJV usage: the, this, that, one, he, she, it, etc.
Pronounce: ho
Origin: ἡ (hay), and the neuter τό (to) in all their inflections
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Prov. 21:13• 13Whoso stoppeth his ears at the cry of the poor, he also shall cry himself, but shall not be heard. (Prov. 21:13)
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Matt. 6:15• 15But if ye forgive not men their trespasses, neither will your Father forgive your trespasses. (Matt. 6:15)
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Matt. 7:1‑2• 1Judge not, that ye be not judged.
 2For with what judgment ye judge, ye shall be judged: and with what measure ye mete, it shall be measured to you again. (Matt. 7:1‑2)
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Psa. 85:10• 10Mercy and truth are met together; righteousness and peace have kissed each other. (Psa. 85:10)
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or, glorieth.

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James 5:4• 4Behold, the hire of the laborers who have reaped down your fields, which is of you kept back by fraud, crieth: and the cries of them which have reaped are entered into the ears of the Lord of sabaoth. (James 5:4)
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Gen. 42:21• 21And they said one to another, We are verily guilty concerning our brother, in that we saw the anguish of his soul, when he besought us, and we would not hear; therefore is this distress come upon us. (Gen. 42:21)
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Judg. 1:7• 7And Adoni-bezek said, Threescore and ten kings, having their thumbs and their great toes cut off, gathered their meat under my table: as I have done, so God hath requited me. And they brought him to Jerusalem, and there he died. (Judg. 1:7)
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Job 22:6‑10• 6For thou hast taken a pledge from thy brother for nought, and stripped the naked of their clothing.
 7Thou hast not given water to the weary to drink, and thou hast withholden bread from the hungry.
 8But as for the mighty man, he had the earth; and the honorable man dwelt in it.
 9Thou hast sent widows away empty, and the arms of the fatherless have been broken.
 10Therefore snares are round about thee, and sudden fear troubleth thee; (Job 22:6‑10)
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Prov. 21:13• 13Whoso stoppeth his ears at the cry of the poor, he also shall cry himself, but shall not be heard. (Prov. 21:13)
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Isa. 27:11• 11When the boughs thereof are withered, they shall be broken off: the women come, and set them on fire: for it is a people of no understanding: therefore he that made them will not have mercy on them, and he that formed them will show them no favor. (Isa. 27:11)
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Matt. 5:7• 7Blessed are the merciful: for they shall obtain mercy. (Matt. 5:7)
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Matt. 6:15• 15But if ye forgive not men their trespasses, neither will your Father forgive your trespasses. (Matt. 6:15)
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Matt. 7:1‑2• 1Judge not, that ye be not judged.
 2For with what judgment ye judge, ye shall be judged: and with what measure ye mete, it shall be measured to you again. (Matt. 7:1‑2)
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Matt. 18:28‑35• 28But the same servant went out, and found one of his fellowservants, which owed him an hundred pence: and he laid hands on him, and took him by the throat, saying, Pay me that thou owest.
 29And his fellowservant fell down at his feet, and besought him, saying, Have patience with me, and I will pay thee all.
 30And he would not: but went and cast him into prison, till he should pay the debt.
 31So when his fellowservants saw what was done, they were very sorry, and came and told unto their lord all that was done.
 32Then his lord, after that he had called him, said unto him, O thou wicked servant, I forgave thee all that debt, because thou desiredst me:
 33Shouldest not thou also have had compassion on thy fellowservant, even as I had pity on thee?
 34And his lord was wroth, and delivered him to the tormentors, till he should pay all that was due unto him.
 35So likewise shall my heavenly Father do also unto you, if ye from your hearts forgive not every one his brother their trespasses. (Matt. 18:28‑35)
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Matt. 25:41‑46• 41Then shall he say also unto them on the left hand, Depart from me, ye cursed, into everlasting fire, prepared for the devil and his angels:
 42For I was an hungred, and ye gave me no meat: I was thirsty, and ye gave me no drink:
 43I was a stranger, and ye took me not in: naked, and ye clothed me not: sick, and in prison, and ye visited me not.
 44Then shall they also answer him, saying, Lord, when saw we thee an hungred, or athirst, or a stranger, or naked, or sick, or in prison, and did not minister unto thee?
 45Then shall he answer them, saying, Verily I say unto you, Inasmuch as ye did it not to one of the least of these, ye did it not to me.
 46And these shall go away into everlasting punishment: but the righteous into life eternal. (Matt. 25:41‑46)
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Luke 16:25• 25But Abraham said, Son, remember that thou in thy lifetime receivedst thy good things, and likewise Lazarus evil things: but now he is comforted, and thou art tormented. (Luke 16:25)
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Psa. 85:10• 10Mercy and truth are met together; righteousness and peace have kissed each other. (Psa. 85:10)
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Jer. 9:24• 24But let him that glorieth glory in this, that he understandeth and knoweth me, that I am the Lord which exercise lovingkindness, judgment, and righteousness, in the earth: for in these things I delight, saith the Lord. (Jer. 9:24)
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Ezek. 33:11• 11Say unto them, As I live, saith the Lord God, I have no pleasure in the death of the wicked; but that the wicked turn from his way and live: turn ye, turn ye from your evil ways; for why will ye die, O house of Israel? (Ezek. 33:11)
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Mic. 7:18• 18Who is a God like unto thee, that pardoneth iniquity, and passeth by the transgression of the remnant of his heritage? he retaineth not his anger for ever, because he delighteth in mercy. (Mic. 7:18)
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Eph. 1:6‑7• 6To the praise of the glory of his grace, wherein he hath made us accepted in the beloved.
 7In whom we have redemption through his blood, the forgiveness of sins, according to the riches of his grace; (Eph. 1:6‑7)
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Eph. 2:4‑7• 4But God, who is rich in mercy, for his great love wherewith he loved us,
 5Even when we were dead in sins, hath quickened us together with Christ, (by grace ye are saved;)
 6And hath raised us up together, and made us sit together in heavenly places in Christ Jesus:
 7That in the ages to come he might show the exceeding riches of his grace in his kindness toward us through Christ Jesus. (Eph. 2:4‑7)
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1 John 4:8‑16,18‑19• 8He that loveth not knoweth not God; for God is love.
 9In this was manifested the love of God toward us, because that God sent his only begotten Son into the world, that we might live through him.
 10Herein is love, not that we loved God, but that he loved us, and sent his Son to be the propitiation for our sins.
 11Beloved, if God so loved us, we ought also to love one another.
 12No man hath seen God at any time. If we love one another, God dwelleth in us, and his love is perfected in us.
 13Hereby know we that we dwell in him, and he in us, because he hath given us of his Spirit.
 14And we have seen and do testify that the Father sent the Son to be the Saviour of the world.
 15Whosoever shall confess that Jesus is the Son of God, God dwelleth in him, and he in God.
 16And we have known and believed the love that God hath to us. God is love; and he that dwelleth in love dwelleth in God, and God in him.
 18There is no fear in love; but perfect love casteth out fear: because fear hath torment. He that feareth is not made perfect in love.
 19We love him, because he first loved us. (1 John 4:8‑16,18‑19)
rejoiceth.
or, glorieth.
• This introduction of the divine nature leads the Apostle on to speak of the mercy by which God glorifies Himself. The man who shows no mercy will find himself the object of the judgment which he has loved. (“James 2” by J.N. Darby)
• If we profess the faith of our Lord Jesus Christ and show no mercy, we are not acting according to the dictates of the new nature which delights to exercise mercy rather than judgment. (“The Proof of Faith: James 2” by H. Smith)
• Divine mercy goes hand in hand with righteousness, and thereby it triumphs against the judgment that otherwise had been our due. (“James 2” by F.B. Hole)

J. N. Darby Translation

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for judgment will be without mercy to him that has shewn no mercy. Mercy glories over judgment.

W. Kelly Translation

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for the judgment [is] merciless to him that showeda no mercy. Mercy glorieth over judgment.

WK Translation Notes

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There is no need for the word "hath."