James 4:11-12

Brothers, do not slander one another. Anyone who speaks against his brother or judges him speaks against the law and judges it. And if you judge the law, you are not a practitioner of the law, but a judge of it. There is only one Lawgiver and Judge, the One who is able to save and destroy. But who are you to judge your neighbor?

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3 songs meet this passage

  • “Who made you king of anything?”

    King of Anything · Sara Bareilles

    resonates with James 4:11-12

    The song's resistance to being judged and remade in someone else's image echoes the warning against setting yourself up as judge over another.

  • “says a bridesmaid to a waiter”

    I Write Sins Not Tragedies (Live) · Panic! At the Disco

    strains against James 4:11

    The bridesmaids' gossip at the wedding is exactly the kind of speaking against one another James warns slanders the hearer and the subject alike.

  • “tell them skinny bitches that”

    All About That Bass (Live from Spotify London) · Meghan Trainor

    strains against James 4:11

    Lifting one body type up by putting another down is still the comparison game dressed in different clothes.

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