John 7:24

Bible in Basic English (1941)

Let not your decisions be based on what you see, but on righteousness.

Additional Resources

Referenced Verses

  • Isa 11:3-4 : 3 And he will not be guided in his judging by what he sees, or give decisions by the hearing of his ears: 4 But he will do right in the cause of the poor, and give wise decisions for those in the land who are in need; and the rod of his mouth will come down on the cruel, and with the breath of his lips he will put an end to the evil-doer.
  • John 8:15 : 15 You are judging from what you see; I am judging no man.
  • Deut 1:16-17 : 16 And at that time I gave orders to your judges, saying, Let all questions between your brothers come before you for hearing, and give decisions uprightly between a man and his brother or one from another nation who is with him. 17 In judging, do not let a man's position have any weight with you; give hearing equally to small and great; have no fear of any man, for it is God who is judge: and any cause in which you are not able to give a decision, you are to put before me and I will give it a hearing.
  • Prov 17:15 : 15 He who gives a decision for the evil-doer and he who gives a decision against the upright, are equally disgusting to the Lord.
  • Lev 19:15 : 15 Do no wrong in your judging: do not give thought to the position of the poor, or honour to the position of the great; but be a judge to your neighbour in righteousness.
  • Deut 16:18-19 : 18 You are to make judges and overseers in all your towns which the Lord your God gives you, for every tribe: and they are to be upright men, judging the people in righteousness. 19 You are not to be moved in your judging by a man's position, you are not to take rewards; for rewards make the eyes of the wise man blind, and the decisions of the upright false.
  • Ps 58:1-2 : 1 <To the chief music-maker; put to Al-tashheth. Michtam. Of David.> Is there righteousness in your mouths, O you gods? are you upright judges, O you sons of men? 2 The purposes of your hearts are evil; your hands are full of cruel doings on the earth.
  • Jas 2:4 : 4 Is there not a division in your minds? have you not become judges with evil thoughts?
  • Jas 2:9 : 9 But if you take a man's position into account, you do evil, and are judged as evil-doers by the law.
  • Jas 2:1 : 1 My brothers, if you have the faith of our Lord Jesus Christ of glory, do not take a man's position into account.
  • Ps 82:2 : 2 How long will you go on judging falsely, having respect for the persons of evil-doers? (Selah.)
  • Ps 94:20-21 : 20 What part with you has the seat of sin, which makes evil into a law? 21 They are banded together against the soul of the upright, to give decisions against those who have done no wrong.
  • Isa 5:23 : 23 Who for a reward give support to the cause of the sinner, and who take away the righteousness of the upright from him.
  • Prov 24:23 : 23 These are more sayings of the wise: To have respect for a person's position when judging is not good.

Similar Verses (AI)

These verses are found using AI-powered semantic similarity based on meaning and context. Results may occasionally include unexpected connections.

  • Matt 7:1-3
    3 verses
    85%

    1 Be not judges of others, and you will not be judged.

    2 For as you have been judging, so you will be judged, and with your measure will it be measured to you.

    3 And why do you take note of the grain of dust in your brother's eye, but take no note of the bit of wood which is in your eye?

  • John 8:15-16
    2 verses
    81%

    15 You are judging from what you see; I am judging no man.

    16 Even if I am judging, my decision is right, because I am not by myself--with me is the Father who sent me.

  • John 7:51
    76%

    51 Is a man judged by our law before it has given him a hearing and has knowledge of what he has done?

  • Luke 12:57
    76%

    57 And why are you, in your hearts, unable to be judges of what is right?

  • Luke 6:37
    76%

    37 Be not judges of others, and you will not be judged: do not give punishment to others, and you will not get punishment yourselves: make others free, and you will be made free:

  • Jas 2:4
    74%

    4 Is there not a division in your minds? have you not become judges with evil thoughts?

  • John 7:25
    74%

    25 Then some of the people of Jerusalem said, Is not this the man whose death is desired?

  • John 7:23
    74%

    23 If a child is given circumcision on the Sabbath so that the law of Moses may not be broken, why are you angry with me because I made a man completely well on the Sabbath?

  • 2 Chr 19:6
    74%

    6 And said to the judges, Take care what you do, for you are judging not for man but for the Lord, and he is with you in the decisions you give.

  • Lev 19:15
    73%

    15 Do no wrong in your judging: do not give thought to the position of the poor, or honour to the position of the great; but be a judge to your neighbour in righteousness.

  • John 12:47
    72%

    47 And if any man gives ear to my words and does not keep them, I am not his judge: I did not come to be judge of the world but to give salvation to the world.

  • Jas 4:11
    72%

    11 Do not say evil against one another, my brothers. He who says evil against his brother or makes himself his brother's judge, says evil against the law and is judging the law: and in judging the law you become, not a doer of the law but a judge.

  • Rom 14:13
    72%

    13 Then let us not be judges of one another any longer: but keep this in mind, that no man is to make it hard for his brother, or give him cause for doubting.

  • Deut 16:18-19
    2 verses
    72%

    18 You are to make judges and overseers in all your towns which the Lord your God gives you, for every tribe: and they are to be upright men, judging the people in righteousness.

    19 You are not to be moved in your judging by a man's position, you are not to take rewards; for rewards make the eyes of the wise man blind, and the decisions of the upright false.

  • Exod 23:6-7
    2 verses
    72%

    6 Let no wrong decisions be given in the poor man's cause.

    7 Keep yourselves far from any false business; never let the upright or him who has done no wrong be put to death: for I will make the evil-doer responsible for his sin.

  • John 8:50
    71%

    50 I, however, am not in search of glory for myself: there is One who is searching for it and he is judge.

  • Matt 7:20
    71%

    20 So by their fruits you will get knowledge of them.

  • 1 Cor 4:3-4
    2 verses
    71%

    3 But it is a small thing to me that I am judged by you or by man's judging; I am not even a judge of myself.

    4 For I am not conscious of any wrong in myself; but this does not make me clear, for it is the Lord who is my judge.

  • John 5:30
    71%

    30 Of myself I am unable to do anything: as the voice comes to me so I give a decision: and my decision is right because I have no desire to do what is pleasing to myself, but only what is pleasing to him who sent me.

  • Ps 7:8
    71%

    8 The Lord will be judge of the peoples; give a decision for me, O Lord, because of my righteousness, and let my virtue have its reward.

  • Acts 7:27
    71%

    27 But the man who was doing wrong to his neighbour, pushing him away, said, Who made you a ruler and a judge over us?

  • Deut 1:17
    71%

    17 In judging, do not let a man's position have any weight with you; give hearing equally to small and great; have no fear of any man, for it is God who is judge: and any cause in which you are not able to give a decision, you are to put before me and I will give it a hearing.

  • John 7:19
    71%

    19 Did not Moses give you the law? Even so, not one of you keeps the law. Why have you a desire to put me to death?

  • Deut 25:1
    71%

    1 If there is an argument between men and they go to law with one another, let the judges give their decision for the upright, and against the wrongdoer.

  • John 8:26
    71%

    26 I have much to say about you and against you: but he who sent me is true and what he has said to me I say to the world.

  • John 9:39
    71%

    39 And Jesus said, I came into this world to be a judge, so that those who do not see may see, and those who see may become blind.

  • Matt 7:6
    71%

    6 Do not give that which is holy to the dogs, or put your jewels before pigs, for fear that they will be crushed under foot by the pigs whose attack will then be made against you.

  • 1 Cor 11:31
    71%

    31 But if we were true judges of ourselves, punishment would not come on us.

  • 1 Cor 5:12-13
    2 verses
    70%

    12 For it is no business of mine to be judging those who are outside; but it is yours to be judging those who are among you;

    13 As for those who are outside, God is their judge. So put away the evil man from among you.

  • Jas 5:9
    70%

    9 Say no hard things against one another, brothers, so that you will not be judged; see, the judge is waiting at the doors.

  • Rom 2:1
    70%

    1 So you have no reason, whoever you are, for judging: for in judging another you are judging yourself, for you do the same things.

  • Rom 2:27
    70%

    27 And they, by their keeping of the law without circumcision, will be judges of you, by whom the law is broken though you have the letter of the law and circumcision.

  • Prov 24:23
    70%

    23 These are more sayings of the wise: To have respect for a person's position when judging is not good.

  • 1 Cor 6:4
    70%

    4 If then there are questions to be judged in connection with the things of this life, why do you put them in the hands of those who have no position in the church?

  • Matt 12:37
    70%

    37 For by your words will your righteousness be seen, and by your words you will be judged.

  • John 18:31
    70%

    31 Then Pilate said to them, Take him yourselves and let him be judged by your law. But the Jews said to him, We have no right to put any man to death.

  • John 7:4
    70%

    4 Because no man does things secretly if he has a desire that men may have knowledge of him. If you do these things, let yourself be seen by all men.

  • Luke 6:41
    70%

    41 And why do you take note of the grain of dust in your brother's eye, but take no note of the bit of wood which is in your eye?

  • Lev 19:35
    70%

    35 Do not make false decisions in questions of yard-sticks and weights and measures.

  • Rom 14:10
    70%

    10 But you, why do you make yourself your brother's judge? or again, why have you no respect for your brother? because we will all have to take our place before God as our judge.

  • Luke 7:24
    70%

    24 And when the men who were sent by John had gone away, he said to the people, about John, What did you go out into the waste land to see? a tall stem moving in the wind?

  • Mark 7:16
    69%

    16 []

  • Jer 7:5
    69%

    5 For if your ways and your doings are truly changed for the better; if you truly give right decisions between a man and his neighbour;