Matthew 7:1

Bible in Basic English (1941)

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

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  • Luke 6:37 : 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 4:11-12 : 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. 12 There is only one judge and law-giver, even he who has the power of salvation and of destruction; but who are you to be your neighbour's judge?
  • Rom 2:1-2 : 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. 2 And we are conscious that God is a true judge against those who do such things.
  • Rom 14:10-13 : 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. 11 For it is said in the holy Writings, By my life, says the Lord, to me every knee will be bent, and every tongue will give worship to God. 12 So every one of us will have to give an account of himself to God. 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.
  • Luke 6:41 : 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?
  • Matt 7:5 : 5 You false one, first take out the bit of wood from your eye, then will you see clearly to take out the grain of dust from your brother's eye.
  • Matt 7:2 : 2 For as you have been judging, so you will be judged, and with your measure will it be measured to you.
  • 1 Cor 4:3-5 : 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. 5 For this reason let there be no judging before the time, till the Lord comes, who will make clear the secret things of the dark, and the designs of the heart; and then will every man have his praise from God.
  • Jas 3:1 : 1 Do not all be teachers, my brothers, because we teachers will be judged more hardly than others.
  • Rom 14:3-4 : 3 Let not him who takes food have a low opinion of him who does not: and let not him who does not take food be a judge of him who does; for he has God's approval. 4 Who are you to make yourself a judge of another man's servant? it is to his master that he is responsible for good or bad. Yes, his place will be safe, because the Lord is able to keep him from falling.
  • Isa 66:5 : 5 Give ear to the word of the Lord, you who are in fear at his word: your countrymen, hating you, and driving you out because of my name, have said, Let the Lord's glory be made clear, so that we may see your joy; but they will be put to shame.
  • Ezek 16:52-56 : 52 And you yourself will be put to shame, in that you have given the decision for your sisters; through your sins, which are more disgusting than theirs, they are more upright than you: truly, you will be shamed and made low, for you have made your sisters seem upright. 53 And I will let their fate be changed, the fate of Sodom and her daughters, and the fate of Samaria and her daughters, and your fate with theirs. 54 So that you will be shamed and made low because of all you have done, when I have mercy on you. 55 And your sisters, Sodom and her daughters, will go back to their first condition, and Samaria and her daughters will go back to their first condition, and you and your daughters will go back to your first condition. 56 Was not your sister Sodom an oath in your mouth in the day of your pride,

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    36 Be full of pity, even as your Father is full of pity.

    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:

  • Matt 7:2-6
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    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?

    4 Or how will you say to your brother, Let me take out the grain of dust from your eye, when you yourself have a bit of wood in your eye?

    5 You false one, first take out the bit of wood from your eye, then will you see clearly to take out the grain of dust from your brother's eye.

    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.

  • John 7:24
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    24 Let not your decisions be based on what you see, but on righteousness.

  • John 8:15
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    15 You are judging from what you see; I am judging no man.

  • Luke 12:57
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    57 And why are you, in your hearts, unable to be judges of what is right?

  • 1 Cor 11:31-32
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    31 But if we were true judges of ourselves, punishment would not come on us.

    32 But if punishment does come, it is sent by the Lord, so that we may be safe when the world is judged.

  • Jas 4:11-12
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    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.

    12 There is only one judge and law-giver, even he who has the power of salvation and of destruction; but who are you to be your neighbour's judge?

  • Rom 14:13
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    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.

  • Rom 2:1
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    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.

  • Jas 5:9
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    9 Say no hard things against one another, brothers, so that you will not be judged; see, the judge is waiting at the doors.

  • Matt 7:12
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    12 All those things, then, which you would have men do to you, even so do you to them: because this is the law and the prophets.

  • Jas 2:4
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    4 Is there not a division in your minds? have you not become judges with evil thoughts?

  • Jas 2:12-13
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    12 Let your words and your acts be those of men who are to be judged by the law which makes free.

    13 For the man who has had no mercy will be judged without mercy, but mercy takes pride in overcoming judging.

  • Matt 12:37
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    37 For by your words will your righteousness be seen, and by your words you will be judged.

  • Luke 6:41
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    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?

  • Rom 14:10
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    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.

  • 1 Cor 4:3-4
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    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.

  • 1 Cor 5:12-13
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    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.

  • Rom 2:3
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    3 But you who are judging another for doing what you do yourself, are you hoping that God's decision will not take effect against you?

  • Matt 7:19-20
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    19 Every tree which does not give good fruit is cut down and put in the fire.

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

  • 2 Chr 19:6
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    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.

  • John 7:51
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    51 Is a man judged by our law before it has given him a hearing and has knowledge of what he has done?

  • John 12:47
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    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.

  • Luke 6:31
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    31 Do to others as you would have them do to you.

  • 1 Cor 6:1
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    1 How is it, that if any one of you has a cause at law against another, he takes it before a Gentile judge and not before the saints?

  • Exod 23:6
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    6 Let no wrong decisions be given in the poor man's cause.

  • Lev 19:15
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    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.

  • Lev 19:35
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    35 Do not make false decisions in questions of yard-sticks and weights and measures.

  • Eph 5:7
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    7 Have no part with such men;

  • Matt 6:1
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    1 Take care not to do your good works before men, to be seen by them; or you will have no reward from your Father in heaven.

  • Matt 5:21
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    21 You have knowledge that it was said in old times, You may not put to death; and, Whoever puts to death will be in danger of being judged:

  • Acts 7:27
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    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?

  • Zech 7:10
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    10 Do not be hard on the widow, or the child without a father, on the man from a strange country, or on the poor; let there be no evil thought in your heart against your brother.

  • 1 Cor 6:4
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    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 12:7
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    7 But if these words had been in your minds, My desire is for mercy and not for offerings, you would not have been judging those who have done no wrong.

  • 1 Cor 2:15
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    15 But he who has the Spirit, though judging all things, is himself judged by no one.

  • Jer 7:5
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    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;

  • 1 Cor 6:7
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    7 More than this, it is not to your credit to have causes at law with one another at all. Why not put up with wrong? why not undergo loss?

  • Rom 14:4
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    4 Who are you to make yourself a judge of another man's servant? it is to his master that he is responsible for good or bad. Yes, his place will be safe, because the Lord is able to keep him from falling.