Matthew 7:2

Bible in Basic English (1941)

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

Additional Resources

Referenced Verses

  • Mark 4:24 : 24 And he said to them, Take care what you give ear to: in the same measure as you give you will get, and more will be given to you.
  • Luke 6:38 : 38 Give, and it will be given to you; good measure, crushed down, full and running over, they will give to you. For in the same measure as you give, it will be given to you again.
  • Judg 1:7 : 7 And Adoni-zedek said, Seventy kings, whose thumbs and great toes had been cut off, got broken meat under my table: as I have done, so has God done to me in full. And they took him to Jerusalem, and he came to his end there.
  • Jas 2:13 : 13 For the man who has had no mercy will be judged without mercy, but mercy takes pride in overcoming judging.
  • Rev 18:6 : 6 Give to her as she gave, even an increased reward for her works; in the cup which was mixed by her, let there be mixed as much again for herself.
  • Ps 18:25-26 : 25 On him who has mercy you will have mercy; to the upright you will be upright; 26 He who is holy will see that you are holy; but to the man whose way is not straight you will be a hard judge.
  • Ps 137:7-8 : 7 O Lord, keep in mind against the children of Edom the day of Jerusalem; how they said, Let it be uncovered, uncovered even to its base. 8 O daughter of Babylon, whose fate is destruction; happy is the man who does to you what you have done to us.
  • Jer 51:24 : 24 And I will give to Babylon, and to all the people of Chaldaea, their reward for all the evil they have done in Zion before your eyes, says the Lord.
  • Obad 1:15 : 15 For the day of the Lord is coming quickly on all nations: as you have done it will be done to you; the reward of your acts will come on your head.
  • 2 Cor 9:6 : 6 But in the Writings it says, He who puts in only a small number of seeds, will get in the same; and he who puts them in from a full hand, will have produce in full measure from them.
  • 2 Thess 1:6-7 : 6 For it is an act of righteousness on God's part to give trouble as their reward to those who are troubling you, 7 And to you who are troubled, rest with us, when the Lord Jesus comes from heaven with the angels of his power in flames of fire,

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
    86%

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

  • Luke 6:36-39
    4 verses
    82%

    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:

    38 Give, and it will be given to you; good measure, crushed down, full and running over, they will give to you. For in the same measure as you give, it will be given to you again.

    39 And he gave them teaching in the form of a story, saying, Is it possible for one blind man to be guide to another? will they not go falling together into a hole?

  • Mark 4:24-25
    2 verses
    82%

    24 And he said to them, Take care what you give ear to: in the same measure as you give you will get, and more will be given to you.

    25 He who has, to him will be given: and he who has not, from him will be taken even that which he has.

  • Matt 7:3-7
    5 verses
    81%

    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.

    7 Make a request, and it will be answered; what you are searching for you will get; give the sign, and the door will be open to you:

  • Matt 7:12
    75%

    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.

  • John 7:24
    75%

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

  • Luke 6:41-42
    2 verses
    74%

    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?

    42 How will you say to your brother, Brother, let me take the grain of dust out of your eye, when you yourself do not see the bit of wood in your eye? O false one! first take the wood out of your eye and then you will see clearly to take the dust out of your brother's eye.

  • Luke 12:57-58
    2 verses
    74%

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

    58 For if anyone has a cause at law against you, and you are going with him before the ruler, make an attempt, on the way, to come to an agreement with him, for if you do not, he may take you before the judge and the judge will give you up to the police, and they will put you in prison.

  • Matt 12:36-37
    2 verses
    74%

    36 And I say to you that in the day when they are judged, men will have to give an account of every foolish word they have said.

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

  • Luke 6:31
    74%

    31 Do to others as you would have them do to you.

  • Jas 2:12-13
    2 verses
    74%

    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.

  • Rom 2:1-3
    3 verses
    73%

    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.

    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?

  • Lev 19:35
    73%

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

  • Jas 2:4
    71%

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

  • Rom 2:6
    71%

    6 Who will give to every man his right reward:

  • 1 Cor 11:31-32
    2 verses
    70%

    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.

  • 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.

  • Matt 7:20
    70%

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

  • Luke 19:22
    69%

    22 He said to him, By the words of your mouth you will be judged, you bad servant. You had knowledge that I am a hard man, taking up what I have not put down and getting in grain where I have not put seed;

  • Matt 18:35
    69%

    35 So will my Father in heaven do to you, if you do not everyone, from your hearts, give forgiveness to his brother.

  • Jas 4:11
    69%

    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.

  • Deut 19:19
    69%

    19 Then do to him what it was his purpose to do to his brother: and so put away the evil from among you.

  • Matt 18:33
    69%

    33 Was it not right for you to have mercy on the other servant, even as I had mercy on you?

  • Gal 6:7
    69%

    7 Be not tricked; God is not made sport of: for whatever seed a man puts in, that will he get back as grain.

  • Luke 8:18
    69%

    18 So take care how you give hearing, for to him who has will be given, and from him who has not will be taken even what he seems to have.

  • Job 36:17
    69%

    17 ...

  • Lev 24:19
    69%

    19 And if a man does damage to his neighbour, as he has done, so let it be done to him;

  • Matt 5:38
    68%

    38 You have knowledge that it was said, An eye for an eye, and a tooth for a tooth:

  • Rom 2:12
    68%

    12 All those who have done wrong without the law will get destruction without the law: and those who have done wrong under the law will have their punishment by the law;

  • 2 Cor 9:6
    68%

    6 But in the Writings it says, He who puts in only a small number of seeds, will get in the same; and he who puts them in from a full hand, will have produce in full measure from them.

  • Deut 19:21
    68%

    21 Have no pity; let life be given for life, eye for eye, tooth for tooth, hand for hand, foot for foot.

  • Jer 7:5
    68%

    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;

  • Luke 17:3
    68%

    3 Give attention to yourselves: if your brother does wrong, say a sharp word to him; and if he has sorrow for his sin, let him have forgiveness.

  • 1 Cor 4:3
    68%

    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.

  • Luke 10:14
    68%

    14 But it will be better for Tyre and Sidon, in the day of judging, than for you.