John 7:24

Authorized King James Version (1611)

‹Judge not according to the appearance, but judge righteous judgment.›

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  • Isa 11:3-4 : 3 And shall make him of quick understanding in the fear of the LORD: and he shall not judge after the sight of his eyes, neither reprove after the hearing of his ears: 4 But with righteousness shall he judge the poor, and reprove with equity for the meek of the earth: and he shall smite the earth with the rod of his mouth, and with the breath of his lips shall he slay the wicked.
  • John 8:15 : 15 ‹Ye judge after the flesh; I judge no man.›
  • Deut 1:16-17 : 16 And I charged your judges at that time, saying, Hear [the causes] between your brethren, and judge righteously between [every] man and his brother, and the stranger [that is] with him. 17 Ye shall not respect persons in judgment; [but] ye shall hear the small as well as the great; ye shall not be afraid of the face of man; for the judgment [is] God's: and the cause that is too hard for you, bring [it] unto me, and I will hear it.
  • Prov 17:15 : 15 ¶ He that justifieth the wicked, and he that condemneth the just, even they both [are] abomination to the LORD.
  • Lev 19:15 : 15 Ye shall do no unrighteousness in judgment: thou shalt not respect the person of the poor, nor honour the person of the mighty: [but] in righteousness shalt thou judge thy neighbour.
  • Deut 16:18-19 : 18 ¶ Judges and officers shalt thou make thee in all thy gates, which the LORD thy God giveth thee, throughout thy tribes: and they shall judge the people with just judgment. 19 Thou shalt not wrest judgment; thou shalt not respect persons, neither take a gift: for a gift doth blind the eyes of the wise, and pervert the words of the righteous.
  • Ps 58:1-2 : 1 ¶ To the chief Musician, Altaschith, Michtam of David. Do ye indeed speak righteousness, O congregation? do ye judge uprightly, O ye sons of men? 2 Yea, in heart ye work wickedness; ye weigh the violence of your hands in the earth.
  • Jas 2:4 : 4 Are ye not then partial in yourselves, and are become judges of evil thoughts?
  • Jas 2:9 : 9 But if ye have respect to persons, ye commit sin, and are convinced of the law as transgressors.
  • Jas 2:1 : 1 ¶ My brethren, have not the faith of our Lord Jesus Christ, [the Lord] of glory, with respect of persons.
  • Ps 82:2 : 2 How long will ye judge unjustly, and accept the persons of the wicked? Selah.
  • Ps 94:20-21 : 20 Shall the throne of iniquity have fellowship with thee, which frameth mischief by a law? 21 They gather themselves together against the soul of the righteous, and condemn the innocent blood.
  • Isa 5:23 : 23 Which justify the wicked for reward, and take away the righteousness of the righteous from him!
  • Prov 24:23 : 23 ¶ These [things] also [belong] to the wise. [It is] not good to have respect of persons in judgment.

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  • Matt 7:1-3
    3 verses
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    1 ¶ ‹Judge not, that ye be not judged.›

    2 ‹For with what judgment ye judge, ye shall be judged: and with what measure ye mete, it shall be measured to you again.›

    3 ‹And why beholdest thou the mote that is in thy brother's eye, but considerest not the beam that is in thine own eye?›

  • John 8:15-16
    2 verses
    81%

    15 ‹Ye judge after the flesh; I judge no man.›

    16 ‹And yet if I judge, my judgment is true: for I am not alone, but I and the Father that sent me.›

  • 51 Doth our law judge [any] man, before it hear him, and know what he doeth?

  • 57 ‹Yea, and why even of yourselves judge ye not what is right?›

  • 37 ¶ ‹Judge not, and ye shall not be judged: condemn not, and ye shall not be condemned: forgive, and ye shall be forgiven:›

  • 4 Are ye not then partial in yourselves, and are become judges of evil thoughts?

  • 25 Then said some of them of Jerusalem, Is not this he, whom they seek to kill?

  • 23 ‹If a man on the sabbath day receive circumcision, that the law of Moses should not be broken; are ye angry at me, because I have made a man every whit whole on the sabbath day?›

  • 6 And said to the judges, Take heed what ye do: for ye judge not for man, but for the LORD, who [is] with you in the judgment.

  • 15 Ye shall do no unrighteousness in judgment: thou shalt not respect the person of the poor, nor honour the person of the mighty: [but] in righteousness shalt thou judge thy neighbour.

  • 47 ‹And if any man hear my words, and believe not, I judge him not: for I came not to judge the world, but to save the world.›

  • 11 ¶ Speak not evil one of another, brethren. He that speaketh evil of [his] brother, and judgeth his brother, speaketh evil of the law, and judgeth the law: but if thou judge the law, thou art not a doer of the law, but a judge.

  • 13 Let us not therefore judge one another any more: but judge this rather, that no man put a stumblingblock or an occasion to fall in [his] brother's way.

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    18 ¶ Judges and officers shalt thou make thee in all thy gates, which the LORD thy God giveth thee, throughout thy tribes: and they shall judge the people with just judgment.

    19 Thou shalt not wrest judgment; thou shalt not respect persons, neither take a gift: for a gift doth blind the eyes of the wise, and pervert the words of the righteous.

  • Exod 23:6-7
    2 verses
    72%

    6 Thou shalt not wrest the judgment of thy poor in his cause.

    7 Keep thee far from a false matter; and the innocent and righteous slay thou not: for I will not justify the wicked.

  • 50 ‹And I seek not mine own glory: there is one that seeketh and judgeth.›

  • 20 ‹Wherefore by their fruits ye shall know them.›

  • 1 Cor 4:3-4
    2 verses
    71%

    3 But with me it is a very small thing that I should be judged of you, or of man's judgment: yea, I judge not mine own self.

    4 For I know nothing by myself; yet am I not hereby justified: but he that judgeth me is the Lord.

  • 30 ‹I can of mine own self do nothing: as I hear, I judge: and my judgment is just; because I seek not mine own will, but the will of the Father which hath sent me.›

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    8 The LORD shall judge the people: judge me, O LORD, according to my righteousness, and according to mine integrity [that is] in me.

  • 27 But he that did his neighbour wrong thrust him away, saying, Who made thee a ruler and a judge over us?

  • 17 Ye shall not respect persons in judgment; [but] ye shall hear the small as well as the great; ye shall not be afraid of the face of man; for the judgment [is] God's: and the cause that is too hard for you, bring [it] unto me, and I will hear it.

  • 19 ‹Did not Moses give you the law, and› [yet] ‹none of you keepeth the law? Why go ye about to kill me?›

  • 1 ¶ If there be a controversy between men, and they come unto judgment, that [the judges] may judge them; then they shall justify the righteous, and condemn the wicked.

  • 26 ‹I have many things to say and to judge of you: but he that sent me is true; and I speak to the world those things which I have heard of him.›

  • 39 ¶ And Jesus said, ‹For judgment I am come into this world, that they which see not might see; and that they which see might be made blind.›

  • 6 ‹Give not that which is holy unto the dogs, neither cast ye your pearls before swine, lest they trample them under their feet, and turn again and rend you.›

  • 31 For if we would judge ourselves, we should not be judged.

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    12 For what have I to do to judge them also that are without? do not ye judge them that are within?

    13 But them that are without God judgeth. Therefore put away from among yourselves that wicked person.

  • 9 Grudge not one against another, brethren, lest ye be condemned: behold, the judge standeth before the door.

  • 1 ¶ Therefore thou art inexcusable, O man, whosoever thou art that judgest: for wherein thou judgest another, thou condemnest thyself; for thou that judgest doest the same things.

  • 27 And shall not uncircumcision which is by nature, if it fulfil the law, judge thee, who by the letter and circumcision dost transgress the law?

  • 23 ¶ These [things] also [belong] to the wise. [It is] not good to have respect of persons in judgment.

  • 4 If then ye have judgments of things pertaining to this life, set them to judge who are least esteemed in the church.

  • 37 ‹For by thy words thou shalt be justified, and by thy words thou shalt be condemned.›

  • 31 Then said Pilate unto them, Take ye him, and judge him according to your law. The Jews therefore said unto him, It is not lawful for us to put any man to death:

  • 4 For [there is] no man [that] doeth any thing in secret, and he himself seeketh to be known openly. If thou do these things, shew thyself to the world.

  • 41 ‹And why beholdest thou the mote that is in thy brother's eye, but perceivest not the beam that is in thine own eye?›

  • 35 Ye shall do no unrighteousness in judgment, in meteyard, in weight, or in measure.

  • 10 But why dost thou judge thy brother? or why dost thou set at nought thy brother? for we shall all stand before the judgment seat of Christ.

  • 24 And when the messengers of John were departed, he began to speak unto the people concerning John, ‹What went ye out into the wilderness for to see? A reed shaken with the wind?›

  • 16 ‹If any man have ears to hear, let him hear.›

  • 5 For if ye throughly amend your ways and your doings; if ye throughly execute judgment between a man and his neighbour;