Matthew 7:3

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Why do you see the speck in your brother’s eye, but fail to see the beam of wood in your own?

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  • John 8:7-9 : 7 When they persisted in asking him, he stood up straight and replied,“Whoever among you is guiltless may be the first to throw a stone at her.” 8 Then he bent over again and wrote on the ground. 9 Now when they heard this, they began to drift away one at a time, starting with the older ones, until Jesus was left alone with the woman standing before him.
  • Gal 6:1 : 1 Support One Another Brothers and sisters, if a person is discovered in some sin, you who are spiritual restore such a person in a spirit of gentleness. Pay close attention to yourselves, so that you are not tempted too.
  • Luke 18:11 : 11 The Pharisee stood and prayed about himself like this:‘God, I thank you that I am not like other people: extortionists, unrighteous people, adulterers– or even like this tax collector.
  • 2 Sam 12:5-6 : 5 Then David became very angry at this man. He said to Nathan,“As surely as the LORD lives, the man who did this deserves to die! 6 Because he committed this cold-hearted crime, he must pay for the lamb four times over!”
  • 2 Chr 28:9-9 : 9 Oded, a prophet of the LORD, was there. He went to meet the army as they arrived in Samaria and said to them:“Look, because the LORD God of your ancestors was angry with Judah he handed them over to you. You have killed them so mercilessly that God has taken notice. 10 And now you are planning to enslave the people of Judah and Jerusalem. Yet are you not also guilty before the LORD your God?
  • Ps 50:16-21 : 16 God says this to the evildoer:“How can you declare my commands, and talk about my covenant? 17 For you hate instruction and reject my words. 18 When you see a thief, you join him; you associate with men who are unfaithful to their wives. 19 You do damage with words, and use your tongue to deceive. 20 You plot against your brother; you slander your own brother. 21 When you did these things, I was silent, so you thought I was exactly like you. But now I will condemn you and state my case against you!
  • Luke 6:41-42 : 41 Why do you see the speck in your brother’s eye, but fail to see the beam of wood in your own? 42 How can you say to your brother,‘Brother, let me remove the speck from your eye,’ while you yourself don’t see the beam in your own? You hypocrite! First remove the beam from your own eye, and then you can see clearly to remove the speck from your brother’s eye.

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  • Matt 7:4-6
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    4Or how can you say to your brother,‘Let me remove the speck from your eye,’ while there is a beam in your own?

    5You hypocrite! First remove the beam from your own eye, and then you can see clearly to remove the speck from your brother’s eye.

    6Do not give what is holy to dogs or throw your pearls before pigs; otherwise they will trample them under their feet and turn around and tear you to pieces.

  • Luke 6:41-43
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    41Why do you see the speck in your brother’s eye, but fail to see the beam of wood in your own?

    42How can you say to your brother,‘Brother, let me remove the speck from your eye,’ while you yourself don’t see the beam in your own? You hypocrite! First remove the beam from your own eye, and then you can see clearly to remove the speck from your brother’s eye.

    43“For no good tree bears bad fruit, nor again does a bad tree bear good fruit,

  • Matt 7:1-2
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    1Do Not Judge“Do not judge so that you will not be judged.

    2For by the standard you judge you will be judged, and the measure you use will be the measure you receive.

  • Luke 12:57
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    57Clear the Debts“And why don’t you judge for yourselves what is right?

  • Luke 6:37
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    37Do Not Judge Others“Do not judge, and you will not be judged; do not condemn, and you will not be condemned; forgive, and you will be forgiven.

  • Matt 6:22-23
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    22“The eye is the lamp of the body. If then your eye is healthy, your whole body will be full of light.

    23But if your eye is diseased, your whole body will be full of darkness. If then the light in you is darkness, how great is the darkness!

  • Matt 5:23-24
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    23So then, if you bring your gift to the altar and there you remember that your brother has something against you,

    24leave your gift there in front of the altar. First go and be reconciled to your brother and then come and present your gift.

  • John 7:24
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    24Do not judge according to external appearance, but judge with proper judgment.”

  • Luke 17:3
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    3Watch yourselves! If your brother sins, rebuke him. If he repents, forgive him.

  • Mark 9:47
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    47If your eye causes you to sin, tear it out! It is better to enter into the kingdom of God with one eye than to have two eyes and be thrown into hell,

  • Matt 18:9
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    9And if your eye causes you to sin, tear it out and throw it away. It is better for you to enter into life with one eye than to have two eyes and be thrown into fiery hell.

  • Luke 11:34-35
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    34Your eye is the lamp of your body. When your eye is healthy, your whole body is full of light, but when it is diseased, your body is full of darkness.

    35Therefore see to it that the light in you is not darkness.

  • Rom 14:10
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    10But you who eat vegetables only– why do you judge your brother or sister? And you who eat everything– why do you despise your brother or sister? For we will all stand before the judgment seat of God.

  • Jas 4:11
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    11Do not speak against one another, brothers and sisters. He who speaks against a fellow believer or judges a fellow believer speaks against the law and judges the law. But if you judge the law, you are not a doer of the law but its judge.

  • Matt 5:29
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    29If your right eye causes you to sin, tear it out and throw it away! It is better to lose one of your members than to have your whole body thrown into hell.

  • Rom 2:1
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    1The Condemnation of the Moralist Therefore you are without excuse, whoever you are, when you judge someone else. For on whatever grounds you judge another, you condemn yourself, because you who judge practice the same things.

  • Jas 2:4
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    4If so, have you not made distinctions among yourselves and become judges with evil motives?

  • Matt 18:15
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    15Restoring Christian Relationships“If your brother sins, go and show him his fault when the two of you are alone. If he listens to you, you have regained your brother.

  • Rom 14:13
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    13Exhortation for the Strong not to Destroy the Weak Therefore we must not pass judgment on one another, but rather determine never to place an obstacle or a trap before a brother or sister.

  • Gal 6:1-2
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    1Support One Another Brothers and sisters, if a person is discovered in some sin, you who are spiritual restore such a person in a spirit of gentleness. Pay close attention to yourselves, so that you are not tempted too.

    2Carry one another’s burdens, and in this way you will fulfill the law of Christ.

  • 1 Cor 6:7-8
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    7The fact that you have lawsuits among yourselves demonstrates that you have already been defeated. Why not rather be wronged? Why not rather be cheated?

    8But you yourselves wrong and cheat, and you do this to your brothers and sisters!

  • Matt 6:1
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    1Pure-hearted Giving“Be careful not to display your righteousness merely to be seen by people. Otherwise you have no reward with your Father in heaven.

  • Luke 6:39
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    39He also told them a parable:“Someone who is blind cannot lead another who is blind, can he? Won’t they both fall into a pit?

  • Jas 5:9
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    9Do not grumble against one another, brothers and sisters, so that you may not be judged. See, the judge stands before the gates!

  • Matt 23:26
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    26Blind Pharisee! First clean the inside of the cup, so that the outside may become clean too!

  • Jas 1:23-24
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    23For if someone merely listens to the message and does not live it out, he is like someone who gazes at his own face in a mirror.

    24For he gazes at himself and then goes out and immediately forgets what sort of person he was.

  • 1 Cor 11:31
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    31But if we examined ourselves, we would not be judged.

  • Lev 19:17
    69%

    17You must not hate your brother in your heart. You must surely reprove your fellow citizen so that you do not incur sin on account of him.

  • John 9:41
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    41Jesus replied,“If you were blind, you would not be guilty of sin, but now because you claim that you can see, your guilt remains.

  • Matt 7:12
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    12In everything, treat others as you would want them to treat you, for this fulfills the law and the prophets.

  • Job 15:12
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    12Why has your heart carried you away, and why do your eyes flash,

  • 1 Cor 5:12
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    12For what do I have to do with judging those outside? Are you not to judge those inside?

  • Matt 12:37
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    37For by your words you will be justified, and by your words you will be condemned.”

  • Phil 2:4
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    4Each of you should be concerned not only about your own interests, but about the interests of others as well.

  • Jer 7:5
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    5You must change the way you have been living and do what is right. You must treat one another fairly.

  • Matt 5:38
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    38Retaliation“You have heard that it was said,‘An eye for an eye and a tooth for a tooth.’

  • Rom 2:3
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    3And do you think, whoever you are, when you judge those who practice such things and yet do them yourself, that you will escape God’s judgment?

  • Matt 18:35
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    35So also my heavenly Father will do to you, if each of you does not forgive your brother from your heart.”

  • Matt 23:24
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    24Blind guides! You strain out a gnat yet swallow a camel!