Verse 24

Iudge not according to the appearance, but iudge righteous iudgement.

Referenced Verses

  • Isa 11:3-4 : 3 And shall make him prudent in the feare of the Lord: for he shall not iudge after the sight of his eies, neither reproue by ye hearing of his eares. 4 But with righteousnesse shall he iudge the poore, and with equitie shall he reprooue for the meeke of the earth: and he shall smite the earth with the rod of his mouth, and with the breath of his lippes shall he slay the wicked.
  • John 8:15 : 15 Ye iudge after the flesh: I iudge no man.
  • Deut 1:16-17 : 16 And I charged your iudges that same time, saying, Heare the controuersies betweene your brethren, and iudge righteously betwene euery man and his brother, and the stranger that is with him. 17 Ye shal haue no respect of person in iudgement, but shall heare the small aswell as the great: yee shall not feare the face of man: for the iudgemet is Gods: and the cause that is too hard for you, bring vnto me, and I will heare it.
  • Prov 17:15 : 15 He that iustifieth the wicked, and he that condemneth the iust, euen they both are abomination to the Lord.
  • Lev 19:15 : 15 Ye shall not doe vniustly in iudgement. Thou shalt not fauour the person of the poore, nor honour the person of the mightie, but thou shalt iudge thy neighbour iustly.
  • Deut 16:18-19 : 18 Iudges and officers shalt thou make thee in all thy cities, which the Lord thy God giueth thee, throughout thy tribes: and they shall iudge the people with righteous iudgement. 19 Wrest not thou ye Law, nor respect any person, neither take rewarde: for the reward blindeth ye eyes of the wise, & peruerteth ye worde of ye iust.
  • Ps 58:1-2 : 1 To him that excelleth. Destroy not. A Psalme of Dauid on Michtam. Is it true? O Congregation, speake ye iustly? O sonnes of men, iudge ye vprightly? 2 Yea, rather ye imagine mischiefe in your heart: your hands execute crueltie vpon the earth.
  • Jas 2:4 : 4 Are yee not partiall in your selues, and are become iudges of euill thoughts?
  • Jas 2:9 : 9 But if yee regarde the persons, yee commit sinne, and are rebuked of the Lawe, as transgressours.
  • Jas 2:1 : 1 My brethren, haue not the faith of our glorious Lorde Iesus Christ in respect of persons.
  • Ps 82:2 : 2 How long wil ye iudge vniustly, and accept the persons of the wicked? Selah.
  • Ps 94:20-21 : 20 Hath the throne of iniquitie fellowship with thee, which forgeth wrong for a Lawe? 21 They gather them together against the soule of the righteous, and condemne the innocent blood.
  • Isa 5:23 : 23 Which iustifie the wicked for a rewarde, and take away the righteousnesse of the righteous from him.
  • Prov 24:23 : 23 Also these things perteine to the wise, It is not good to haue respect of any person in iudgement.