John 7:24
BSB · Public Domain (CC0)“Stop judging by outward appearances, and start judging justly.””
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BSBPD
“Stop judging by outward appearances, and start judging justly.””
Berean Standard Bible · Public Domain (CC0)KJVPD
“Judge not according to the appearance, but judge righteous judgment.”
King James Version · Public DomainASVPD
“Judge not according to appearance, but judge righteous judgment.”
American Standard Version · Public DomainYLTPD
“judge not according to appearance, but the righteous judgment judge.'”
Young's Literal Translation · Public DomainCross references
Other passages that echo John 7:24 — 14 related verses from the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge.
- Leviticus 19:15You must not pervert justice; you must not show partiality to the poor or favoritism to the rich; you are to judge your neighbor fairly.
- Deuteronomy 1:16At that time I charged your judges: “Hear the disputes between your brothers, and judge fairly between a man and his brother or a foreign resident.
- Deuteronomy 16:18You are to appoint judges and officials for your tribes in every town that the LORD your God is giving you. They are to judge the people with righteous judgment.
- Psalms 58:1Do you indeed speak justly, O rulers? Do you judge uprightly, O sons of men?
- Psalms 82:2“How long will you judge unjustly and show partiality to the wicked? Selah
- Psalms 94:20Can a corrupt throne be Your ally— one devising mischief by decree?
- Proverbs 17:15Acquitting the guilty and condemning the righteous— both are detestable to the LORD.
- Proverbs 24:23These also are sayings of the wise: To show partiality in judgment is not good.
- Isaiah 5:23who acquit the guilty for a bribe and deprive the innocent of justice.
- Isaiah 11:3And He will delight in the fear of the LORD. He will not judge by what His eyes see, and He will not decide by what His ears hear,
- John 8:15You judge according to the flesh; I judge no one.
- James 2:1My brothers, as you hold out your faith in our glorious Lord Jesus Christ, do not show favoritism.
- James 2:4have you not discriminated among yourselves and become judges with evil thoughts?
- James 2:9But if you show favoritism, you sin and are convicted by the law as transgressors.
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