What does the Bible say about judging?
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The Bible forbids proud, hypocritical, and harsh judgment while calling believers to exercise humble, truthful discernment under God’s authority. Jesus warns in Matthew 7:1-5 that those who condemn others while ignoring their own sin invite God’s judgment, and He commands repentance before helping a brother. Luke 6:37 urges mercy and forgiveness, while John 7:24 teaches judgment according to what is right rather than outward appearances. James 4:11-12 reminds us that God alone is the final Lawgiver and Judge. Yet Christians are not to abandon moral discernment: 1 Corinthians 5:12 recognizes the church’s responsibility to address serious, unrepentant sin among its members, with humility and restoration in view.
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- John 7:24
Don't judge according to appearance, but judge righteous judgment."
- Luke 6:37
Don't judge, And you won't be judged. Don't condemn, And you won't be condemned. Set free, And you will be set free.
- Matthew 7:1-5
[1] "Don't judge, so that you won't be judged. [2] For with whatever judgment you judge, you will be judged; and with whatever measure you measure, it will be measured to you. [3] Why do you see the speck that is in your brother's eye, but don't consider the beam that is in your own eye? [4] Or how will you tell your brother, 'Let me remove the speck from your eye;' and behold, the beam is in your own eye? [5] You hypocrite! First remove the beam out of your own eye, and then you can see clearly to remove the speck out of your brother's eye.
- James 4:11-12
[11] Don't speak against one another, brothers. He who speaks against a brother and judges his brother, speaks against the law and judges the law. But if you judge the law, you are not a doer of the law, but a judge. [12] Only one is the lawgiver, who is able to save and to destroy. But who are you to judge another?
- Matthew 7:1
"Don't judge, so that you won't be judged.
- Romans 2:3
Do you think this, O man who judges those who practice such things, and do the same, that you will escape the judgment of God?
- 1 Corinthians 5:12
For what have I to do with also judging those who are outside? Don't you judge those who are within?
- Matthew 7:5
You hypocrite! First remove the beam out of your own eye, and then you can see clearly to remove the speck out of your brother's eye.
- Romans 2:1-3
[1] Therefore you are without excuse, O man, whoever you are who judge. For in that which you judge another, you condemn yourself. For you who judge practice the same things. [2] We know that the judgment of God is according to truth against those who practice such things. [3] Do you think this, O man who judges those who practice such things, and do the same, that you will escape the judgment of God?
- 1 Corinthians 2:15
But he who is spiritual discerns all things, and he himself is judged by no one.
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