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John 7:24

WEB

24Don’t judge according to appearance, but judge righteous judgment.”

KJV

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

BSB

24Stop judging by outward appearances, and start judging justly.”

FBV

24Don't judge by appearances; decide what is right!”

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Embracing the Claims of Christ (John 7:14-24) - Grace to You
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Hope for a Doomed Nation (Selected Scriptures) - Grace to You

Extra References

Isaiah 11:3-4

3His delight will be in the fear of the LORD. He will not judge by the sight of his eyes, neither decide by the hearing of his ears; 4but he will judge the poor with righteousness, and decide with equity for the humble of the earth. He will strike the earth with the rod of his mouth; and with the breath of his lips he will kill the wicked.


James 2:9

9But if you show partiality, you commit sin, being convicted by the law as transgressors.


John 8:15

15You judge according to the flesh. I judge no one.


Proverbs 17:15

15He who justifies the wicked, and he who condemns the righteous, both of them alike are an abomination to the LORD.


Proverbs 24:23

23These also are sayings of the wise: To show partiality in judgment is not good.


James 2:1

1My brothers, don’t hold the faith of our glorious Lord Jesus Christ with partiality.


Deuteronomy 16:18-19

18You shall make judges and officers in all your gates, which the LORD your God gives you, according to your tribes; and they shall judge the people with righteous judgment. 19You shall not pervert justice. You shall not show partiality. You shall not take a bribe, for a bribe blinds the eyes of the wise and perverts the words of the righteous.


Deuteronomy 1:16-17

16I commanded your judges at that time, saying, “Hear cases between your brothers and judge righteously between a man and his brother, and the foreigner who is living with him. 17You shall not show partiality in judgment; you shall hear the small and the great alike. You shall not be afraid of the face of man, for the judgment is God’s. The case that is too hard for you, you shall bring to me, and I will hear it.”


Isaiah 5:23

23who acquit the guilty for a bribe, but deny justice for the innocent!


Leviticus 19:15

15“‘You shall do no injustice in judgment. You shall not be partial to the poor, nor show favoritism to the great; but you shall judge your neighbor in righteousness.