22 Bible Verses about Judging
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There is only one Lawgiver and Judge--he who has the power both to save and to destroy. But who are you that pass judgment on your neighbor?
What have I to do with judging those outside the Church? Is it not for you to judge those who are within the Church,
Do not judge, and you will not be judged; do not condemn, and you will not be condemned. Forgive, and you will be forgiven.
But it weighs very little with me that I am judged by you or by any human tribunal. No, I do not even judge myself;
But the man with spiritual insight is able to understand everything, although he himself is understood by no one.
So that you may eat and drink at my table in my Kingdom, and be seated upon twelve thrones as judges of the twelve tribes of Israel.
Therefore you have nothing to say in your own defense, whoever you are who set yourself up as a judge. In judging others you condemn yourself, for you who set yourself up as a judge do the very same things.
Do not you know that we are to try angels-to say nothing of the affairs of this life?
On the day when God passes judgment on men's inmost lives, as the Good News that I tell declares that he will do through Christ Jesus.
Let us, then, cease to judge one another. Rather let this be your resolve--never to place a stumbling-block or an obstacle in a Brother's way.
Topics on Judging
Believers Judging
Matthew 19:28"I tell you," answered Jesus, "that at the New Creation, 'when the Son of Man takes his seat on his throne of glory,' you who followed me shall be seated upon twelve thrones, as judges of the twelve tribes of Israel.
Christ Judging
John 5:22The Father himself does not judge any man, but has 'entrusted the work of judging entirely to his Son,'
God Judging Star Worshippers
Acts 7:42-43So God turned from them and left them to the worship of the Starry Host, as is written in the Book of the Prophets--'Did you offer victims and sacrifices to me, O House of Israel, all those forty years in the Desert?
Judging Others Actions
Luke 6:37Do not judge, and you will not be judged; do not condemn, and you will not be condemned. Forgive, and you will be forgiven.
Judging Ourselves
1 Corinthians 11:27-31Therefore, whoever eats the bread, or drinks the Lord's cup, in an irreverent spirit, will have to answer for an offence against the Lord's body and blood.
Judging Rightly
Matthew 7:2For, just as you judge others, you will yourselves be judged, and the measure that you mete will be meted out to you.