John 7:24
Judge not according to appearance, but judge righteous judgment.
A Conservative Version
In The King James Version
Judge not according to the appearance, but judge righteous judgment.
In Context
25Therefore some of the Jerusalemites said, Is not this he whom they seek to kill?
Cross References
Deuteronomy 1:16And I charged your judges at that time, saying, Hear between your brothers, and judge righteously between a man and his brother, and the sojourner who is with him.
Psalms 58:1Do ye indeed speak righteousness in silence? Do ye judge uprightly, O ye sons of men?
Psalms 94:20Shall the throne of wickedness have fellowship with thee, which frames mischief by statute?
Proverbs 24:23These also are from the wise: To have respect of persons in judgment is not good.
Isaiah 11:3And his delight shall be in the fear of LORD. And he shall not judge according to the sight of his eyes, nor decide according to the hearing of his ears,
James 2:1My brothers, ye should not have the faith of our Lord Jesus Christ of glory, in favoritism.
Matthew Henry on John 7:15-37
Christ at the Feast of Tabernacles. 14 Now about the midst of the feast Jesus went up into the temple, and taught. 15 And the Jews marvelled, saying, How knoweth this man letters, having never learned? 16 Jesus answered them, and said, My doctrine is not mine, but his that sent me. 17 If any man will do his will, he shall know of the doctrine, whether it be of God, or whether I speak of myself. 18 He that speaketh of himself seeketh his own glory: but he that seeketh his glory that sent him, the same is true, and… Read the whole commentary →