Matthew 7:2
For as you have been judging, so you will be judged, and with your measure will it be measured to you.
Bible in Basic English
In The King James Version
In Context
1Be not judges of others, and you will not be judged.
Cross References
Exodus 21:24Eye for eye, tooth for tooth, hand for hand, foot for foot,
Judges 5:27Bent at her feet he went down, he was stretched out; bent at her feet he went down; where he was bent down, there he went down in death.
Psalms 18:25\18:24\Because of this the Lord has given me the reward of my righteousness, because my hands are clean in his eyes.
Jeremiah 51:24And I will give to Babylon, and to all the people of Chaldaea, their reward for all the evil they have done in Zion before your eyes, says the Lord.
Mark 4:24And he said to them, Take care what you give ear to: in the same measure as you give you will get, and more will be given to you.
2 Corinthians 9:6But in the Writings it says, He who puts in only a small number of seeds, will get in the same; and he who puts them in from a full hand, will have produce in full measure from them.
Matthew Henry on Matthew 7:2-7
The Sermon on the Mount. 1 Judge not, that ye be not judged. 2 For with what judgment ye judge, ye shall be judged: and with what measure ye mete, it shall be measured to you again. 3 And why beholdest thou the mote that is in thy brother's eye, but considerest not the beam that is in thine own eye? 4 Or how wilt thou say to thy brother, Let me pull out the mote out of thine eye; and, behold, a beam is in thine own eye? 5 Thou hypocrite, first cast out the beam out of thine own eye; and then shalt thou see clearly… Read the whole commentary →