John 7:24
Do not judge according to appearances, but instead judge a just judgment.”
Catholic Public Domain Version
In The King James Version
Judge not according to the appearance, but judge righteous judgment.
In Context
25Therefore, some of those from Jerusalem said: “Is he not the one whom they are seeking to kill?
Cross References
Deuteronomy 1:16And I instructed them, saying: ‘Listen to them, and judge what is just, whether he is one of your citizens or a sojourner.
Psalms 58:1Unto the end. May you not destroy. Of David, with the inscription of a title, when Saul sent and watched his house, in order to execute him.
Proverbs 24:23Likewise, these things are for the wise. It is not good to base judgment on knowledge of character.
Isaiah 11:3And he will be filled with the spirit of the fear of the Lord. He will not judge according to the sight of the eyes, nor reprove according to the hearing of the ears.
James 2:1My brothers, within the glorious faith of our Lord Jesus Christ, do not choose to show favoritism toward persons.
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 →