John 7:24
Stop judging by outward appearances, and start judging justly.”
Berean Standard Bible
In The King James Version
Judge not according to the appearance, but judge righteous judgment.
In Context
25Then some of the people of Jerusalem began to say, “Isn’t this the man they are trying to kill?
Cross References
Deuteronomy 1:16At that time I charged your judges: “Hear the disputes between your brothers, and judge fairly between a man and his brother or a foreign resident.
Psalms 58:1Do you indeed speak justly, O rulers? Do you judge uprightly, O sons of men?
Psalms 94:20Can a corrupt throne be Your ally— one devising mischief by decree?
Proverbs 24:23These also are sayings of the wise: To show partiality in judgment is not good.
Isaiah 11:3And He will delight in the fear of the LORD. He will not judge by what His eyes see, and He will not decide by what His ears hear,
James 2:1My brothers, as you hold out your faith in our glorious Lord Jesus Christ, do not show 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 →