John 7:24
Do not judge according to appearance, but the righteous judgment judge.”
Literal Standard Version
In The King James Version
Judge not according to the appearance, but judge righteous judgment.
In Context
25Certain, therefore, of the Jerusalemites said, “Is this not He whom they are seeking to kill?
Cross References
Deuteronomy 1:16And I command your judges at that time, saying, Listen between your brothers—then you have judged [in] righteousness between a man, and his brother, and his sojourner;
Psalms 58:1TO THE OVERSEER. “DO NOT DESTROY.” A MIKTAM OF DAVID. Is it true, O silent one, that you speak righteously? Do you judge uprightly, O sons of men?
Psalms 94:20Is a throne of mischief joined [with] You? A framer of perverseness by statute?
Proverbs 24:23These are also for the wise: [It] is not good to discern faces in judgment.
Isaiah 11:3To refresh Him in the fear of YHWH, || And He does not judge by the sight of His eyes, || Nor decides by the hearing of His ears.
James 2:1My brothers, do not hold the faith of the glory of our Lord Jesus Christ in favor by appearance,
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 →