John 7:24
Do not judge according to appearance but judge with mishpat tzedek. + 7:24 Zech 7:9; 1Sm 16:7; Isa 11:3-4; Lv 19:15
Orthodox Jewish Bible
In The King James Version
Judge not according to the appearance, but judge righteous judgment.
In Context
Cross References
Deuteronomy 1:16And I charged your shofetim at that time, saying, Hear the cases between your brethren, and judge righteously between every man and his brother, and the ger that is with him.
Psalms 58:1(For the one directing. Set to Do Not Destroy. Mikhtam Dovid) 1
Psalms 94:20Shall the kisse of corruption have chavurah (fellowship) with Thee, 1 those, which deviseth evil by a chok (statute)? 1
Proverbs 24:23These things also belong to chachamim: 1 it is not tov to show partiality in mishpat. 1
Isaiah 11:3And His delight shall be in the Yir'at Hashem: 1 and He shall not judge after the sight of His eyes, 1 neither reprove after the hearing of His ears: 1
James 2:1My Achim b'Moshiach, you do not with your acts of maso panim (favoritism) hold to the + 2:1 orthodox Jewish emunah of the glorious Adoneinu Rebbe, Melech HaMoshiach Yehoshua. + 2:1 Dt 1:17; Lv 19:15; Prov 24:23
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 →