John 7:24
Don’t judge according to appearance, but judge upright judgment.”
One Unity Resource Bible
In The King James Version
Judge not according to the appearance, but judge righteous judgment.
In Context
25Therefore some of them of Jerusalem [City of peace] said, “Is not this he whom they seek to kill?
Cross References
Deuteronomy 1:16I enjoined your judges at that time, saying, “ Sh'ma ·Hear obey· cases between your brothers, and judge righteously between a man and his brother, and the foreigner who is living with him.
Psalms 58:1Do you indeed speak righteousness, silent ones? 2 Do you judge blamelessly, you sons of men? 1
Psalms 94:20Shall the throne of wickedness have fellowship with you, 2 which brings about mischief by statute? 1
Proverbs 24:23These also are sayings of the wise. 1 To show partiality in judgment is not + 24:23. Quoted in James 2:1 good. 1
Isaiah 11:3+ 11:3 (3-4) MP: Messiah has spiritual quickening, meaning discernment, to fear God rather than people, thus making right judgments based on God’s instructions (Lev 19:15). (Consider also Is 42:1, 42:1). (Mark 12:41-44) His delight will be in the fear of Adonai. 1 He will not judge by the sight of his eyes, 2 neither decide by the hearing of his ears; 1
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 →