John 7:24
Iudge not according to the appearance, but iudge righteous iudgement.
Geneva Bible 1599
In The King James Version
Judge not according to the appearance, but judge righteous judgment.
In Context
25Then saide some of them of Hierusalem, Is not this he, whom they goe about to kill?
Cross References
Deuteronomy 1:16And I charged your iudges that same time, saying, Heare the controuersies betweene your brethren, and iudge righteously betweene euery man and his brother, and the stranger that is with him.
Psalms 58:1To him that excelleth. Destroy not. A Psalme of David on Michtam. Is it true? O Congregation, speake ye iustly? O sonnes of men, iudge ye vprightly?
Psalms 94:20Hath the throne of iniquitie fellowship with thee, which forgeth wrong for a Lawe?
Proverbs 24:23ALSO THESE THINGS PERTEINE TO THE WISE, It is not good to haue respect of any person in iudgement.
Isaiah 11:3And shall make him prudent in the feare of the Lord: for he shall not iudge after the sight of his eies, neither reproue by ye hearing of his eares.
James 2:1My brethren, haue not the faith of our glorious Lord Iesus Christ in respect of 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 →