John 7:24
Be not judging according to appearance, but, just judgment, be judging,
The Emphasised Bible by J. B. Rotherham
In The King James Version
Judge not according to the appearance, but judge righteous judgment.
In Context
25So then, some of them of Jerusalem were saying—Is not, this, he whom they are seeking to kill?
Cross References
Deuteronomy 1:16And I charged your judges, at that time, saying,—Ye are to hear between your brethren and shall judge righteously, between each man and his brother and his sojourner.
Psalms 58:1Are ye, indeed, silent [when] righteousness, ye should speak? When, with equity, ye should judge, O ye sons of men?
Psalms 94:20Shall the throne that inflicteth ruin, have fellowship with thee, That frameth oppression, by statute?
Proverbs 24:23These things also, concern the wise, To take note of faces in judgment, is not good.
Isaiah 11:3So will he find fragrance, in the reverence of Yahweh, And not, by the sight of his eyes, will he judge, Nor by the hearing of his ears, will he decide;
James 2:1My brethren, do not, with respect for persons, be holding the faith of our Lord Jesus Christ, [the Lord] of glory.
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 →