John 7:24
Judge not according to appearance, but judge righteous judgment.
Revised Version 1895
In The King James Version
Judge not according to the appearance, but judge righteous judgment.
In Context
25Some therefore of them of Jerusalem said, Is not this he whom they seek to kill?
Cross References
Deuteronomy 1:16And I charged your judges at that time, saying, Hear the causes between your brethren, and judge righteously between a man and his brother, and the stranger that is with him.
Psalms 58:1Do ye indeed in silence speak righteousness? do ye judge uprightly, O ye sons of men?
Psalms 94:20Shall the throne of wickedness have fellowship with thee, which frameth mischief by statute?
Proverbs 24:23These also are sayings of the wise. To have respect of persons in judgment is not good.
Isaiah 11:3And his delight shall be in the fear of the LORD: and he shall not judge after the sight of his eyes, neither reprove after the hearing of his ears:
James 2:1My brethren, hold not the faith of our Lord Jesus Christ, the Lord of glory, with 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 →