28 Bible Verses about Judging Others

Thou shall make judges and officers for thee in all thy gates, which LORD thy God gives thee, according to thy tribes, and they shall judge the people with righteous judgment. Thou shall not distort justice. Thou shall not respect persons, neither shall thou take a bribe, for a bribe blinds the eyes of the wise, and perverts the words of the righteous. Thou shall follow that which is altogether just, that thou may live, and inherit the land which LORD thy God gives thee.

Thou shall not distort the justice [due] to thy poor in his case. Keep thee far from a FALSE matter. And do not kill an innocent and righteous man, for I will not justify a wicked man.

Ye shall do no unrighteousness in judgment. Thou shall not respect the person of the poor man, nor honor the person of the mighty man, but thou shall judge thy neighbor in righteousness.

And I charged your judges at that time, saying, Hear between your brothers, and judge righteously between a man and his brother, and the sojourner who is with him. Ye shall not respect persons in judgment. Ye shall hear the small and the great alike. Ye shall not be afraid of the face of man, for the judgment is God's. And the case that is too hard for you ye shall bring to me, and I will hea

These also are from the wise: To have respect of persons in judgment is not good.

But if a man be just, and does that which is lawful and right. And has not eaten upon the mountains, nor has lifted up his eyes to the idols of the house of Israel, nor has defiled his neighbor's wife, nor has come near to a woman in her impurity, and has not wronged any man, but has restored to the debtor his pledge, has taken nothing by robbery, has given his bread to a hungry man, and has covered a naked man with a garment,read more.
he who has not given forth upon interest, nor has taken any increase, who has withdrawn his hand from iniquity, has executed TRUE justice between man and man,

And all Israel heard of the judgment which the king had judged. And they feared the king, for they saw that the wisdom of God was in him, to do justice.

And it came to pass on the morrow, that Moses sat to judge the people, and the people stood about Moses from the morning to the evening. And when Moses' father-in-law saw all that he did to the people, he said, What is this thing that thou do to the people? Why do thou sit by thyself, and all the people stand about thee from morning to evening? And Moses said to his father-in-law, Because the people come to me to inquire of God.read more.
When they have a matter, they come to me, and I judge between a man and his neighbor. And I make them know the statutes of God, and his laws.

And Samuel judged Israel all the days of his life.

And Samuel said to all Israel, Behold, I have hearkened to your voice in all that ye said to me, and have made a king over you. And now, behold, the king walks before you. And I am old and gray headed, and, behold, my sons are with you. And I have walked before you from my youth to this day. Here I am. Witness against me before LORD, and before his anointed: Whose ox have I taken? Or whose donkey have I taken? Or whom have I defrauded? Whom have I oppressed? Or of whose hand have I taken a bribe to blind my eyes with iread more.
And they said, Thou have not defrauded us, nor oppressed us, neither have thou taken anything of any man's hand.

And the scholars and the Pharisees bring to him a woman taken in adultery. And having stood her in the midst, tempting, they say to him, Teacher, we found this woman committing adultery, in the act. Now in the law, Moses commanded us such women are to be stoned. What therefore do thou say about her?read more.
But they said this, trying him, so that they might have an accusation against him. But Jesus having stooped down, wrote on the ground with his finger, not pretending. And when they continued asking him, after standing erect, he said to them, Let the innocent man of you first cast the stone at her. And again having stooped down, he wrote on the ground. And they, having heard and being convicted by their conscience, went out one by one, having begun from the elder until the last. And Jesus was left behind alone, and the woman being in the midst. And Jesus, after standing erect, and having seen no man but the woman, he said to her, Woman, where are those accusers of thee? Did no man condemn thee? And she said, No man, Lord. And Jesus said to her, Neither do I condemn thee. Go, and henceforth sin no more.

And a certain man out of the crowd said to him, Teacher, speak to my brother to divide the inheritance with me. But he said to him, Man, who appointed me a judge or an arbitrator over you?

Judge not according to appearance, but judge righteous judgment.

Ye judge according to the flesh. I judge no man. But even if I judge, my judgment is valid, because I am not alone, but I and the Father who sent me.

Do not criticize, that ye may not be criticized. For by what criticism ye criticize, ye will be criticized, and by what measure ye measure, it will be measured to you. And why do thou see the speck in thy brother's eye, but do not notice the beam in thine own eye?read more.
Or how will thou say to thy brother, Let me take out the speck from thine eye, and behold, the beam in thine own eye? Thou hypocrite, first take out the beam from thine own eye, and then thou will see clearly to take out the speck from thy brother's eye.

And do not criticize, and ye will, no, not be criticized. And do not condemn, and ye will, no, not be condemned. Forgive, and ye will be forgiven. Give, and it will be given to you, good measure, pressed down, shaken together, and running over, they will give into your bosom. For with the same measure with which ye measure, it will be measured again to you. And he spoke a parable to them. Can a blind man lead a blind man? Will they not both fall into a ditch?read more.
A disciple is not above his teacher, but every disciple who is fully developed will be as his teacher. And why do thou see the speck in thy brother's eye, but do not perceive the beam in thine own eye? Or how can thou say to thy brother, Brother, allow me to take out the speck that is in thine eye, when thou thyself do not see the beam in thine own eye? Thou hypocrite, first take out the beam from thine own eye, and then thou wil

Therefore, O man, thou are without excuse, every man who judges, for in what thou judge the other man, thou condemn thyself, for the man who judges is doing the same things. And we know that the judgment of God is in accordance with truth against those who commit such things. And think thou this, O man who judge those who do such things and do the same, that thou will escape the judgment of God?

But the man who is weak in the faith, do not receive for arguments of opinions. One man has faith to eat all things, but he who is weak eats vegetables. The man who eats should not disdain the man who does not eat, and the man who does not eat should not criticize the man who eats, for God has received him.read more.
Who are thou who criticizes the servant of another? To his own lord he stands or falls. And he will be made to stand, for God is able to make him stand. One man prefers one day above another, another man prefers every day. Let each man be fully persuaded in his own mind. He who regards the day, regards it for Lord. And he who does not regard the day, for Lord he does not regard it. And he who eats, eats for Lord, for he expresses thanks to God. And he who does not eat, for Lord he does not eat, and For none of us lives to himself, and no man dies to himself. For both if we live, we live for the Lord, and if we die, we die for the Lord. Both if we live and if we die, therefore, we are the Lord's. For because of this Christ both died and arose, and he became alive so that he might be Lord over both the dead and the living. But why do thou criticize thy brother? Or also why do thou disdain thy brother? For we will all stand before the judgment seat of Christ. For it is written, I live, says Lord, that every knee will bow to me, and every tongue will confess to God. So then each of us will give account about himself to God. Let us not therefore criticize each other any more, but judge ye this instead, not to place a stumbling block to the brother, or a snare.

Let not any man therefore judge you in eating, or in drinking, or in the matter of a festival or a new moon or Sabbaths,

My brothers, ye should not have the faith of our Lord Jesus Christ of glory, in favoritism. For if a man with a gold ring in bright clothing comes into your synagogue, and also a poor man in dirty clothing comes in, and ye have regard for the man wearing the bright clothing, and say to him, Sit thou here well, and ye say to the poor man, Stand thou there, or sit here below my footstool,read more.
then are ye not partial among yourselves, and become judges from evil thoughts?

Speak not against each other, brothers. He who speaks against a brother and judges his brother, speaks against law and judges law. But if thou judge law, thou are not a doer of law, but a judge. There is one lawgiver who is able to save and to destroy, but thou, who are thou who judge the other man?

For what is in me to also judge those outside? Do ye not judge those inside? But God judges those outside. And ye yourselves shall drive out the evil man from you.

Fornication is actually heard among you, and such fornication that is not even named among the Gentiles, for some man to have his father's wife. And ye are puffed up and did not rather mourn, so that he who committed this deed might be taken away from the midst of you. For I truly, as being absent in the body but present in the spirit, I have already, as though present, judged the man who committed this thing this way.read more.
In the name of our Lord Jesus Christ, when ye are gathered together, and my spirit with the power of our Lord Jesus Christ, to deliver such a man to Satan for destruction of the flesh, so that the spirit might be saved in the day of the Lord Jesus.

Dare any of you, having a matter against the other, go to law before the unrighteous and not before the sanctified? Or know ye not that the sanctified will judge the world? And if the world is judged by you, are ye unworthy of very small legal disputes? Know ye not that we will judge heavenly agents? Then why not mundane things?read more.
Indeed therefore whenever ye have mundane legal disputes, men who are disdained by the church, these ye seat to judge. I speak shame about you. So there is not among you not even one wise man who will be able to arbitrate between his brother? But brother goes to law against brother, and this before unbelievers?

But beware of FALSE prophets, who come to you in sheep's clothing, but inwardly are predatory wolves. From their fruits ye will know them. Do they gather grapes from thorns, or figs from thistles? Likewise every good tree produces good fruits, but the corrupt tree produces bad fruits.read more.
A good tree cannot produce bad fruits, nor a corrupt tree produce good fruits. Every tree not producing good fruit is cut down, and thrown into the fire. So then from their fruits ye will know them.

The truth of Christ is in me that this pride in me will not be stopped in the regions of Achaia. Why? Because I do not love you? God knows. But what I do, I also will do, so that I may cut off the opportunity of those who desire an opportunity, that in what they boast, they might appear just as we also.read more.
For such men are FALSE apostles, deceitful workmen, disguising themselves into apostles of Christ. And no marvel, for even Satan disguises himself into an agent of light. Therefore, it is no great thing if his helpers also disguise themselves as helpers of righteousness, whose end will be according to their works.

Beware of the dogs, beware of the evil workmen, beware of the excision.