'Judge' in the Bible

Reach a settlement quickly with your adversary while you’re on the way with him, or your adversary will hand you over to the judge, the judge to the officer, and you will be thrown into prison.

“Do not judge, so that you won’t be judged.

“Do not judge, and you will not be judged. Do not condemn, and you will not be condemned. Forgive, and you will be forgiven.

“Friend,” He said to him, “who appointed Me a judge or arbitrator over you?”

“Why don’t you judge for yourselves what is right?

As you are going with your adversary to the ruler, make an effort to settle with him on the way. Then he won’t drag you before the judge, the judge hand you over to the bailiff, and the bailiff throw you into prison.

“There was a judge in a certain town who didn’t fear God or respect man.

Then the Lord said, “Listen to what the unjust judge says.

“He told him, ‘I will judge you by what you have said, you evil slave! If you knew I was a tough man, collecting what I didn’t deposit and reaping what I didn’t sow,

“I can do nothing on My own. I judge only as I hear, and My judgment is righteous, because I do not seek My own will, but the will of Him who sent Me.

Stop judging according to outward appearances; rather judge according to righteous judgment.”

“Our law doesn’t judge a man before it hears from him and knows what he’s doing, does it?”

You judge by human standards. I judge no one.

And if I do judge, My judgment is true, because I am not alone, but I and the Father who sent Me judge together.

“I have many things to say and to judge about you, but the One who sent Me is true, and what I have heard from Him—these things I tell the world.”

If anyone hears My words and doesn’t keep them, I do not judge him; for I did not come to judge the world but to save the world.

The one who rejects Me and doesn’t accept My sayings has this as his judge: The word I have spoken will judge him on the last day.

So Pilate told them, “Take Him yourselves and judge Him according to your law.”“It’s not legal for us to put anyone to death,” the Jews declared.

I will judge the nationthat they will serve as slaves, God said.After this, they will come outand worship Me in this place.

“But the one who was mistreating his neighbor pushed him away, saying:Who appointed you a ruler and a judge over us?

“This Moses, whom they rejected when they said, Who appointed you a ruler and a judge?—this one God sent as a ruler and a redeemer by means of the angel who appeared to him in the bush.

He commanded us to preach to the people and to solemnly testify that He is the One appointed by God to be the Judge of the living and the dead.

because He has set a day when He is going to judge the world in righteousness by the Man He has appointed. He has provided proof of this to everyone by raising Him from the dead.”

But if these are questions about words, names, and your own law, see to it yourselves. I don’t want to be a judge of such things.”

He even tried to desecrate the temple, so we apprehended him [and wanted to judge him according to our law.

When the governor motioned to him to speak, Paul replied: “Because I know you have been a judge of this nation for many years, I am glad to offer my defense in what concerns me.

Therefore, any one of you who judges is without excuse. For when you judge another, you condemn yourself, since you, the judge, do the same things.

A man who is physically uncircumcised, but who fulfills the law, will judge you who are a lawbreaker in spite of having the letter of the law and circumcision.

Absolutely not! God must be true, even if everyone is a liar, as it is written:That You may be justified in Your wordsand triumph when You judge.

Absolutely not! Otherwise, how will God judge the world?

Therefore don’t judge anything prematurely, before the Lord comes, who will both bring to light what is hidden in darkness and reveal the intentions of the hearts. And then praise will come to each one from God.

For what business is it of mine to judge outsiders? Don’t you judge those who are inside?

Or don’t you know that the saints will judge the world? And if the world is judged by you, are you unworthy to judge the smallest cases?

Don’t you know that we will judge angels—not to mention ordinary matters?

So if you have cases pertaining to this life, do you select those who have no standing in the church to judge?

I am speaking as to wise people. Judge for yourselves what I say.

Judge for yourselves: Is it proper for a woman to pray to God with her head uncovered?

Therefore, don’t let anyone judge you in regard to food and drink or in the matter of a festival or a new moon or a Sabbath day.

I solemnly charge you before God and Christ Jesus, who is going to judge the living and the dead, and because of His appearing and His kingdom:

There is reserved for me in the future the crown of righteousness, which the Lord, the righteous Judge, will give me on that day, and not only to me, but to all those who have loved His appearing.

For the word of God is living and effective and sharper than any double-edged sword, penetrating as far as the separation of soul and spirit, joints and marrow. It is able to judge the ideas and thoughts of the heart.

For we know the One who has said, Vengeance belongs to Me, I will repay, and again, The Lord will judge His people.

to the assembly of the firstborn whose names have been written in heaven, to God who is the Judge of all, to the spirits of righteous people made perfect,

Marriage must be respected by all, and the marriage bed kept undefiled, because God will judge immoral people and adulterers.

Don’t criticize one another, brothers. He who criticizes a brother or judges his brother criticizes the law and judges the law. But if you judge the law, you are not a doer of the law but a judge.

There is one lawgiver and judge who is able to save and to destroy. But who are you to judge your neighbor?

Brothers, do not complain about one another, so that you will not be judged. Look, the judge stands at the door!

They will give an account to the One who stands ready to judge the living and the dead.

They cried out with a loud voice: “Lord, the One who is holy and true, how long until You judge and avenge our blood from those who live on the earth?”

Then I saw thrones, and people seated on them who were given authority to judge. I also saw the people who had been beheaded because of their testimony about Jesus and because of God’s word, who had not worshiped the beast or his image, and who had not accepted the mark on their foreheads or their hands. They came to life and reigned with the Messiah for 1,000 years.