'Judges' in the Bible

Be not judges of others, and you will not be judged.

And if I by Beelzebub cast out devils, by whom do your children cast them out? therefore they shall be your judges.

Be not judges of others, and you will not be judged: do not give punishment to others, and you will not get punishment yourselves: make others free, and you will be made free:

And if I by Beelzebub cast out devils, by whom do your sons cast them out? therefore shall they be your judges.

And why are you, in your hearts, unable to be judges of what is right?

so that you shall eat and drink at my table in my Kingdom, and sit on thrones as judges over the twelve tribes of Israel.

The Father, in fact, judges no one but has given all judgment to the Son,

Yet even if I should judge, my judgment would be valid, because it is not I alone who judges, but I and the one who sent me.

I do not seek My glory; the One who seeks it also judges.

If anyone hears My words and does not keep them, I do not judge him; for I did not come to judge and condemn the world [that is, to initiate the final judgment of the world], but to save the world.

He that rejects me and does not receive my words, has him who judges him: the word which I have spoken, that shall judge him in the last day.

And after that he gave unto them judges about the space of four hundred and fifty years, until Samuel the prophet.

"After that, he gave them judges until the time of the prophet Samuel. When they demanded a king, God gave them Kish's son Saul, from the tribe of Benjamin, for 40 years.

If, then, Demetrius and the workmen who are with him have a protest to make against any man, the law is open to them, and there are judges; let them put up a cause at law against one another.

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.

Do you really think—anyone of you who judges those who do such things yet do the same—that you will escape God’s judgment?

on the day when God judges what people have kept secret, according to my gospel through Christ Jesus.

And they, by their keeping of the law without circumcision, will be judges of you, by whom the law is broken though you have the letter of the law and circumcision.

For judges and magistrates are to be feared not by right-doers but by wrong-doers. You desire--do you not? --to have no reason to fear your ruler. Well, do the thing that is right, and then he will commend you.

Then let us not be judges of one another any longer: but keep this in mind, that no man is to make it hard for his brother, or give him cause for doubting.

But the spiritual man judges of everything, although he is himself judged by no one.

For I am not aware of anything against myself, but I am not acquitted because of this. The one who judges me is the Lord.

But God judges outsiders. Put away the evil person from among yourselves.

Is it not certain that the saints will be the judges of the world? if then the world will be judged by you, are you unable to give a decision about the smallest things?

Is it not certain that we are to be the judges of angels? how much more then of the things of this life?

So if you have cases dealing with this life, why do you appoint as judges people who have no standing in the church?

Instead, one brother goes to court against another brother, and before unbelieving judges, at that!

What I am saying is for wise men, do you be the judges of it.

Be judges yourselves of the question: does it seem right for a woman to take part in prayer unveiled?

But if we were true judges of ourselves, punishment would not come on us.

And let the prophets give their words, but not more than two or three, and let the others be judges of what they say.

So it is right for me to take thought for you all in this way, because I have you in my heart; for in my chains, and in my arguments before the judges in support of the good news, making clear that it is true, you all have your part with me in grace.

At my first meeting with my judges, no one took my part, but all went away from me. May it not be put to their account.

For the word of God is living and active, sharper than any double-edged sword, piercing until it divides soul and spirit, joints and marrow, as it judges the thoughts and purposes of the heart.

Are ye not then partial in yourselves, and are become judges of evil thoughts?

But you have put the poor man to shame. Are not the men of wealth rulers over you? do they not take you by force before their judges?

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.

And if you address as Father the One who judges impartially based on each one’s work, you are to conduct yourselves in fear during the time of your temporary residence.

when He was reviled,He did not revile in return;when He was suffering,He did not threatenbut entrusted Himself to the One who judges justly.

For this reason her plagues will come in one day—death and grief and famine.She will be burned up with fire,because the Lord God who judges her is mighty.

Then I saw heaven opened, and there was a white horse. Its rider is called Faithful and True, and He judges and makes war in righteousness.

And then I saw thrones, and sitting on them were those to whom judgment [that is, the authority to act as judges] was given. And I saw the souls of those who had been beheaded because of their testimony of Jesus and because of the word of God, and those who had refused to worship the beast or his image, and had not accepted his mark on their forehead and on their hand; and they came to life and reigned with Christ for a thousand years.