Today we will discuss from God’s Word how to judge others fairly. Many times we are faced with situations where we have to judge people’s actions or behavior. However, we should always be careful and judge with fair love and truth. That we always tell the truth to the truth, never prove the truth to be false.
God’s Word gives us wisdom by which we can recognize the right thing and make decisions accordingly. God gave King Salman such wisdom by which he could judge correctly.
Our God is just and He wants us to live in justice and truth with everyone. He will judge us based on the work we do in this world. Therefore, if we do any judgment, it must be done righteously. Otherwise, we will stand before God’s judgment and be punished for our unrighteous deeds.
Dear friends, now let’s see the Bible scriptures below that talk about judging others righteously.
Matthew 18:15-17 : —
“Moreover if thy brother shall trespass against thee, go tell him his fault between thee him alone: if he shall hear thee, thou hast gained thy brotherBut if he will not hear thee, then take with thee one or two more, that in the mouth of two or three witnesses every word may be establishedAnd if he shall neglect to hear them, tell it unto the church: but if he neglect to hear the church, let him be unto thee as an heathen man a publican”
Matthew 7:1-5 : —
“Judge not, that ye be not judgedFor with what judgment ye judge, ye shall be judged: with what measure ye mete, it shall be measured to you againAnd why beholdest thou the mote that is in thy brother’s eye, but considerest not the beam that is in thine own eye?Or how wilt thou say to thy brother, Let me pull out the mote out of thine eye; , behold, a beam is in thine own eye?Thou hypocrite, first cast out the beam out of thine own eye; then shalt thou see clearly to cast out the mote out of thy brother’s eye”
Luke 6:37 : —
“Judge not, ye shall not be judged: condemn not, ye shall not be condemned: forgive, ye shall be forgiven”
Romans 12:16-18 : —
“Be of the same mind one toward another. Mind not high things, but condescend to men of low estate. Be not wise in your own conceitsRecompense to no man evil for evil. Provide things honest in the sight of all menIf it be possible, as much as lieth in you, live peaceably with all men”
Romans 14:1-4 : —
“Him that is weak in the faith receive ye, but not to doubtful disputationsFor one believeth that he may eat all things: another, who is weak, eateth herbsLet not him that eateth despise him that eateth not; let not him which eateth not judge him that eateth: for God hath received himWho art thou that judgest another man’s servant? to his own master he standeth or falleth. Yea, he shall be holden up: for God is able to make him stand”
Romans 14:10-13 : —
“But why dost thou judge thy brother? or why dost thou set at nought thy brother? for we shall all stand before the judgment seat of ChristFor it is written, As I live, saith the Lord, every knee shall bow to me, every tongue shall confess to GodSo then every one of us shall give account of himself to GodLet us not therefore judge one another any more: but judge this rather, that no man put a stumblingblock or an occasion to fall in his brother’s way”
Romans 2:1 : —
“Therefore thou art inexcusable, O man, whosoever thou art that judgest: for wherein thou judgest another, thou condemnest thyself; for thou that judgest doest the same things”
James 2:13 : —
“For he shall have judgment without mercy, that hath shewed no mercy; mercy rejoiceth against judgment”
James 4:11-12 : —
“Speak not evil one of another, brethren. He that speaketh evil of his brother, judgeth his brother, speaketh evil of the law, judgeth the law: but if thou judge the law, thou art not a doer of the law, but a judgeThere is one lawgiver, who is able to save to destroy: who art thou that judgest another?”
Galatians 6:1 : —
“Brethren, if a man be overtaken in a fault, ye which are spiritual, restore such an one in the spirit of meekness; considering thyself, lest thou also be tempted”
Proverbs 21:2 : —
“Every way of a man is right in his own eyes: but the Lord pondereth the hearts”
Proverbs 24:23 : —
“These things also belong to the wise. It is not good to have respect of persons in judgment”
Proverbs 31:9 : —
“Open thy mouth, judge righteously, plead the cause of the poor needy”
Leviticus 19:15 : —
“Ye shall do no unrighteousness in judgment: thou shalt not respect the person of the poor, nor honor the person of the mighty: but in righteousness shalt thou judge thy neighbour”
Isaiah 11:3-4 : —
“Shall make him of quick understanding in the fear of the Lord : he shall not judge after the sight of his eyes, neither reprove after the hearing of his earsBut with righteousness shall he judge the poor, reprove with equity for the meek of the earth: he shall smite the earth: with the rod of his mouth, with the breath of his lips shall he slay the wicked”
Zechariah 7:9 : —
“Thus speaketh the Lord of hosts, saying, Execute true judgment, shew mercy compassions every man to his brother”
John 8:15-16 : —
“Ye judge after the flesh; I judge no manAnd yet if I judge, my judgment is true: for I am not alone, but I the Father that sent me”
Colossians 2:16-17 : —
“Let no man therefore judge you in meat, or in drink, or in respect of an holyday, or of the new moon, or of the sabbath daysWhich are a shadow of things to come; but the body is of Christ”
Philippians 1:9-10 : —
“This I pray, that your love may abound yet more more in knowledge in all judgmentThat ye may approve things that are excellent; that ye may be sincere without offence till the day of Christ”
Hebrews 4:12 : —
“For the word of God is quick, powerful, sharper than any twoedged sword, piercing even to the dividing asunder of soul spirit, of the joints marrow, is a discerner of the thoughts intents of the heart”