John 7:24

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John 7:22–26 · Berean Standard Bible

22 But because Moses gave you circumcision, you circumcise a boy on the Sabbath (not that it is from Moses, but from the patriarchs.)

23 If a boy can be circumcised on the Sabbath so that the law of Moses will not be broken, why are you angry with Me for making the whole man well on the Sabbath?

24 Stop judging by outward appearances, and start judging justly.”

25 Then some of the people of Jerusalem began to say, “Isn’t this the man they are trying to kill?

26 Yet here He is, speaking publicly, and they are not saying anything to Him. Have the rulers truly recognized that this is the Christ?

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The Treasury of Scripture Knowledge lists these related verses. Scripture text comes from the Berean Standard Bible.

John 8:15

You judge according to the flesh; I judge no one.

Deuteronomy 1:16

At that time I charged your judges: “Hear the disputes between your brothers, and judge fairly between a man and his brother or a foreign resident.

Deuteronomy 1:17

Show no partiality in judging; hear both small and great alike. Do not be intimidated by anyone, for judgment belongs to God. And bring to me any case too difficult for you, and I will hear it.”

Deuteronomy 16:18

You are to appoint judges and officials for your tribes in every town that the LORD your God is giving you. They are to judge the people with righteous judgment.

Deuteronomy 16:19

Do not deny justice or show partiality. Do not accept a bribe, for a bribe blinds the eyes of the wise and twists the words of the righteous.

Psalms 58:1

Do you indeed speak justly, O rulers? Do you judge uprightly, O sons of men?

Psalms 58:2

No, in your hearts you devise injustice; with your hands you mete out violence on the earth.

Psalms 82:2

“How long will you judge unjustly and show partiality to the wicked? Selah

Psalms 94:20

Can a corrupt throne be Your ally— one devising mischief by decree?

Psalms 94:21

They band together against the righteous and condemn the innocent to death.

Proverbs 17:15

Acquitting the guilty and condemning the righteous— both are detestable to the LORD.

Proverbs 24:23

These also are sayings of the wise: To show partiality in judgment is not good.

Isaiah 5:23

who acquit the guilty for a bribe and deprive the innocent of justice.

Isaiah 11:3

And He will delight in the fear of the LORD. He will not judge by what His eyes see, and He will not decide by what His ears hear,

Isaiah 11:4

but with righteousness He will judge the poor, and with equity He will decide for the lowly of the earth. He will strike the earth with the rod of His mouth and slay the wicked with the breath of His lips.

James 2:1

My brothers, as you hold out your faith in our glorious Lord Jesus Christ, do not show favoritism.

James 2:4

have you not discriminated among yourselves and become judges with evil thoughts?

James 2:9

But if you show favoritism, you sin and are convicted by the law as transgressors.