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Matthew 7:1
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“Do not judge, so that you won’t be judged.
Iudge not, that ye be not iudged.
Judge not, that ye be not judged.
"Judge not, that you be not judged.
"Do not judge, so that you will not be judged.
"Don't judge others, or you will be judged.
"Do not judge and criticize and condemn [others unfairly with an attitude of self-righteous superiority as though assuming the office of a judge], so that you will not be judged [unfairly].
Ivdge not, that ye be not iudged.
"Do not judge so that you will not be judged.
"Do not judge, so that you will not be judged.
Do not judge, or you will be judged.
"Don't judge, so that you won't be judged.
Judge not, that ye may not be judged;
"Don't judge others, and God will not judge you.
JUDGE not, that you may not be judged.
"Do not judge others, so that God will not judge you,
"Do not judge, so that you will not be judged.
Do not judge, that you may not be judged;
Judge not, that ye be not judged.
Be not judges of others, and you will not be judged.
"Don't judge, so that you won't be judged.
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JUDGE not, that you be not judged.
Judge not, that ye be not judged.
Iudge not, that ye be not iudged.
Judge not, that ye be not judged.
"Don't judge, so that you won't be judged.
Judge not, that ye be not judged. For with what judgment ye judge,
"Judge not, that you may not be judged;
Nile ye deme, `that ye be not demed; for in what doom ye demen,
Do not judge, that you are not judged.
Judge not, that ye be not judged.
"Do not judge so that you will not be judged.
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"Do not judge others, and you will not be judged.
"Do not say what is wrong in other people's lives. Then other people will not say what is wrong in your life.
"Do not judge, so that you may not be judged.
Judge not, that ye be not judged; -
Judge not, that you may not be judged.
"Judge not, that you be not judged.
Iudge not that ye be not iudged.
`Judge not, that ye may not be judged,
Ivdge not, that ye be not iudged:
Judge not, that ye be not judged.
"Don't pick on people, jump on their failures, criticize their faults— unless, of course, you want the same treatment. That critical spirit has a way of boomeranging. It's easy to see a smudge on your neighbor's face and be oblivious to the ugly sneer on your own. Do you have the nerve to say, ‘Let me wash your face for you,' when your own face is distorted by contempt? It's this whole traveling road-show mentality all over again, playing a holier-than-thou part instead of just living your part. Wipe that ugly sneer off your own face, and you might be fit to offer a washcloth to your neighbor.
"Don't make opinions about what others do, and no opinion will be made about you.
Contextual Overview
Bible Verse Review
from Treasury of Scripure Knowledge
Isaiah 66:5, Ezekiel 16:52-56, Luke 6:37, Romans 2:1, Romans 2:2, Romans 14:3, Romans 14:4, Romans 14:10-13, 1 Corinthians 4:3-5, James 3:1, James 4:11, James 4:12
Reciprocal: Genesis 38:24 - let her Judges 1:7 - as I have 1 Samuel 1:14 - How long Job 19:29 - that ye may Ezekiel 16:59 - I will Ezekiel 31:11 - he shall surely deal with him Matthew 18:35 - do John 8:7 - He that 1 Corinthians 4:5 - judge James 2:4 - judges James 2:13 - he James 5:9 - lest
Cross-References
and this is the story about him. Noah was the only person who lived right and obeyed God.
The Lord told Noah: Take your whole family with you into the boat, because you are the only one on this earth who pleases me.
Seven days from now I will send rain that will last for forty days and nights, and I will destroy all other living creatures I have made.
Noah was six hundred years old when he went into the boat to escape the flood, and he did everything the Lord had told him to do. His wife, his sons, and his daughters-in-law all went inside with him.
He obeyed God and took a male and a female of each kind of animal and bird into the boat with him.
Seven days later a flood began to cover the earth.
Noah was six hundred years old when the water under the earth started gushing out everywhere. The sky opened like windows, and rain poured down for forty days and nights. All this began on the seventeenth day of the second month of the year.
On that day Noah and his wife went into the boat with their three sons, Shem, Ham, and Japheth, and their wives.
Noah took a male and a female of every living creature with him,
just as God had told him to do. And when they were all in the boat, God closed the door.
Gill's Notes on the Bible
Judge not, that ye be not judged. This is not to be understood of any sort of judgment; not of judgment in the civil courts of judicature, by proper magistrates, which ought to be made and pass, according to the nature of the case; nor of judgment in the churches of Christ, where offenders are to be called to an account, examined, tried, and dealt with according to the rules of the Gospel; nor of every private judgment, which one man may make upon another, without any detriment to him; but of rash judgment, interpreting men's words and deeds to the worst sense, and censuring them in a very severe manner; even passing sentence on them, with respect to their eternal state and condition. Good is the advice given by the famous Hillell u, who lived a little before Christ's time;
"Do not judge thy neighbour, (says he,) until thou comest into his place.''
It would be well, if persons subject to a censorious spirit, would put themselves in the case and circumstances the persons are in they judge; and then consider, what judgment they would choose others should pass on them. The argument Christ uses to dissuade from this evil, which the Jews were very prone to, is, "that ye be not judged"; meaning, either by men, for such censorious persons rarely have the good will of their fellow creatures, but are commonly repaid in the same way; or else by God, which will be the most awful and tremendous: for such persons take upon them the place of God, usurp his prerogative, as if they knew the hearts and states of men; and therefore will have judgment without mercy at the hands of God.
u Pirke Abot, c. 2. sect. 4.
Barnes' Notes on the Bible
Judge not ... - This command refers to rash, censorious, and unjust judgment. See Romans 2:1. Luke Luke 6:37 explains it in the sense of âcondemning.â Christ does not condemn judging as a magistrate, for that, when according to justice, is lawful and necessary. Nor does he condemn our âforming an opinionâ of the conduct of others, for it is impossible ânotâ to form an opinion of conduct that we know to be evil. But what he refers to is a habit of forming a judgment hastily, harshly, and without an allowance for every palliating circumstance, and a habit of âexpressingâ such an opinion harshly and unnecessarily when formed. It rather refers to private judgment than âjudicial,â and perhaps primarily to the customs of the scribes and Pharisees.
Clarke's Notes on the Bible
CHAPTER VII.
Our Lord warns men against rash judgment and uncharitable
censures, 1-5.
Shows that holy things must not be profaned, 6;
gives encouragement to fervent persevering prayer, 7-11.
Shows how men should deal with each other, 12.
Exhorts the people to enter in at the strait gate, 13, 14;
to beware of false teachers, who are to be known by their
fruits, 15-20.
Shows that no man shall be saved by his mere profession of
Christianity, however specious, 22, 23.
The parable of the wise man who built his house upon a rock,
24, 25.
Of the foolish man who built his house, without a foundation,
on the sand, 26, 27.
Christ concludes his sermon, and the people are astonished at
his doctrine, 28, 29.
NOTES ON CHAP. VII.
Verse Matthew 7:1. Judge not, that ye be not judged. — These exhortations are pointed against rash, harsh, and uncharitable judgments, the thinking evil, where no evil seems, and speaking of it accordingly. The Jews were highly criminal here, and yet had very excellent maxims against it, as may be seen in Schoettgen. This is one of the most important exhortations in the whole of this excellent sermon. By a secret and criminal disposition of nature, man endeavours to elevate himself above others, and, to do it more effectually, depresses them. His jealous and envious heart wishes that there may be no good quality found but in himself, that he alone may be esteemed. Such is the state of every unconverted man; and it is from this criminal disposition, that evil surmises, rash judgments, precipitate decisions, and all other unjust procedures against our neighbour, flow.
