Stop judging by external standards, and judge by true standards."

But the LORD said to him, "Pay no attention to how tall and handsome he is. I have rejected him, because I do not judge as people judge. They look at the outward appearance, but I look at the heart."

Do you rulers ever give a just decision? Do you judge everyone fairly?

No! You think only of the evil you can do, and commit crimes of violence in the land.

You have nothing to do with corrupt judges, who make injustice legal,

who plot against good people and sentence the innocent to death.

You are doomed, you that twist justice and cheat people out of their rights!

Do horses gallop on rocks? Does anyone plow the sea with oxen? Yet you have turned justice into poison, and right into wrong.

The law is weak and useless, and justice is never done. Evil people get the better of the righteous, and so justice is perverted.

Do you, my friend, pass judgment on others? You have no excuse at all, whoever you are. For when you judge others and then do the same things which they do, you condemn yourself.

Whoever has the Spirit, however, is able to judge the value of everything, but no one is able to judge him.

Now, I am not at all concerned about being judged by you or by any human standard; I don't even pass judgment on myself.

So you should not pass judgment on anyone before the right time comes. Final judgment must wait until the Lord comes; he will bring to light the dark secrets and expose the hidden purposes of people's minds. And then all will receive from God the praise they deserve.

then you are guilty of creating distinctions among yourselves and of making judgments based on evil motives.

"No one, sir," she answered. "Well, then," Jesus said, "I do not condemn you either. Go, but do not sin again."]

For God did not send his Son into the world to be its judge, but to be its savior.

If people hear my message and do not obey it, I will not judge them. I came, not to judge the world, but to save it.

Jesus said, "My kingdom does not belong to this world; if my kingdom belonged to this world, my followers would fight to keep me from being handed over to the Jewish authorities. No, my kingdom does not belong here!"

Jesus answered him, "Friend, who gave me the right to judge or to divide the property between you two?"