What Does the Bible Say About People Judging You?

Matthew 7:1-5 ESV / 70 helpful votes

“Judge not, that you be not judged. For with the judgment you pronounce you will be judged, and with the measure you use it will be measured to you. Why do you see the speck that is in your brother's eye, but do not notice the log that is in your own eye? Or how can you say to your brother, ‘Let me take the speck out of your eye,’ when there is the log in your own eye? You hypocrite, first take the log out of your own eye, and then you will see clearly to take the speck out of your brother's eye.

Luke 6:37 ESV / 66 helpful votes

“Judge not, and you will not be judged; condemn not, and you will not be condemned; forgive, and you will be forgiven;

John 7:24 ESV / 46 helpful votes

Do not judge by appearances, but judge with right judgment.”

Colossians 2:8 ESV / 32 helpful votes

See to it that no one takes you captive by philosophy and empty deceit, according to human tradition, according to the elemental spirits of the world, and not according to Christ.

Romans 2:1-3 ESV / 32 helpful votes

Therefore you have no excuse, O man, every one of you who judges. For in passing judgment on another you condemn yourself, because you, the judge, practice the very same things. We know that the judgment of God rightly falls on those who practice such things. Do you suppose, O man—you who judge those who practice such things and yet do them yourself—that you will escape the judgment of God?

John 16:33 ESV / 29 helpful votes

I have said these things to you, that in me you may have peace. In the world you will have tribulation. But take heart; I have overcome the world.”

Ecclesiastes 7:21-22 ESV / 29 helpful votes

Do not take to heart all the things that people say, lest you hear your servant cursing you. Your heart knows that many times you yourself have cursed others.

1 John 4:1 ESV / 23 helpful votes

Beloved, do not believe every spirit, but test the spirits to see whether they are from God, for many false prophets have gone out into the world.

Matthew 7:1 ESV / 23 helpful votes

“Judge not, that you be not judged.

James 4:11 ESV / 18 helpful votes

Do not speak evil against one another, brothers. The one who speaks against a brother or judges his brother, speaks evil against the law and judges the law. But if you judge the law, you are not a doer of the law but a judge.

Romans 2:3 ESV / 18 helpful votes

Do you suppose, O man—you who judge those who practice such things and yet do them yourself—that you will escape the judgment of God?

Romans 6:23 ESV / 15 helpful votes

For the wages of sin is death, but the free gift of God is eternal life in Christ Jesus our Lord.

1 Corinthians 2:15 ESV / 14 helpful votes

The spiritual person judges all things, but is himself to be judged by no one.

Proverbs 12:16 ESV / 14 helpful votes

The vexation of a fool is known at once, but the prudent ignores an insult.

Romans 3:23 ESV / 13 helpful votes

For all have sinned and fall short of the glory of God,

Psalm 109:1-31 ESV / 13 helpful votes

To the choirmaster. A Psalm of David. Be not silent, O God of my praise! For wicked and deceitful mouths are opened against me, speaking against me with lying tongues. They encircle me with words of hate, and attack me without cause. In return for my love they accuse me, but I give myself to prayer. So they reward me evil for good, and hatred for my love. ...

Romans 5:12 ESV / 12 helpful votes

Therefore, just as sin came into the world through one man, and death through sin, and so death spread to all men because all sinned—

Revelation 21:4 ESV / 10 helpful votes

He will wipe away every tear from their eyes, and death shall be no more, neither shall there be mourning, nor crying, nor pain anymore, for the former things have passed away.”

Galatians 2:11 ESV / 9 helpful votes

But when Cephas came to Antioch, I opposed him to his face, because he stood condemned.

Romans 10:13 ESV / 8 helpful votes

For “everyone who calls on the name of the Lord will be saved.”

Hosea 13:14 ESV / 8 helpful votes

I shall ransom them from the power of Sheol; I shall redeem them from Death. O Death, where are your plagues? O Sheol, where is your sting? Compassion is hidden from my eyes.

Isaiah 57:21 ESV / 8 helpful votes

There is no peace,” says my God, “for the wicked.”

James 2:12-13 ESV / 7 helpful votes

So speak and so act as those who are to be judged under the law of liberty. For judgment is without mercy to one who has shown no mercy. Mercy triumphs over judgment.

Luke 23:43 ESV / 7 helpful votes

And he said to him, “Truly, I say to you, today you will be with me in paradise.”

Romans 5:1-8:39 ESV / 6 helpful votes

Therefore, since we have been justified by faith, we have peace with God through our Lord Jesus Christ. Through him we have also obtained access by faith into this grace in which we stand, and we rejoice in hope of the glory of God. Not only that, but we rejoice in our sufferings, knowing that suffering produces endurance, and endurance produces character, and character produces hope, and hope does not put us to shame, because God's love has been poured into our hearts through the Holy Spirit who has been given to us. ...

John 3:17 ESV / 6 helpful votes

For God did not send his Son into the world to condemn the world, but in order that the world might be saved through him.

Matthew 7:12 ESV / 6 helpful votes

“So whatever you wish that others would do to you, do also to them, for this is the Law and the Prophets.

1 Timothy 1:10 ESV / 5 helpful votes

The sexually immoral, men who practice homosexuality, enslavers, liars, perjurers, and whatever else is contrary to sound doctrine,

2 Corinthians 4:1-18 ESV / 5 helpful votes

Therefore, having this ministry by the mercy of God, we do not lose heart. But we have renounced disgraceful, underhanded ways. We refuse to practice cunning or to tamper with God's word, but by the open statement of the truth we would commend ourselves to everyone's conscience in the sight of God. And even if our gospel is veiled, it is veiled to those who are perishing. In their case the god of this world has blinded the minds of the unbelievers, to keep them from seeing the light of the gospel of the glory of Christ, who is the image of God. For what we proclaim is not ourselves, but Jesus Christ as Lord, with ourselves as your servants for Jesus' sake. ...

John 8:44 ESV / 5 helpful votes

You are of your father the devil, and your will is to do your father's desires. He was a murderer from the beginning, and does not stand in the truth, because there is no truth in him. When he lies, he speaks out of his own character, for he is a liar and the father of lies.

Mark 15:42 ESV / 5 helpful votes

And when evening had come, since it was the day of Preparation, that is, the day before the Sabbath,

Matthew 25:46 ESV / 5 helpful votes

And these will go away into eternal punishment, but the righteous into eternal life.”

2 Kings 2:1-25 ESV / 5 helpful votes

Now when the Lord was about to take Elijah up to heaven by a whirlwind, Elijah and Elisha were on their way from Gilgal. And Elijah said to Elisha, “Please stay here, for the Lord has sent me as far as Bethel.” But Elisha said, “As the Lord lives, and as you yourself live, I will not leave you.” So they went down to Bethel. And the sons of the prophets who were in Bethel came out to Elisha and said to him, “Do you know that today the Lord will take away your master from over you?” And he said, “Yes, I know it; keep quiet.” Elijah said to him, “Elisha, please stay here, for the Lord has sent me to Jericho.” But he said, “As the Lord lives, and as you yourself live, I will not leave you.” So they came to Jericho. The sons of the prophets who were at Jericho drew near to Elisha and said to him, “Do you know that today the Lord will take away your master from over you?” And he answered, “Yes, I know it; keep quiet.” ...

1 Corinthians 4:1-21 ESV / 4 helpful votes

This is how one should regard us, as servants of Christ and stewards of the mysteries of God. Moreover, it is required of stewards that they be found faithful. But with me it is a very small thing that I should be judged by you or by any human court. In fact, I do not even judge myself. For I am not aware of anything against myself, but I am not thereby acquitted. It is the Lord who judges me. Therefore do not pronounce judgment before the time, before the Lord comes, who will bring to light the things now hidden in darkness and will disclose the purposes of the heart. Then each one will receive his commendation from God. ...

1 Corinthians 1:26-30 ESV / 4 helpful votes

For consider your calling, brothers: not many of you were wise according to worldly standards, not many were powerful, not many were of noble birth. But God chose what is foolish in the world to shame the wise; God chose what is weak in the world to shame the strong; God chose what is low and despised in the world, even things that are not, to bring to nothing things that are, so that no human being might boast in the presence of God. And because of him you are in Christ Jesus, who became to us wisdom from God, righteousness and sanctification and redemption,

Romans 1:1-32 ESV / 4 helpful votes

Paul, a servant of Christ Jesus, called to be an apostle, set apart for the gospel of God, which he promised beforehand through his prophets in the holy Scriptures, concerning his Son, who was descended from David according to the flesh and was declared to be the Son of God in power according to the Spirit of holiness by his resurrection from the dead, Jesus Christ our Lord, through whom we have received grace and apostleship to bring about the obedience of faith for the sake of his name among all the nations, ...

Revelation 2:2 ESV / 3 helpful votes

“‘I know your works, your toil and your patient endurance, and how you cannot bear with those who are evil, but have tested those who call themselves apostles and are not, and found them to be false.

Hebrews 10:36 ESV / 3 helpful votes

For you have need of endurance, so that when you have done the will of God you may receive what is promised.

2 Corinthians 11:24-33 ESV / 3 helpful votes

Five times I received at the hands of the Jews the forty lashes less one. Three times I was beaten with rods. Once I was stoned. Three times I was shipwrecked; a night and a day I was adrift at sea; on frequent journeys, in danger from rivers, danger from robbers, danger from my own people, danger from Gentiles, danger in the city, danger in the wilderness, danger at sea, danger from false brothers; in toil and hardship, through many a sleepless night, in hunger and thirst, often without food, in cold and exposure. And, apart from other things, there is the daily pressure on me of my anxiety for all the churches. ...

Matthew 25:14-30 ESV / 2 helpful votes

“For it will be like a man going on a journey, who called his servants and entrusted to them his property. To one he gave five talents, to another two, to another one, to each according to his ability. Then he went away. He who had received the five talents went at once and traded with them, and he made five talents more. So also he who had the two talents made two talents more. But he who had received the one talent went and dug in the ground and hid his master's money. ...

40 Bible Verses about People Judging You

Matthew 7:1-5 ESV / 70 helpful votes Helpful Not Helpful

Luke 6:37 ESV / 66 helpful votes Helpful Not Helpful

John 7:24 ESV / 46 helpful votes Helpful Not Helpful

Colossians 2:8 ESV / 32 helpful votes Helpful Not Helpful

Romans 2:1-3 ESV / 32 helpful votes Helpful Not Helpful

John 16:33 ESV / 29 helpful votes Helpful Not Helpful

Ecclesiastes 7:21-22 ESV / 29 helpful votes Helpful Not Helpful

1 John 4:1 ESV / 23 helpful votes Helpful Not Helpful

Matthew 7:1 ESV / 23 helpful votes Helpful Not Helpful

James 4:11 ESV / 18 helpful votes Helpful Not Helpful

Romans 2:3 ESV / 18 helpful votes Helpful Not Helpful

Romans 6:23 ESV / 15 helpful votes Helpful Not Helpful

1 Corinthians 2:15 ESV / 14 helpful votes Helpful Not Helpful

Proverbs 12:16 ESV / 14 helpful votes Helpful Not Helpful

Romans 3:23 ESV / 13 helpful votes Helpful Not Helpful

Psalm 109:1-31 ESV / 13 helpful votes Helpful Not Helpful

Romans 5:12 ESV / 12 helpful votes Helpful Not Helpful

Revelation 21:4 ESV / 10 helpful votes Helpful Not Helpful

Galatians 2:11 ESV / 9 helpful votes Helpful Not Helpful

Romans 10:13 ESV / 8 helpful votes Helpful Not Helpful

Hosea 13:14 ESV / 8 helpful votes Helpful Not Helpful

Isaiah 57:21 ESV / 8 helpful votes Helpful Not Helpful

James 2:12-13 ESV / 7 helpful votes Helpful Not Helpful

Luke 23:43 ESV / 7 helpful votes Helpful Not Helpful

Romans 5:1-8:39 ESV / 6 helpful votes Helpful Not Helpful

John 3:17 ESV / 6 helpful votes Helpful Not Helpful

Matthew 7:12 ESV / 6 helpful votes Helpful Not Helpful

1 Timothy 1:10 ESV / 5 helpful votes Helpful Not Helpful

2 Corinthians 4:1-18 ESV / 5 helpful votes Helpful Not Helpful

John 8:44 ESV / 5 helpful votes Helpful Not Helpful

Mark 15:42 ESV / 5 helpful votes Helpful Not Helpful

Matthew 25:46 ESV / 5 helpful votes Helpful Not Helpful

2 Kings 2:1-25 ESV / 5 helpful votes Helpful Not Helpful

1 Corinthians 4:1-21 ESV / 4 helpful votes Helpful Not Helpful

1 Corinthians 1:26-30 ESV / 4 helpful votes Helpful Not Helpful

Romans 1:1-32 ESV / 4 helpful votes Helpful Not Helpful

Revelation 2:2 ESV / 3 helpful votes Helpful Not Helpful

Hebrews 10:36 ESV / 3 helpful votes Helpful Not Helpful

2 Corinthians 11:24-33 ESV / 3 helpful votes Helpful Not Helpful

Matthew 25:14-30 ESV / 2 helpful votes Helpful Not Helpful

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