John 8:7
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7 When they kept on questioning him, he straightened up and said to them, “Let anyone among you who is without sin be the first to throw a stone at her.”(A)
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Matthew 7:1-5
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Judging Others
7 “Do not judge, so that you may not be judged.(A) 2 For the judgment you give will be the judgment you get, and the measure you give will be the measure you get. 3 Why do you see the speck in your neighbor’s eye but do not notice the log in your own eye? 4 Or how can you say to your neighbor, ‘Let me take the speck out of your eye,’ while the log is in your own eye? 5 You hypocrite, first take the log out of your own eye, and then you will see clearly to take the speck out of your neighbor’s eye.
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Romans 2:21-25
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21 you, then, who teach others, will you not teach yourself? You who preach against stealing, do you steal?(A) 22 You who forbid adultery, do you commit adultery? You who abhor idols, do you rob temples? 23 You who boast in the law, do you dishonor God by your transgression of the law? 24 For, as it is written, “The name of God is blasphemed[a] among the gentiles because of you.”(B)
25 Circumcision indeed is of value if you obey the law, but if you are a transgressor of the law your circumcision has become uncircumcision.(C)
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- 2.24 Or despised
Colossians 4:6
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6 Let your speech always be gracious, seasoned with salt, so that you may know how you ought to answer everyone.(A)
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Romans 2:1-3
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The Righteous Judgment of God
2 Therefore you are without excuse, whoever you are, when you judge others, for in passing judgment on another you condemn yourself, because you, the judge, are doing the very same things.(A) 2 We know that God’s judgment on those who do such things is in accordance with truth. 3 Do you imagine, whoever you are, that when you judge those who do such things and yet do them yourself, you will escape the judgment of God?
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Deuteronomy 17:6-7
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6 On the evidence of two or three witnesses the death sentence shall be executed; a person must not be put to death on the evidence of only one witness.(A) 7 The hands of the witnesses shall be the first raised against the person to execute the death penalty and afterward the hands of all the people. So you shall purge the evil from your midst.(B)
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Hebrews 4:12-13
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12 Indeed, the word of God is living and active and sharper than any two-edged sword, piercing until it divides soul from spirit, joints from marrow; it is able to judge the thoughts and intentions of the heart.(A) 13 And before him no creature is hidden, but all are naked and laid bare to the eyes of the one to whom we must render an account.(B)
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Matthew 23:25-28
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25 “Woe to you, scribes and Pharisees, hypocrites! For you clean the outside of the cup and of the plate, but inside they are full of greed and self-indulgence. 26 You blind Pharisee! First clean the inside of the cup and of the plate,[a] so that the outside also may become clean.
27 “Woe to you, scribes and Pharisees, hypocrites! For you are like whitewashed tombs, which on the outside look beautiful but inside are full of the bones of the dead and of all kinds of uncleanness. 28 So you also on the outside look righteous to others, but inside you are full of hypocrisy and lawlessness.
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- 23.26 Other ancient authorities lack and of the plate
Proverbs 26:4-5
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4 Do not answer fools according to their folly,
lest you be a fool yourself.(A)
5 Answer fools according to their folly,
lest they be wise in their own eyes.(B)
Psalm 50:16-20
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16 But to the wicked God says,
“What right have you to recite my statutes
or take my covenant on your lips?(A)
17 For you hate discipline,
and you cast my words behind you.(B)
18 You make friends with a thief when you see one,
and you keep company with adulterers.(C)
19 You give your mouth free rein for evil,
and your tongue frames deceit.
20 You sit and speak against your kin;
you slander your own mother’s child.(D)
Revelation 2:16
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16 Repent, then. If not, I will come to you soon and wage war against them with the sword of my mouth.(A)
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Revelation 19:15
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15 From his mouth comes a sharp sword with which to strike down the nations, and he will rule[a] them with a scepter of iron; he will tread the winepress of the fury of the wrath of God the Almighty.(A)
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- 19.15 Or will shepherd
1 Corinthians 14:24-25
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24 But if all prophesy, an unbeliever or outsider who enters is reproved by all and called to account by all. 25 After the secrets of the unbeliever’s heart are disclosed, that person will bow down before God and worship, declaring, “God is really among you.”
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Jeremiah 23:29
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29 Is not my word like fire, says the Lord, and like a hammer that breaks a rock in pieces?(A)
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Proverbs 12:18
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18 Rash words are like sword thrusts,
but the tongue of the wise brings healing.(A)
Revelation 1:16
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16 In his right hand he held seven stars, and from his mouth came a sharp, two-edged sword, and his face was like the sun shining with full force.(A)
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John 7:46
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46 The police answered, “Never has anyone spoken like this!”
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