Far be it from You to do such a thing as this, to slay the righteous with the wicked, so that the righteous should be as the wicked; far be it from You! Shall not the Judge of all the earth do right?”

‘You shall do no injustice in judgment. You shall not be partial to the poor, nor honor the person of the mighty. In righteousness you shall judge your neighbor.

Yet they would not listen to their judges, but they played the harlot with other gods, and bowed down to them. They turned quickly from the way in which their fathers walked, in obeying the commandments of the Lord; they did not do so.

And it came to pass, when the judge was dead, that they reverted and behaved more corruptly than their fathers, by following other gods, to serve them and bow down to them. They did not cease from their own doings nor from their stubborn way.

and said to him, “Look, you are old, and your sons do not walk in your ways. Now make us a king to judge us like all the nations.”

and said to the judges, “Take heed to what you are doing, for you do not judge for man but for the Lord, who is with you in the judgment.

O our God, will You not judge them? For we have no power against this great multitude that is coming against us; nor do we know what to do, but our eyes are upon You.”

And you, Ezra, according to your God-given wisdom, set magistrates and judges who may judge all the people who are in the region beyond the River, all such as know the laws of your God; and teach those who do not know them.

Arise, O Lord, Do not let man prevail; Let the nations be judged in Your sight.

The Just Judgment of the Wicked

To the Chief Musician. Set to “Do Not Destroy.” A Michtam of David.

Do you indeed speak righteousness, you silent ones? Do you judge uprightly, you sons of men?

I, the Lord, have spoken it; It shall come to pass, and I will do it; I will not hold back, Nor will I spare, Nor will I relent; According to your ways And according to your deeds They will judge you,” Says the Lord God.’ ”

Do Not Judge

“Judge not, that you be not judged.

Do Not Judge

“Judge not, and you shall not be judged. Condemn not, and you shall not be condemned. Forgive, and you will be forgiven.

Make Peace with Your Adversary

“Yes, and why, even of yourselves, do you not judge what is right?

I can of Myself do nothing. As I hear, I judge; and My judgment is righteous, because I do not seek My own will but the will of the Father who sent Me.

Do not judge according to appearance, but judge with righteous judgment.”

And yet if I do judge, My judgment is true; for I am not alone, but I am with the Father who sent Me.

And I do not seek My own glory; there is One who seeks and judges.

And if anyone hears My words and does not believe, I do not judge him; for I did not come to judge the world but to save the world.

He who rejects Me, and does not receive My words, has that which judges him— the word that I have spoken will judge him in the last day.

But if it is a question of words and names and your own law, look to it yourselves; for I do not want to be a judge of such matters.”

Let not him who eats despise him who does not eat, and let not him who does not eat judge him who eats; for God has received him.

But with me it is a very small thing that I should be judged by you or by a human court. In fact, I do not even judge myself.

For what have I to do with judging those also who are outside? Do you not judge those who are inside?

Do you not know that the saints will judge the world? And if the world will be judged by you, are you unworthy to judge the smallest matters?