What Does the Bible Say About Being Wrongly Judged?

1 Corinthians 4:3-5 ESV / 51 helpful votes

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.

John 7:24 ESV / 42 helpful votes

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

James 4:11-12 ESV / 19 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. There is only one lawgiver and judge, he who is able to save and to destroy. But who are you to judge your neighbor?

Psalm 139:1-24 ESV / 15 helpful votes

To the choirmaster. A Psalm of David. O Lord, you have searched me and known me! You know when I sit down and when I rise up; you discern my thoughts from afar. You search out my path and my lying down and are acquainted with all my ways. Even before a word is on my tongue, behold, O Lord, you know it altogether. You hem me in, behind and before, and lay your hand upon me. ...

John 6:27 ESV / 12 helpful votes

Do not work for the food that perishes, but for the food that endures to eternal life, which the Son of Man will give to you. For on him God the Father has set his seal.”

Romans 8:6-8 ESV / 11 helpful votes

For to set the mind on the flesh is death, but to set the mind on the Spirit is life and peace. For the mind that is set on the flesh is hostile to God, for it does not submit to God's law; indeed, it cannot. Those who are in the flesh cannot please God.

Romans 14:4 ESV / 10 helpful votes

Who are you to pass judgment on the servant of another? It is before his own master that he stands or falls. And he will be upheld, for the Lord is able to make him stand.

Lamentations 3:37 ESV / 8 helpful votes

Who has spoken and it came to pass, unless the Lord has commanded it?

1 Corinthians 15:57 ESV / 6 helpful votes

But thanks be to God, who gives us the victory through our Lord Jesus Christ.

Philippians 4:13 ESV / 5 helpful votes

I can do all things through him who strengthens me.

Ephesians 2:7 ESV / 5 helpful votes

So that in the coming ages he might show the immeasurable riches of his grace in kindness toward us in Christ Jesus.

Romans 9:22 ESV / 4 helpful votes

What if God, desiring to show his wrath and to make known his power, has endured with much patience vessels of wrath prepared for destruction,

John 10:1-42 ESV / 4 helpful votes

“Truly, truly, I say to you, he who does not enter the sheepfold by the door but climbs in by another way, that man is a thief and a robber. But he who enters by the door is the shepherd of the sheep. To him the gatekeeper opens. The sheep hear his voice, and he calls his own sheep by name and leads them out. When he has brought out all his own, he goes before them, and the sheep follow him, for they know his voice. A stranger they will not follow, but they will flee from him, for they do not know the voice of strangers.” ...

Matthew 11:1-30 ESV / 4 helpful votes

When Jesus had finished instructing his twelve disciples, he went on from there to teach and preach in their cities. Now when John heard in prison about the deeds of the Christ, he sent word by his disciples and said to him, “Are you the one who is to come, or shall we look for another?” And Jesus answered them, “Go and tell John what you hear and see: the blind receive their sight and the lame walk, lepers are cleansed and the deaf hear, and the dead are raised up, and the poor have good news preached to them. ...

Romans 9:1-33 ESV / 3 helpful votes

I am speaking the truth in Christ—I am not lying; my conscience bears me witness in the Holy Spirit— that I have great sorrow and unceasing anguish in my heart. For I could wish that I myself were accursed and cut off from Christ for the sake of my brothers, my kinsmen according to the flesh. They are Israelites, and to them belong the adoption, the glory, the covenants, the giving of the law, the worship, and the promises. To them belong the patriarchs, and from their race, according to the flesh, is the Christ, who is God over all, blessed forever. Amen. ...

Romans 5:18 ESV / 3 helpful votes

Therefore, as one trespass led to condemnation for all men, so one act of righteousness leads to justification and life for all men.

John 6:48-51 ESV / 3 helpful votes

I am the bread of life. Your fathers ate the manna in the wilderness, and they died. This is the bread that comes down from heaven, so that one may eat of it and not die. I am the living bread that came down from heaven. If anyone eats of this bread, he will live forever. And the bread that I will give for the life of the world is my flesh.”

Matthew 23:13 ESV / 3 helpful votes

“But woe to you, scribes and Pharisees, hypocrites! For you shut the kingdom of heaven in people's faces. For you neither enter yourselves nor allow those who would enter to go in.

1 Corinthians 9:11 ESV / 2 helpful votes

If we have sown spiritual things among you, is it too much if we reap material things from you?

John 14:6 ESV / 2 helpful votes

Jesus said to him, “I am the way, and the truth, and the life. No one comes to the Father except through me.

John 3:16 ESV / 2 helpful votes

“For God so loved the world, that he gave his only Son, that whoever believes in him should not perish but have eternal life.

John 3:14-17 ESV / 1 helpful vote

And as Moses lifted up the serpent in the wilderness, so must the Son of Man be lifted up, that whoever believes in him may have eternal life. “For God so loved the world, that he gave his only Son, that whoever believes in him should not perish but have eternal life. 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.

22 Bible Verses about Being Wrongly Judged

1 Corinthians 4:3-5 ESV / 51 helpful votes

John 7:24 ESV / 42 helpful votes

James 4:11-12 ESV / 19 helpful votes

Psalm 139:1-24 ESV / 15 helpful votes

John 6:27 ESV / 12 helpful votes

Romans 8:6-8 ESV / 11 helpful votes

Romans 14:4 ESV / 10 helpful votes

Lamentations 3:37 ESV / 8 helpful votes

1 Corinthians 15:57 ESV / 6 helpful votes

Philippians 4:13 ESV / 5 helpful votes

Ephesians 2:7 ESV / 5 helpful votes

Romans 9:22 ESV / 4 helpful votes

John 10:1-42 ESV / 4 helpful votes

Matthew 11:1-30 ESV / 4 helpful votes

Romans 9:1-33 ESV / 3 helpful votes

Romans 5:18 ESV / 3 helpful votes

John 6:48-51 ESV / 3 helpful votes

Matthew 23:13 ESV / 3 helpful votes

1 Corinthians 9:11 ESV / 2 helpful votes

John 14:6 ESV / 2 helpful votes

John 3:16 ESV / 2 helpful votes

John 3:14-17 ESV / 1 helpful vote

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22 Bible Verses about Being Wrongly Judged

1 Corinthians 4:3-5 ESV / 51 helpful votes Helpful Not Helpful

John 7:24 ESV / 42 helpful votes Helpful Not Helpful

James 4:11-12 ESV / 19 helpful votes Helpful Not Helpful

Psalm 139:1-24 ESV / 15 helpful votes Helpful Not Helpful

John 6:27 ESV / 12 helpful votes Helpful Not Helpful

Romans 8:6-8 ESV / 11 helpful votes Helpful Not Helpful

Romans 14:4 ESV / 10 helpful votes Helpful Not Helpful

Lamentations 3:37 ESV / 8 helpful votes Helpful Not Helpful

1 Corinthians 15:57 ESV / 6 helpful votes Helpful Not Helpful

Philippians 4:13 ESV / 5 helpful votes Helpful Not Helpful

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Romans 9:22 ESV / 4 helpful votes Helpful Not Helpful

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Romans 9:1-33 ESV / 3 helpful votes Helpful Not Helpful

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1 Corinthians 4:3-5 ESV / 51 helpful votes

John 7:24 ESV / 42 helpful votes

James 4:11-12 ESV / 19 helpful votes

Psalm 139:1-24 ESV / 15 helpful votes

John 6:27 ESV / 12 helpful votes

Romans 8:6-8 ESV / 11 helpful votes

Romans 14:4 ESV / 10 helpful votes

Lamentations 3:37 ESV / 8 helpful votes

1 Corinthians 15:57 ESV / 6 helpful votes

Philippians 4:13 ESV / 5 helpful votes

Ephesians 2:7 ESV / 5 helpful votes

Romans 9:22 ESV / 4 helpful votes

John 10:1-42 ESV / 4 helpful votes

Matthew 11:1-30 ESV / 4 helpful votes

Romans 9:1-33 ESV / 3 helpful votes

Romans 5:18 ESV / 3 helpful votes

John 6:48-51 ESV / 3 helpful votes

Matthew 23:13 ESV / 3 helpful votes

1 Corinthians 9:11 ESV / 2 helpful votes

John 14:6 ESV / 2 helpful votes

John 3:16 ESV / 2 helpful votes

John 3:14-17 ESV / 1 helpful vote