Scripture teaches that believers should exercise discernment while avoiding hypocritical judgment of others. Jesus warns against judging others in Matthew 7:1-5, emphasizing the importance of self-reflection and removing the plank from one's own eye. In Luke 6:37, He instructs His followers not to condemn or judge, but rather to forgive and show mercy. The apostle James also cautions against speaking evil of one another in James 4:11-12, highlighting the need for humility and kindness in interactions with others, as also encouraged by Jesus in John 7:24.
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Do not judge, and you will not be judged. Do not condemn, and you will not be condemned. Forgive, and you will be forgiven.
“Do not judge, or you will be judged. For with the same judgment you pronounce, you will be judged; and with the measure you use, it will be measured to you. Why do you look at the speck in your brother’s eye, but fail to notice the beam in your own eye? How can you say to your brother, ‘Let me take the speck out of your eye,’ while there is still a beam in your own eye? You hypocrite! First take the beam out of your own eye, and then you will see clearly to remove the speck from your brother’s eye.
Brothers, do not slander one another. Anyone who speaks against his brother or judges him speaks against the law and judges it. And if you judge the law, you are not a practitioner of the law, but a judge of it. There is only one Lawgiver and Judge, the One who is able to save and destroy. But who are you to judge your neighbor?
So when you, O man, pass judgment on others, yet do the same things, do you think you will escape God’s judgment?
What business of mine is it to judge those outside the church? Are you not to judge those inside?
You hypocrite! First take the beam out of your own eye, and then you will see clearly to remove the speck from your brother’s eye.
There is only one Lawgiver and Judge, the One who is able to save and destroy. But who are you to judge your neighbor?
You, therefore, have no excuse, you who pass judgment on another. For on whatever grounds you judge the other, you are condemning yourself, because you who pass judgment do the same things. And we know that God’s judgment against those who do such things is based on truth. So when you, O man, pass judgment on others, yet do the same things, do you think you will escape God’s judgment?