Matthew 7:2

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For by the standard you judge you will be judged, and the measure you use will be the measure you receive.

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Referenced Verses

  • Mark 4:24 : 24 And he said to them,“Take care about what you hear. The measure you use will be the measure you receive, and more will be added to you.
  • Luke 6:38 : 38 Give, and it will be given to you: A good measure, pressed down, shaken together, running over, will be poured into your lap. For the measure you use will be the measure you receive.”
  • Judg 1:7 : 7 Adoni-Bezek said,“Seventy kings, with thumbs and big toes cut off, used to lick up food scraps under my table. God has repaid me for what I did to them.” They brought him to Jerusalem, where he died.
  • Jas 2:13 : 13 For judgment is merciless for the one who has shown no mercy. But mercy triumphs over judgment.
  • Rev 18:6 : 6 Repay her the same way she repaid others; pay her back double corresponding to her deeds. In the cup she mixed, mix double the amount for her.
  • Ps 18:25-26 : 25 You prove to be loyal to one who is faithful; you prove to be trustworthy to one who is innocent. 26 You prove to be reliable to one who is blameless, but you prove to be deceptive to one who is perverse.
  • Ps 137:7-8 : 7 Remember, O LORD, what the Edomites did on the day Jerusalem fell. They said,“Tear it down, tear it down, right to its very foundation!” 8 O daughter Babylon, soon to be devastated! How blessed will be the one who repays you for what you dished out to us!
  • Jer 51:24 : 24 “But I will repay Babylon and all who live in Babylonia for all the wicked things they did in Zion right before the eyes of you Judeans,” says the LORD.
  • Obad 1:15 : 15 The Coming Day of the Lord“For the day of the LORD is approaching for all the nations! Just as you have done, so it will be done to you. You will get exactly what your deeds deserve.
  • 2 Cor 9:6 : 6 My point is this: The person who sows sparingly will also reap sparingly, and the person who sows generously will also reap generously.
  • 2 Thess 1:6-7 : 6 For it is right for God to repay with affliction those who afflict you, 7 and to you who are being afflicted to give rest together with us when the Lord Jesus is revealed from heaven with his mighty angels.

Similar Verses (AI)

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  • Matt 7:1
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    1Do Not Judge“Do not judge so that you will not be judged.

  • Luke 6:36-39
    4 verses
    82%

    36Be merciful, just as your Father is merciful.

    37Do Not Judge Others“Do not judge, and you will not be judged; do not condemn, and you will not be condemned; forgive, and you will be forgiven.

    38Give, and it will be given to you: A good measure, pressed down, shaken together, running over, will be poured into your lap. For the measure you use will be the measure you receive.”

    39He also told them a parable:“Someone who is blind cannot lead another who is blind, can he? Won’t they both fall into a pit?

  • Mark 4:24-25
    2 verses
    82%

    24And he said to them,“Take care about what you hear. The measure you use will be the measure you receive, and more will be added to you.

    25For whoever has will be given more, but whoever does not have, even what he has will be taken from him.”

  • Matt 7:3-7
    5 verses
    81%

    3Why do you see the speck in your brother’s eye, but fail to see the beam of wood in your own?

    4Or how can you say to your brother,‘Let me remove the speck from your eye,’ while there is a beam in your own?

    5You hypocrite! First remove the beam from your own eye, and then you can see clearly to remove the speck from your brother’s eye.

    6Do not give what is holy to dogs or throw your pearls before pigs; otherwise they will trample them under their feet and turn around and tear you to pieces.

    7Ask, Seek, Knock“Ask and it will be given to you; seek and you will find; knock and the door will be opened for you.

  • Matt 7:12
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    12In everything, treat others as you would want them to treat you, for this fulfills the law and the prophets.

  • John 7:24
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    24Do not judge according to external appearance, but judge with proper judgment.”

  • Luke 6:41-42
    2 verses
    74%

    41Why do you see the speck in your brother’s eye, but fail to see the beam of wood in your own?

    42How can you say to your brother,‘Brother, let me remove the speck from your eye,’ while you yourself don’t see the beam in your own? You hypocrite! First remove the beam from your own eye, and then you can see clearly to remove the speck from your brother’s eye.

  • Luke 12:57-58
    2 verses
    74%

    57Clear the Debts“And why don’t you judge for yourselves what is right?

    58As you are going with your accuser before the magistrate, make an effort to settle with him on the way, so that he will not drag you before the judge, and the judge hand you over to the officer, and the officer throw you into prison.

  • Matt 12:36-37
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    74%

    36I tell you that on the day of judgment, people will give an account for every worthless word they speak.

    37For by your words you will be justified, and by your words you will be condemned.”

  • Luke 6:31
    74%

    31Treat others in the same way that you would want them to treat you.

  • Jas 2:12-13
    2 verses
    74%

    12Speak and act as those who will be judged by a law that gives freedom.

    13For judgment is merciless for the one who has shown no mercy. But mercy triumphs over judgment.

  • Rom 2:1-3
    3 verses
    73%

    1The Condemnation of the Moralist Therefore you are without excuse, whoever you are, when you judge someone else. For on whatever grounds you judge another, you condemn yourself, because you who judge practice the same things.

    2Now we know that God’s judgment is in accordance with truth against those who practice such things.

    3And do you think, whoever you are, when you judge those who practice such things and yet do them yourself, that you will escape God’s judgment?

  • Lev 19:35
    73%

    35You must not do injustice in the regulation of measures, whether of length, weight, or volume.

  • Jas 2:4
    71%

    4If so, have you not made distinctions among yourselves and become judges with evil motives?

  • Rom 2:6
    71%

    6He will reward each one according to his works:

  • 1 Cor 11:31-32
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    70%

    31But if we examined ourselves, we would not be judged.

    32But when we are judged by the Lord, we are disciplined so that we may not be condemned with the world.

  • Rom 14:10
    70%

    10But you who eat vegetables only– why do you judge your brother or sister? And you who eat everything– why do you despise your brother or sister? For we will all stand before the judgment seat of God.

  • Matt 7:20
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    20So then, you will recognize them by their fruit.

  • Luke 19:22
    69%

    22The king said to him,‘I will judge you by your own words, you wicked slave! So you knew, did you, that I was a severe man, withdrawing what I didn’t deposit and reaping what I didn’t sow?

  • Matt 18:35
    69%

    35So also my heavenly Father will do to you, if each of you does not forgive your brother from your heart.”

  • Jas 4:11
    69%

    11Do not speak against one another, brothers and sisters. He who speaks against a fellow believer or judges a fellow believer speaks against the law and judges the law. But if you judge the law, you are not a doer of the law but its judge.

  • Deut 19:19
    69%

    19you must do to him what he had intended to do to the accused. In this way you will purge evil from among you.

  • Matt 18:33
    69%

    33Should you not have shown mercy to your fellow slave, just as I showed it to you?’

  • Gal 6:7
    69%

    7Do not be deceived. God will not be made a fool. For a person will reap what he sows,

  • Luke 8:18
    69%

    18So listen carefully, for whoever has will be given more, but whoever does not have, even what he thinks he has will be taken from him.”

  • Job 36:17
    69%

    17But now you are preoccupied with the judgment due the wicked, judgment and justice take hold of you.

  • Lev 24:19
    69%

    19If a man inflicts an injury on his fellow citizen, just as he has done it must be done to him–

  • Matt 5:38
    68%

    38Retaliation“You have heard that it was said,‘An eye for an eye and a tooth for a tooth.’

  • Rom 2:12
    68%

    12For all who have sinned apart from the law will also perish apart from the law, and all who have sinned under the law will be judged by the law.

  • 2 Cor 9:6
    68%

    6My point is this: The person who sows sparingly will also reap sparingly, and the person who sows generously will also reap generously.

  • Deut 19:21
    68%

    21You must not show pity; the principle will be a life for a life, an eye for an eye, a tooth for a tooth, a hand for a hand, and a foot for a foot.

  • Jer 7:5
    68%

    5You must change the way you have been living and do what is right. You must treat one another fairly.

  • Luke 17:3
    68%

    3Watch yourselves! If your brother sins, rebuke him. If he repents, forgive him.

  • 1 Cor 4:3
    68%

    3So for me, it is a minor matter that I am judged by you or by any human court. In fact, I do not even judge myself.

  • Luke 10:14
    68%

    14But it will be more bearable for Tyre and Sidon in the judgment than for you!