John 7:24

This verse is often misinterpreted as a blanket prohibition against all judgment, wrongly combined with 'judge not' from Matthew 7:1 to advocate total non-judgmentalism or tolerance of sin, whereas it actually promotes 'righteous judgment'—impartial, principled discernment rejecting superficial biases in favor of truth and justice.

Jesus calls for discernment that looks beyond superficial appearances to make righteous judgments grounded in truth and God's standards, as seen in the context of his Sabbath healing where critics hypocritically overlooked circumcision on the Sabbath while condemning his act of mercy, urging fair evaluation over biased legalism.