And the Lord said, “Listen to what the unrighteous judge says!

All this took about four hundred fifty years. After this he gave them judges until the time of Samuel the prophet.

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

Reach agreement quickly with your accuser while on the way to court, or he may hand you over to the judge, and the judge hand you over to the warden, and you will be thrown into prison.

But Jesus said to him, “Man, who made me a judge or arbitrator between you two?”

He said, “In a certain city there was a judge who neither feared God nor respected people.

and congregation of the firstborn, who are enrolled in heaven, and to God, the judge of all, and to the spirits of the righteous, who have been made perfect,

And if I cast out demons by Beelzebul, by whom do your sons cast them out? For this reason they will be your judges.

Now if I cast out demons by Beelzebul, by whom do your sons cast them out? Therefore they will be your judges.

He commanded us to preach to the people and to warn them that he is the one appointed by God as judge of the living and the dead.

but since it concerns points of disagreement about words and names and your own law, settle it yourselves. I will not be a judge of these things!”

But there is only one who is lawgiver and judge – the one who is able to save and destroy. On the other hand, who are you to judge your neighbor?

Do not grumble against one another, brothers and sisters, so that you may not be judged. See, the judge stands before the gates!

As 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.

When the governor gestured for him to speak, Paul replied, “Because I know that you have been a judge over this nation for many years, I confidently make my defense.

Finally the crown of righteousness is reserved for me. The Lord, the righteous Judge, will award it to me in that day – and not to me only, but also to all who have set their affection on his appearing.

Do 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.