Krinō κρίνω

Krinō (Greek κρίνω, Strong's G2919) is a Greek verb meaning “to judge”. It occurs 115 times in 99 verses of the New Testament.

Definition

From the STEPBible Brief Lexicon of Greek (based on Abbott-Smith), STEPBible.org, CC BY 4.0.

Translated as

Topics

• Judging others
• Judgment

Verses

Every verse with Krinō, with the English words that translate it highlighted (KJV or BSB; other translations show the KJV here).

Matthew

• Matthew 5:40
  And if any man will sue thee at the law, and take away thy coat, let him have thy cloke also.if someone wants to sue you and take your tunic, let him have your cloak as well;
• Matthew 7:1
  Judge not, that ye be not judged.“Do not judge, or you will be judged.
• Matthew 7:2
  For with what judgment ye judge, ye shall be judged: and with what measure ye mete, it shall be measured to you again.For with the same judgment you pronounce, you will be judged; and with the measure you use, it will be measured to you.
• Matthew 19:28
  And Jesus said unto them, Verily I say unto you, That ye which have followed me, in the regeneration when the Son of man shall sit in the throne of his glory, ye also shall sit upon twelve thrones, judging the twelve tribes of Israel.Jesus said to them, “Truly I tell you, in the renewal of all things, when the Son of Man sits on His glorious throne, you who have followed Me will also sit on twelve thrones, judging the twelve tribes of Israel.

Luke

• Luke 6:37
  Judge not, and ye shall not be judged: condemn not, and ye shall not be condemned: forgive, and ye shall be forgiven:Do not judge, and you will not be judged. Do not condemn, and you will not be condemned. Forgive, and you will be forgiven.
• Luke 7:43
  Simon answered and said, I suppose that he, to whom he forgave most. And he said unto him, Thou hast rightly judged.“I suppose the one who was forgiven more,” Simon replied. “You have judged correctly,” Jesus said.
• Luke 12:57
  Yea, and why even of yourselves judge ye not what is right?And why don’t you judge for yourselves what is right?
• Luke 19:22
  And he saith unto him, Out of thine own mouth will I judge thee, thou wicked servant. Thou knewest that I was an austere man, taking up that I laid not down, and reaping that I did not sow:His master replied, ‘You wicked servant, I will judge you by your own words. So you knew that I am a harsh man, withdrawing what I did not deposit and reaping what I did not sow?
• Luke 22:30
  That ye may eat and drink at my table in my kingdom, and sit on thrones judging the twelve tribes of Israel.so that you may eat and drink at My table in My kingdom, and sit on thrones, judging the twelve tribes of Israel.

John

• John 3:17
  For God sent not his Son into the world to condemn the world; but that the world through him might be saved.For God did not send His Son into the world to condemn the world, but to save the world through Him.
• John 3:18
  He that believeth on him is not condemned: but he that believeth not is condemned already, because he hath not believed in the name of the only begotten Son of God.Whoever believes in Him is not condemned, but whoever does not believe has already been condemned, because he has not believed in the name of God’s one and only Son.
• John 5:22
  For the Father judgeth no man, but hath committed all judgment unto the Son:Furthermore, the Father judges no one, but has assigned all judgment to the Son,
• John 5:30
  I can of mine own self do nothing: as I hear, I judge: and my judgment is just; because I seek not mine own will, but the will of the Father which hath sent me.I can do nothing by Myself; I judge only as I hear. And My judgment is just, because I do not seek My own will, but the will of Him who sent Me.
• John 7:24
  Judge not according to the appearance, but judge righteous judgment.Stop judging by outward appearances, and start judging justly.”
• John 7:51
  Doth our law judge any man, before it hear him, and know what he doeth?“Does our law convict a man without first hearing from him to determine what he has done?”
• John 8:15
  Ye judge after the flesh; I judge no man.You judge according to the flesh; I judge no one.
• John 8:16
  And yet if I judge, my judgment is true: for I am not alone, but I and the Father that sent me.But even if I do judge, My judgment is true, because I am not alone; I am with the Father who sent Me.
• John 8:26
  I have many things to say and to judge of you: but he that sent me is true; and I speak to the world those things which I have heard of him.“I have much to say about you and much to judge. But the One who sent Me is truthful, and what I have heard from Him, I tell the world.”
• John 8:50
  And I seek not mine own glory: there is one that seeketh and judgeth.I do not seek My own glory. There is One who seeks it, and He is the Judge.
• John 12:47
  And if any man hear my words, and believe not, I judge him not: for I came not to judge the world, but to save the world.As for anyone who hears My words and does not keep them, I do not judge him. For I have not come to judge the world, but to save the world.
• John 12:48
  He that rejecteth me, and receiveth not my words, hath one that judgeth him: the word that I have spoken, the same shall judge him in the last day.There is a judge for the one who rejects Me and does not receive My words: The word that I have spoken will judge him on the last day.
• John 16:11
  Of judgment, because the prince of this world is judged.and in regard to judgment, because the prince of this world has been condemned.
• John 18:31
  Then said Pilate unto them, Take ye him, and judge him according to your law. The Jews therefore said unto him, It is not lawful for us to put any man to death:“You take Him and judge Him by your own law,” Pilate told them. “We are not permitted to execute anyone,” the Jews replied.

Acts

• Acts 3:13
  The God of Abraham, and of Isaac, and of Jacob, the God of our fathers, hath glorified his Son Jesus; whom ye delivered up, and denied him in the presence of Pilate, when he was determined to let him go.The God of Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob, the God of our fathers, has glorified His servant Jesus. You handed Him over and rejected Him before Pilate, even though he had decided to release Him.
• Acts 4:19
  But Peter and John answered and said unto them, Whether it be right in the sight of God to hearken unto you more than unto God, judge ye.But Peter and John replied, “Judge for yourselves whether it is right in God’s sight to listen to you rather than God.
• Acts 7:7
  And the nation to whom they shall be in bondage will I judge, said God: and after that shall they come forth, and serve me in this place.‘But I will punish the nation that enslaves them,’ God said, ‘and afterward they will come forth and worship Me in this place.’
• Acts 13:27
  For they that dwell at Jerusalem, and their rulers, because they knew him not, nor yet the voices of the prophets which are read every sabbath day, they have fulfilled them in condemning him.The people of Jerusalem and their rulers did not recognize Jesus, yet in condemning Him they fulfilled the words of the prophets that are read every Sabbath.
• Acts 13:46
  Then Paul and Barnabas waxed bold, and said, It was necessary that the word of God should first have been spoken to you: but seeing ye put it from you, and judge yourselves unworthy of everlasting life, lo, we turn to the Gentiles.Then Paul and Barnabas answered them boldly: “It was necessary to speak the word of God to you first. But since you reject it and do not consider yourselves worthy of eternal life, we now turn to the Gentiles.
• Acts 15:19
  Wherefore my sentence is, that we trouble not them, which from among the Gentiles are turned to God:It is my judgment, therefore, that we should not cause trouble for the Gentiles who are turning to God.
• Acts 16:4
  And as they went through the cities, they delivered them the decrees for to keep, that were ordained of the apostles and elders which were at Jerusalem.As they went from town to town, they delivered the decisions handed down by the apostles and elders in Jerusalem for the people to obey.
• Acts 16:15
  And when she was baptized, and her household, she besought us, saying, If ye have judged me to be faithful to the Lord, come into my house, and abide there. And she constrained us.And when she and her household had been baptized, she urged us, “If you consider me a believer in the Lord, come and stay at my house.” And she persuaded us.
• Acts 17:31
  Because he hath appointed a day, in the which he will judge the world in righteousness by that man whom he hath ordained; whereof he hath given assurance unto all men, in that he hath raised him from the dead.For He has set a day when He will judge the world with justice by the Man He has appointed. He has given proof of this to everyone by raising Him from the dead.”
• Acts 20:16
  For Paul had determined to sail by Ephesus, because he would not spend the time in Asia: for he hasted, if it were possible for him, to be at Jerusalem the day of Pentecost.Paul had decided to sail past Ephesus to avoid spending time in the province of Asia, because he was in a hurry to reach Jerusalem, if possible, by the day of Pentecost.
• Acts 21:25
  As touching the Gentiles which believe, we have written and concluded that they observe no such thing, save only that they keep themselves from things offered to idols, and from blood, and from strangled, and from fornication.As for the Gentile believers, we have written to them our decision that they must abstain from food sacrificed to idols, from blood, from the meat of strangled animals, and from sexual immorality.”
• Acts 23:3
  Then said Paul unto him, God shall smite thee, thou whited wall: for sittest thou to judge me after the law, and commandest me to be smitten contrary to the law?Then Paul said to him, “God will strike you, you whitewashed wall! You sit here to judge me according to the law, yet you yourself violate the law by commanding that I be struck.”
• Acts 23:6
  But when Paul perceived that the one part were Sadducees, and the other Pharisees, he cried out in the council, Men and brethren, I am a Pharisee, the son of a Pharisee: of the hope and resurrection of the dead I am called in question.Then Paul, knowing that some of them were Sadducees and others Pharisees, called out in the Sanhedrin, “Brothers, I am a Pharisee, the son of a Pharisee. It is because of my hope in the resurrection of the dead that I am on trial.”
• Acts 24:6
  Who also hath gone about to profane the temple: whom we took, and would have judged according to our law.and he even tried to desecrate the temple; so we seized him.
• Acts 24:21
  Except it be for this one voice, that I cried standing among them, Touching the resurrection of the dead I am called in question by you this day.unless it was this one thing I called out as I stood in their presence: ‘It is concerning the resurrection of the dead that I am on trial before you today.’”
• Acts 25:9
  But Festus, willing to do the Jews a pleasure, answered Paul, and said, Wilt thou go up to Jerusalem, and there be judged of these things before me?But Festus, wishing to do the Jews a favor, said to Paul, “Are you willing to go up to Jerusalem to stand trial before me on these charges?”
• Acts 25:10
  Then said Paul, I stand at Cesar’s judgment seat, where I ought to be judged: to the Jews have I done no wrong, as thou very well knowest.Paul replied, “I am standing before the judgment seat of Caesar, where I ought to be tried. I have done nothing wrong to the Jews, as you yourself know very well.
• Acts 25:20
  And because I doubted of such manner of questions, I asked him whether he would go to Jerusalem, and there be judged of these matters.Since I was at a loss as to how to investigate these matters, I asked if he was willing to go to Jerusalem and be tried there on these charges.
• Acts 25:25
  But when I found that he had committed nothing worthy of death, and that he himself hath appealed to Augustus, I have determined to send him.But I found he had done nothing worthy of death, and since he has now appealed to the Emperor, I decided to send him.
• Acts 26:6
  And now I stand and am judged for the hope of the promise made of God unto our fathers:And now I stand on trial because of my hope in the promise that God made to our fathers,
• Acts 26:8
  Why should it be thought a thing incredible with you, that God should raise the dead?Why would any of you consider it incredible that God raises the dead?
• Acts 27:1
  And when it was determined that we should sail into Italy, they delivered Paul and certain other prisoners unto one named Julius, a centurion of Augustus’ band.When it was decided that we would sail for Italy, Paul and some other prisoners were handed over to a centurion named Julius, who belonged to the Imperial Regiment.

Romans

• Romans 2:1
  Therefore thou art inexcusable, O man, whosoever thou art that judgest: for wherein thou judgest another, thou condemnest thyself; for thou that judgest doest the same things.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.
• Romans 2:3
  And thinkest thou this, O man, that judgest them which do such things, and doest the same, that thou shalt escape the judgment of God?So when you, O man, pass judgment on others, yet do the same things, do you think you will escape God’s judgment?
• Romans 2:12
  For as many as have sinned without law shall also perish without law: and as many as have sinned in the law shall be judged by the law;All who sin apart from the law will also perish apart from the law, and all who sin under the law will be judged by the law.
• Romans 2:16
  In the day when God shall judge the secrets of men by Jesus Christ according to my gospel.on the day when God will judge men’s secrets through Christ Jesus, as proclaimed by my gospel.
• Romans 2:27
  And shall not uncircumcision which is by nature, if it fulfil the law, judge thee, who by the letter and circumcision dost transgress the law?The one who is physically uncircumcised yet keeps the law will condemn you who, even though you have the written code and circumcision, are a lawbreaker.
• Romans 3:4
  God forbid: yea, let God be true, but every man a liar; as it is written, That thou mightest be justified in thy sayings, and mightest overcome when thou art judged.Certainly not! Let God be true and every man a liar. As it is written: “So that You may be proved right when You speak and victorious when You judge.”
• Romans 3:6
  God forbid: for then how shall God judge the world?Certainly not! In that case, how could God judge the world?
• Romans 3:7
  For if the truth of God hath more abounded through my lie unto his glory; why yet am I also judged as a sinner?However, if my falsehood accentuates God’s truthfulness, to the increase of His glory, why am I still condemned as a sinner?
• Romans 14:3
  Let not him that eateth despise him that eateth not; and let not him which eateth not judge him that eateth: for God hath received him.The one who eats everything must not belittle the one who does not, and the one who does not eat everything must not judge the one who does, for God has accepted him.
• Romans 14:4
  Who art thou that judgest another man’s servant? to his own master he standeth or falleth. Yea, he shall be holden up: for God is able to make him stand.Who are you to judge someone else’s servant? To his own master he stands or falls. And he will stand, for the Lord is able to make him stand.
• Romans 14:5
  One man esteemeth one day above another: another esteemeth every day alike. Let every man be fully persuaded in his own mind.One person regards a certain day above the others, while someone else considers every day alike. Each one should be fully convinced in his own mind.
• Romans 14:10
  But why dost thou judge thy brother? or why dost thou set at nought thy brother? for we shall all stand before the judgment seat of Christ.Why, then, do you judge your brother? Or why do you belittle your brother? For we will all stand before God’s judgment seat.
• Romans 14:13
  Let us not therefore judge one another any more: but judge this rather, that no man put a stumblingblock or an occasion to fall in his brother’s way.Therefore let us stop judging one another. Instead, make up your mind not to put any stumbling block or obstacle in your brother’s way.
• Romans 14:22
  Hast thou faith? have it to thyself before God. Happy is he that condemneth not himself in that thing which he alloweth.Keep your belief about such matters between yourself and God. Blessed is the one who does not condemn himself by what he approves.

1 Corinthians

• 1 Corinthians 2:2
  For I determined not to know any thing among you, save Jesus Christ, and him crucified.For I resolved to know nothing while I was with you except Jesus Christ and Him crucified.
• 1 Corinthians 4:5
  Therefore judge nothing before the time, until the Lord come, who both will bring to light the hidden things of darkness, and will make manifest the counsels of the hearts: and then shall every man have praise of God.Therefore judge nothing before the appointed time; wait until the Lord comes. He will bring to light what is hidden in darkness and will expose the motives of men’s hearts. At that time each will receive his praise from God.
• 1 Corinthians 5:3
  For I verily, as absent in body, but present in spirit, have judged already, as though I were present, concerning him that hath so done this deed,Although I am absent from you in body, I am present with you in spirit, and I have already pronounced judgment on the one who did this, just as if I were present.
• 1 Corinthians 5:12
  For what have I to do to judge them also that are without? do not ye judge them that are within?What business of mine is it to judge those outside the church? Are you not to judge those inside?
• 1 Corinthians 5:13
  But them that are without God judgeth. Therefore put away from among yourselves that wicked person.God will judge those outside. “Expel the wicked man from among you.”
• 1 Corinthians 6:1
  Dare any of you, having a matter against another, go to law before the unjust, and not before the saints?If any of you has a grievance against another, how dare he go to law before the unrighteous instead of before the saints!
• 1 Corinthians 6:2
  Do ye not know that the saints shall judge the world? and if the world shall be judged by you, are ye unworthy to judge the smallest matters?Do you not know that the saints will judge the world? And if you are to judge the world, are you not competent to judge trivial cases?
• 1 Corinthians 6:3
  Know ye not that we shall judge angels? how much more things that pertain to this life?Do you not know that we will judge angels? How much more the things of this life!
• 1 Corinthians 6:6
  But brother goeth to law with brother, and that before the unbelievers.Instead, one brother goes to law against another, and this in front of unbelievers!
• 1 Corinthians 7:37
  Nevertheless he that standeth stedfast in his heart, having no necessity, but hath power over his own will, and hath so decreed in his heart that he will keep his virgin, doeth well.But the man who is firmly established in his heart and under no constraint, with control over his will and resolve in his heart not to marry the virgin, he will do well.
• 1 Corinthians 10:15
  I speak as to wise men; judge ye what I say.I speak to reasonable people; judge for yourselves what I say.
• 1 Corinthians 10:29
  Conscience, I say, not thine own, but of the other: for why is my liberty judged of another man’s conscience?the other one’s conscience, I mean, not your own. For why should my freedom be determined by someone else’s conscience?
• 1 Corinthians 11:13
  Judge in yourselves: is it comely that a woman pray unto God uncovered?Judge for yourselves: Is it proper for a woman to pray to God with her head uncovered?
• 1 Corinthians 11:31
  For if we would judge ourselves, we should not be judged.Now if we judged ourselves properly, we would not come under judgment.
• 1 Corinthians 11:32
  But when we are judged, we are chastened of the Lord, that we should not be condemned with the world.But when we are judged by the Lord, we are being disciplined so that we will not be condemned with the world.

2 Corinthians

• 2 Corinthians 2:1
  But I determined this with myself, that I would not come again to you in heaviness.So I made up my mind not to make another painful visit to you.
• 2 Corinthians 5:14
  For the love of Christ constraineth us; because we thus judge, that if one died for all, then were all dead:For Christ’s love compels us, because we are convinced that One died for all, therefore all died.

Colossians

• Colossians 2:16
  Let no man therefore judge you in meat, or in drink, or in respect of an holyday, or of the new moon, or of the sabbath days:Therefore let no one judge you by what you eat or drink, or with regard to a feast, a New Moon, or a Sabbath.

2 Thessalonians

• 2 Thessalonians 2:12
  That they all might be damned who believed not the truth, but had pleasure in unrighteousness.in order that judgment may come upon all who have disbelieved the truth and delighted in wickedness.

2 Timothy

• 2 Timothy 4:1
  I charge thee therefore before God, and the Lord Jesus Christ, who shall judge the quick and the dead at his appearing and his kingdom;I charge you in the presence of God and of Christ Jesus, who will judge the living and the dead, and in view of His appearing and His kingdom:

Titus

• Titus 3:12
  When I shall send Artemas unto thee, or Tychicus, be diligent to come unto me to Nicopolis: for I have determined there to winter.As soon as I send Artemas or Tychicus to you, make every effort to come to me at Nicopolis, because I have decided to winter there.

Hebrews

• Hebrews 10:30
  For we know him that hath said, Vengeance belongeth unto me, I will recompense, saith the Lord. And again, The Lord shall judge his people.For we know Him who said, “Vengeance is Mine; I will repay,” and again, “The Lord will judge His people.”
• Hebrews 13:4
  Marriage is honourable in all, and the bed undefiled: but whoremongers and adulterers God will judge.Marriage should be honored by all and the marriage bed kept undefiled, for God will judge the sexually immoral and adulterers.

James

• James 2:12
  So speak ye, and so do, as they that shall be judged by the law of liberty.Speak and act as those who are going to be judged by the law that gives freedom.
• James 4:11
  Speak not evil one of another, brethren. He that speaketh evil of his brother, and judgeth his brother, speaketh evil of the law, and judgeth the law: but if thou judge the law, thou art not a doer of the law, but a judge.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.
• James 4:12
  There is one lawgiver, who is able to save and to destroy: who art thou that judgest another?There is only one Lawgiver and Judge, the One who is able to save and destroy. But who are you to judge your neighbor?
• James 5:9
  Grudge not one against another, brethren, lest ye be condemned: behold, the judge standeth before the door.Do not complain about one another, brothers, so that you will not be judged. Look, the Judge is standing at the door!

1 Peter

• 1 Peter 1:17
  And if ye call on the Father, who without respect of persons judgeth according to every man’s work, pass the time of your sojourning here in fear:Since you call on a Father who judges each one’s work impartially, conduct yourselves in reverent fear during your stay as foreigners.
• 1 Peter 2:23
  Who, when he was reviled, reviled not again; when he suffered, he threatened not; but committed himself to him that judgeth righteously:When they heaped abuse on Him, He did not retaliate; when He suffered, He made no threats, but entrusted Himself to Him who judges justly.
• 1 Peter 4:5
  Who shall give account to him that is ready to judge the quick and the dead.But they will have to give an account to Him who is ready to judge the living and the dead.
• 1 Peter 4:6
  For for this cause was the gospel preached also to them that are dead, that they might be judged according to men in the flesh, but live according to God in the spirit.That is why the gospel was preached even to those who are now dead, so that they might be judged as men in the flesh, but live according to God in the spirit.

Revelation

• Revelation 6:10
  And they cried with a loud voice, saying, How long, O Lord, holy and true, dost thou not judge and avenge our blood on them that dwell on the earth?And they cried out in a loud voice, “How long, O Lord, holy and true, until You avenge our blood and judge those who dwell upon the earth?”
• Revelation 11:18
  And the nations were angry, and thy wrath is come, and the time of the dead, that they should be judged, and that thou shouldest give reward unto thy servants the prophets, and to the saints, and them that fear thy name, small and great; and shouldest destroy them which destroy the earth.The nations were enraged, and Your wrath has come. The time has come to judge the dead and to reward Your servants the prophets, as well as the saints and those who fear Your name, both small and great— and to destroy those who destroy the earth.”
• Revelation 16:5
  And I heard the angel of the waters say, Thou art righteous, O Lord, which art, and wast, and shalt be, because thou hast judged thus.And I heard the angel of the waters say: “Righteous are You, O Holy One, who is and was, because You have brought these judgments.
• Revelation 18:8
  Therefore shall her plagues come in one day, death, and mourning, and famine; and she shall be utterly burned with fire: for strong is the Lord God who judgeth her.Therefore her plagues will come in one day— death and grief and famine— and she will be consumed by fire, for mighty is the Lord God who judges her.”
• Revelation 18:20
  Rejoice over her, thou heaven, and ye holy apostles and prophets; for God hath avenged you on her.Rejoice over her, O heaven, O saints and apostles and prophets, because God has pronounced for you His judgment against her.
• Revelation 19:2
  For true and righteous are his judgments: for he hath judged the great whore, which did corrupt the earth with her fornication, and hath avenged the blood of his servants at her hand.For His judgments are true and just. He has judged the great prostitute who corrupted the earth with her immorality. He has avenged the blood of His servants that was poured out by her hand.”
• Revelation 19:11
  And I saw heaven opened, and behold a white horse; and he that sat upon him was called Faithful and True, and in righteousness he doth judge and make war.Then I saw heaven standing open, and there before me was a white horse. And its rider is called Faithful and True. With righteousness He judges and wages war.
• Revelation 20:12
  And I saw the dead, small and great, stand before God; and the books were opened: and another book was opened, which is the book of life: and the dead were judged out of those things which were written in the books, according to their works.And I saw the dead, great and small, standing before the throne. And there were open books, and one of them was the Book of Life. And the dead were judged according to their deeds, as recorded in the books.
• Revelation 20:13
  And the sea gave up the dead which were in it; and death and hell delivered up the dead which were in them: and they were judged every man according to their works.The sea gave up its dead, and Death and Hades gave up their dead, and each one was judged according to his deeds.

Notes

1. Definition and verse list from STEPBible's tagged Hebrew Old Testament (TAHOT) and Greek New Testament (TAGNT) and Brief Lexicons, STEPBible.org, CC BY 4.0.
2. English renderings from the public-domain KJV with Strong's numbers (eBible.org) and the Berean Standard Bible interlinear (public domain).