James 4:11-12

Do not judge a brother -- James 4:11-12: Everything that we say about others must be guided by the law of kindness and the spirit of Christ. Solomon said of the worthy woman, "She openeth her mouth with wisdom; and in her tongue is the law of kindness." (Proverbs 31:26) It must also be so with us also! James cautions us, "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." (James 4:11)"The law" spoken of in James 4:11 is the law of Christ, the gospel, or the law of Liberty. The Hebrew writer wrote, "The priesthood being changed, there is made of necessity a change also of the law." (Hebrews 7:12). There is a law that man must obey in order to walk with Christ.

Scripture does not at all condemn distinguishing between right and wrong. In fact it encourages it. (Isaiah 5:20; Hebrews 5:14) On the other hand, there is nothing more decidedly condemned in the Scriptures than the habit of pronouncing a judgment on the motives or heart of others