Judging (Proverbs 24:23-25)

To be partial with someone is unacceptable to the Lord.

"These are also sayings of the wise. To discriminate and be partial, having respect of a person in judging is not good. He who says to the wicked, you are righteous and innocent, peoples will curse him, nations will defy and abhor him." Proverbs 24:23-24, Amplified

The judges that Solomon had in mind were sitting at the gate of the city. They were the ones to hear all the cases and were to be unbiased in their decisions, only allowing for the law to interpret judgement. Leniency is one thing, but to purposefully absolve any wrong doer just because violates the hearts of men. The heart of man can take only so much injustice before it must act.

"But to those [upright judges] who rebuke the wicked it is well and they will find delight, and good blessing will be upon them." Proverbs 24:25, Amplified

Not much more needs to be said about this. It is important for us to constantly read our Bibles and pray everyday. This is not a prescription for life, but it is a guaranteed way for us to hear the voice of the Lord. There is no method to judging, in fact we are encouraged to judge each other, but not in the way that you might think. "Dare any of you, having a matter against another, go to law before the unrighteous, and not before saints? Do you not know that the saints will judge the world? And if the world will be judged by you, are you unworthy to judge the smaller matters? Do you not know that we shall judge angels? How much more, things that pertain to this life?" (First Corinthians 6:1-3, NKJV) Judging between brothers and sisters in the Lord, that is what the church must do; but do it righteously they must without bias.