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.
Cross-reference
Matthew 6:14 applies the same principle to forgiveness: as you forgive, you will be forgiven.
Matthew 18:35 illustrates that failure to forgive brings judgment from the Father — measure for measure.
James 2:13 connects judgment to mercy: no mercy shown means no mercy received — a specific application of the measure.
Obadiah 1:15 declares the same principle of retribution: 'as you have done, it shall be done to you' — divine justice mirrors human deeds.
Jeremiah 51:24 declares God's promise to repay Babylon fully for their evil — the same divine measure-for-measure as taught here.
Mark 4:24 repeats Jesus' exact saying about the measure used being measured back — a parallel teaching in a different context.
Luke 6:38 gives the same principle in a giving context: 'with the measure you use it will be measured back to you.'
2 Thessalonians 1:6 shows God repaying affliction to those who afflict — a direct application of judgment according to deeds.
Psalm 137:8 directly states the measure-for-measure principle: happy is the one who repays Babylon as she has dealt with others.
Psalm 18:26 expands the reciprocal principle to purity and crookedness — how you are toward others determines how God appears to you.
Psalm 18:25 expresses the same principle: God deals with people according to their character — merciful to the merciful.
Judges 1:7 provides a historical case of 'with the measure you use it will be measured to you' — God repaid Adoni-bezek exactly as he had treated others.
Revelation 18:6 calls for repaying Babylon double for her deeds — the same retributive principle of measure-for-measure.
Ezekiel 16:59 says 'I will deal with you as you have done'—a direct parallel to the measure-for-measure principle Jesus later teaches.
James 3:1 notes stricter judgment for teachers, a specific application of the measure-for-measure principle.
1 Corinthians 4:5 advises leaving judgment to the Lord, who will bring hidden things to light — consistent with the warning.
Romans 14:3 warns against judging others in disputable matters, echoing the warning to not judge.
James 4:11 prohibits speaking evil and judging others, reinforcing the command not to judge.
James 5:9 warns against grumbling to avoid being judged, directly paralleling the reciprocal judgment principle.
Revelation 13:10 echoes the same principle: divine retribution matches the action — captivity for captors, sword for slayers.
Revelation 16:6 applies the same measure-for-measure: those who shed blood are given blood to drink — a direct echo of that principle.
Ezekiel 35:11 states 'I will deal with you according to your anger and envy'—a direct OT parallel to being measured by the same standard one uses.
Exodus 21:24's 'eye for eye' law embodies the same proportional justice Jesus echoes—what you do returns to you.
Leviticus 24:19's 'as he has done, so shall be done to him' directly parallels the measure-for-measure principle in Matthew 7:2.
In 1 Samuel 15:33, Samuel declares Agag's punishment mirrors his own atrocities—'as your sword has made women childless, so your mother shall be childless'—a direct measure-for-measure.
In 1 Samuel 26:24, David asks that his sparing of Saul's life be reciprocated by God—'as your life was precious in my sight, so let my life be precious in the Lord's sight'—a clear parallel to the measure used.
In 1 Kings 21:19, Elijah prophesies that Ahab will die in the same place where Naboth was killed—a clear measure-for-measure judgment.
In Job 19:29, Job warns his accusers that their judgment will bring God's judgment, directly mirroring the measure-for-measure teaching.
In Isaiah 33:1, the destroyer will be destroyed, a poetic statement of the same reciprocal judgment Jesus teaches.
Jeremiah 50:15 uses the same 'as she has done, do to her' principle of retributive justice that Jesus teaches in the Sermon on the Mount.
Ezekiel 7:27 explicitly says 'according to their judgments I will judge them'—nearly identical language to Jesus' teaching on being judged by the same standard.
In Genesis 42:21, the brothers connect their current distress to their past cruelty—a clear instance of reaping what they sowed, mirroring the measure-for-measure principle.
Joel 3:7 explicitly declares God will return their payment on their own heads — direct recompense for wrongdoing.
In Proverbs 21:13, the unmerciful will not be heard when they cry out — a direct parallel to the reciprocal measure of Matthew 7:2.
In Psalm 109:17, the imprecatory principle matches: the man who loved cursing receives curses — the same measure he used.
In Isaiah 47:6, Babylon's merciless treatment of Israel leads to its own judgment, illustrating the measure-for-measure principle.
In Jeremiah 34:17, God declares that because they refused to free slaves, they themselves will be given over to destruction — the same measure.
2 Corinthians 9:6 applies the proportional principle to sowing and reaping — generous giving yields generous return.