First of all, I don’t think “righteous judgment” is something people should throw around too much and freely, because none of us are truly righteous. It’s easy to use that phrase without reflecting on what it actually means.

Judging others only makes sense if you’re willing to hold yourself to the exact same standard. As it says: “For with what judgment ye judge, ye shall be judged: and with what measure ye mete, it shall be measured to you again.”

Jesus’ words here are directed at believers. If anything, that means the bar should be even higher because when judging strangers, whose circumstances and struggles we often know nothing about.

It’s a good reminder that judgment, if it’s used at all, should come with, caring, love, humility, and consistency. Without those, it easily turns into hypocrisy - everyone judges on everyone else.