John 8:7-11

When they continued to question Him, He straightened up and said to them, “Let him who is without sin among you be the first to cast a stone at her.” And again He bent down and wrote on the ground. When they heard this, they began to go away one by one, beginning with the older ones, until only Jesus was left, with the woman standing there. Then Jesus straightened up and asked her, “Woman, where are your accusers? Has no one condemned you?” “No one, Lord,” she answered. “Then neither do I condemn you,” Jesus declared. “Now go and sin no more.”

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6 songs meet this passage

What It's Like · Everlast
resonates with John 8:7-11
The public shaming of a woman in crisis recalls the woman caught in adultery, where Jesus confronts the crowd's eagerness to condemn.
“Why'd you throw them stones if you”
I Had Some Help (feat. Morgan Wallen) · Post Malone
resonates with John 8:7
The song rightly calls out hypocrisy in casting blame, echoing Jesus's challenge to those quick to condemn while ignoring their own fault.
“Go ahead and throw your stones”
Bones · Imagine Dragons
resonates with John 8:7
The image of being judged and stoned recalls Jesus' rebuke of self-righteous condemnation, framing the song's resistance to others' judgment.
“You call them sinners while you stand tall”
I Never Said That (RedWords) · JoshM
strains against John 8:7
Directly references Jesus' rebuke of self-righteous condemnation, applying it to modern judgmentalism.
“surrounded by a thousand fingers suddenly pointed right at me”
Hazard · Richard Marx
strains against John 8:7
The crowd rushes to condemn without evidence, the opposite of Jesus' call to examine one's own guilt before casting judgment on another.
I Wish · R. Kelly
resonates with John 8:7
The request not to be stoned but prayed for echoes Jesus' challenge to those eager to condemn rather than show mercy.

6 songs meet this passage

Elsewhere in John 8