Romans 2:1-4
You, therefore, have no excuse, you who pass judgment on another. For on whatever grounds you judge the other, you are condemning yourself, because you who pass judgment do the same things. And we know that God’s judgment against those who do such things is based on truth. So when you, O man, pass judgment on others, yet do the same things, do you think you will escape God’s judgment? Or do you disregard the riches of His kindness, tolerance, and patience, not realizing that God’s kindness leads you to repentance?
Berean Standard Bible, public domain. Read all of Romans 2
5 songs meet this passage
“send 'em all to their maker and he'll settle 'em down”
Beer for My Horses (feat. Willie Nelson) · Toby Keith
strains against Romans 2:1-4
The casual confidence in handing people over to judgment overlooks the song's own blindness to its first stanza's call for mercy toward wrongdoers.
“If you don't go to church you'll go to hell”
Follow Your Arrow · Kacey Musgraves
resonates with Romans 2:1
The song rightly mocks using judgment as a weapon against others while ignoring one's own faults, a real critique Scripture also makes of self-righteous condemnation.
“Did you get what you deserve?”
Dead! · My Chemical Romance
strains against Romans 2:1
The song's repeated judgment of the dead mirrors the posture Paul warns against: condemning others while ignoring our own standing before God.
“Not guilty, he who does not feel me”
Izzo (H.O.V.A.) · JAŸ-Z
strains against Romans 2:1-3
He sets himself up as the judge of who 'exists' to him, declaring himself innocent by his own standard rather than any higher one.
“You can make a sinner change his ways”
Locked Out of Heaven · Bruno Mars
strains against Romans 2:4
Scripture says it is God's kindness that leads to repentance; the song credits a lover with that same transforming power.