seat of judgment

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"I do not sit in the seat of judgment... I love people for who they are. We're all God's children!"

From Fox News • Jan. 18, 2022

Those who are spiritually least qualified for it are to be found sitting in the seat of judgment, rather than taking the place of the inquirer and the learner.

From A Ribband of Blue And Other Bible Studies by Taylor, James Hudson

Newcomers at this business of sitting in the seat of judgment hear marvelous stories of oppression and outrage, in which the accuser is always innocent—and always alone, if possible.

From Prowling about Panama by Miller, George A.

Had this been their employment instead of being seated on the seat of judgment twenty years ago, I might have been more fortunate. 

From The Life and Adventures of Baron Trenck, Volume 2 by Holcroft, Thomas

A block of sandstone in the park is called the “chiding stone,” tradition asserting it to be a prehistoric seat of judgment.

From Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 8, Slice 10 "Echinoderma" to "Edward" by Various