casting stones
Hypocritically condemning others
Casting stones means criticizing or condemning others, from the biblical story where Jesus challenges those without sin to throw the first stone at an adulteress.
The phrase typically appears in contexts warning against hypocrisy: People who live in glass houses shouldn't cast stones.
Someone who casts stones judges others while ignoring their own faults.
- throwingPropelling by arm motion
- without sinLacking moral fault
- judgingForming an opinion
- condemningExpressing severe disapproval
- moral high groundPerceived position of righteousness
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casting stonesforgiving
Inclined to pardon offenses
pardoning · absolving · letting it go · letting go · excusing
casting stonesaccepting
Willing to receive
embracing · tolerating · live and let live · looking the other way · praising
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