With what measure ye mete it shall be measured to you again.

The standards a person applies to others may later be applied to that person. Harshness, fairness, generosity, or severity can therefore return as corresponding treatment or judgment.

The saying urges people to judge and act with care, because their chosen rule establishes a reciprocal moral expectation. It does not guarantee immediate or automatic consequences; its archaic wording can sound formal or scriptural today.

Use it as a warning against double standards or excessive severity, especially when someone judges, punishes, or treats others by a standard they would resent in return. Its archaic wording may give it a formal or scriptural tone.