Thou shalt not wrest judgment; thou shalt not respect persons, neither take a gift: for a gift doth blind the eyes of the wise, and pervert the words of the righteous.
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Deuteronomy 1:17 · 40 connections
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And they judged the people at all seasons: the hard causes they brought unto Moses, but every small matter they judged themselves.
But if ye have respect to persons, ye commit sin, and are convinced of the law as transgressors.
Ye shall do no unrighteousness in judgment: thou shalt not respect the person of the poor, nor honor the person of the mighty: but in righteousness shalt thou judge thy neighbour.
And said to the judges, Take heed what ye do: for ye judge not for man, but for the LORD, who is with you in the judgment.
These things also belong to the wise. It is not good to have respect of persons in judgment.
And let them judge the people at all seasons: and it shall be, that every great matter they shall bring unto thee, but every small matter they shall judge: so shall it be easier for thyself, and they shall bear the burden with thee.
My brethren, have not the faith of our Lord Jesus Christ, the Lord of glory, with respect of persons. …
End of linked passage: James 2:5And if ye call on the Father, who without respect of persons judgeth according to every man’s work, pass the time of your sojourning here in fear:
Thou shalt not wrest the judgment of thy poor in his cause. …
End of linked passage: Exodus 23:7For the LORD your God is God of gods, and Lord of lords, a great God, a mighty, and a terrible, which regardeth not persons, nor taketh reward:
But the LORD said unto Samuel, Look not on his countenance, or on the height of his stature; because I have refused him: for the LORD seeth not as man seeth; for man looketh on the outward appearance, but the LORD looketh on the heart.
For we must needs die, and are as water spilt on the ground, which cannot be gathered up again; neither doth God respect any person: yet doth he devise means, that his banished be not expelled from him.
Rob not the poor, because he is poor: neither oppress the afflicted in the gate: …
End of linked passage: Proverbs 22:23The fear of man bringeth a snare: but whoso putteth his trust in the LORD shall be safe.
But as we were allowed of God to be put in trust with the gospel, even so we speak; not as pleasing men, but God, which trieth our hearts.
And they sent out unto him their disciples with the Herodians, saying, Master, we know that thou art true, and teachest the way of God in truth, neither carest thou for any man: for thou regardest not the person of men.
And when they were come, they say unto him, Master, we know that thou art true, and carest for no man: for thou regardest not the person of men, but teachest the way of God in truth: Is it lawful to give tribute to Caesar, or not?
And they asked him, saying, Master, we know that thou sayest and teachest rightly, neither acceptest thou the person of any, but teachest the way of God truly:
For there is no respect of persons with God.
And, ye masters, do the same things unto them, forbearing threatening: knowing that your Master also is in heaven; neither is there respect of persons with him.
But he that doeth wrong shall receive for the wrong which he hath done: and there is no respect of persons.
Thou wilt surely wear away, both thou, and this people that is with thee: for this thing is too heavy for thee; thou art not able to perform it thyself alone.
Thou shalt not follow a multitude to do evil; neither shalt thou speak in a cause to decline after many to wrest judgment: …
End of linked passage: Exodus 23:3If there arise a matter too hard for thee in judgment, between blood and blood, between plea and plea, and between stroke and stroke, being matters of controversy within thy gates: then shalt thou arise, and get thee up into the place which the LORD thy God shall choose; …
End of linked passage: Deuteronomy 17:10Thou shalt not pervert the judgment of the stranger, nor of the fatherless; nor take a widow’s raiment to pledge:
Behold, here I am: witness against me before the LORD, and before his anointed: whose ox have I taken? or whose ass have I taken? or whom have I defrauded? whom have I oppressed? or of whose hand have I received any bribe to blind mine eyes therewith? and I will restore it you. …
End of linked passage: 1 Samuel 12:4So she wrote letters in Ahab’s name, and sealed them with his seal, and sent the letters unto the elders and to the nobles that were in his city, dwelling with Naboth. …
End of linked passage: 1 Kings 21:14For thou hast taken a pledge from thy brother for nought, and stripped the naked of their clothing. …
End of linked passage: Job 22:9When the ear heard me, then it blessed me; and when the eye saw me, it gave witness to me: …
End of linked passage: Job 29:17If I did despise the cause of my manservant or of my maidservant, when they contended with me; …
End of linked passage: Job 31:16Did I fear a great multitude, or did the contempt of families terrify me, that I kept silence, and went not out of the door?
Defend the poor and fatherless: do justice to the afflicted and needy. …
End of linked passage: Psalms 82:4Thou therefore gird up thy loins, and arise, and speak unto them all that I command thee: be not dismayed at their faces, lest I confound thee before them.
They are waxen fat, they shine: yea, they overpass the deeds of the wicked: they judge not the cause, the cause of the fatherless, yet they prosper; and the right of the needy do they not judge. …
End of linked passage: Jeremiah 5:29Forasmuch therefore as your treading is upon the poor, and ye take from him burdens of wheat: ye have built houses of hewn stone, but ye shall not dwell in them; ye have planted pleasant vineyards, but ye shall not drink wine of them. …
End of linked passage: Amos 5:12Woe to them that devise iniquity, and work evil upon their beds! when the morning is light, they practise it, because it is in the power of their hand. …
End of linked passage: Micah 2:3And I said, Hear, I pray you, O heads of Jacob, and ye princes of the house of Israel; Is it not for you to know judgment? …
End of linked passage: Micah 3:4That they may do evil with both hands earnestly, the prince asketh, and the judge asketh for a reward; and the great man, he uttereth his mischievous desire: so they wrap it up. …
End of linked passage: Micah 7:4Then Peter opened his mouth, and said, Of a truth I perceive that God is no respecter of persons: …
End of linked passage: Acts 10:35Original source and licence · Import and validation record · Five excluded rows