Deuteronomy 1:17

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Deuteronomy 1:17

Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

Summary

Ye shall not respect persons in judgment; but ye shall hear the small as well as the great; ye shall not be afraid of the face of man; for the judgment is God's: and the cause that is too hard for you, bring it unto me, and I will hear it.

Shall not

Ye shall hear

Ye shall not

1 Thessalonians 2:4

The judgment

2 Chronicles 19:6

The cause

Deuteronomy 17:8

Exodus 18:18

General references

Leviticus 19:15

Numbers 30:1

John 7:24

Bible References

Shall not

For Jehovah your God is the God of gods, and the Lord of lords, the great God, the mighty and the terrible, who regardeth not persons, nor taketh reward;

Thou shalt not wrest judgment; thou shalt not respect persons, neither take a bribe; for the bribe blindeth the eyes of the wise, and perverteth the words of the righteous.

Ye shall do no unrighteousness in judgment; thou shalt not respect the person of the lowly, nor honour the person of the great; in righteousness shalt thou judge thy neighbour.

But Jehovah said to Samuel, Look not on his countenance, or on the height of his stature; because I have rejected him; for it is not as man seeth; for man looketh upon the outward appearance, but Jehovah looketh upon the heart.

For we must needs die, and are as water spilt on the ground, which cannot be gathered up again; and God has not taken away his life, but devises means that the banished one be not expelled from him.

These things also come from the wise. It is not good to have respect of persons in judgment.

And they asked him saying, Teacher, we know that thou sayest and teachest rightly, and acceptest no man's person, but teachest with truth the way of God:

And Peter opening his mouth said, Of a truth I perceive that God is no respecter of persons,

for there is no acceptance of persons with God.

And, masters, do the same things towards them, giving up threatening, knowing that both their and your Master is in heaven, and there is no acceptance of persons with him.

For he that does a wrong shall receive the wrong he has done, and there is no respect of persons.

My brethren, do not have the faith of our Lord Jesus Christ, Lord of glory, with respect of persons:

And if ye invoke as Father him who, without regard of persons, judges according to the work of each, pass your time of sojourn in fear,

Ye shall hear

Neither shalt thou favour a poor man in his cause.

Here I am: testify against me before Jehovah, and before his anointed. Whose ox have I taken? or whose ass have I taken? or whom have I defrauded? whom have I injured? or of whose hand have I received any ransom and blinded mine eyes therewith? and I will restore it to you.

For thou hast taken a pledge of thy brother for nought, and stripped off the clothing of the naked.

When the ear heard me, then it blessed me, and when the eye saw me, it gave witness to me;

If I have despised the cause of my bondman or of my bondmaid, when they contended with me,

Judge the poor and the fatherless, do justice to the afflicted and the destitute;

Rob not the poor, because he is poor, neither oppress the afflicted in the gate;

They are become fat, they shine, yea, they surpass in deeds of wickedness; they judge not the cause, the cause of the fatherless, and they prosper; and the right of the needy do they not adjudge.

Forasmuch, therefore, as ye trample upon the poor, and take from him presents of wheat: ye have built houses of hewn stone, but ye shall not dwell in them; ye have planted pleasant vineyards, and ye shall not drink the wine of them.

Woe 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.

And I said, Hear, I pray you, ye heads of Jacob, and princes of the house of Israel: Is it not for you to know judgment?

Both hands are for evil, to do it well. The prince asketh, and the judge is there for a reward; and the great man uttereth his soul's greed: and together they combine it.

for if there come unto your synagogue a man with a gold ring in splendid apparel, and a poor man also come in in vile apparel,

Ye shall not

And she wrote a letter in Ahab's name, and sealed it with his seal, and sent the letter to the elders and to the nobles that were in his city, dwelling with Naboth.

Because I feared the great multitude, and the contempt of families terrified me, so that I kept silence, and went not out of the door, ...

The fear of man bringeth a snare; but whoso putteth his confidence in Jehovah is protected.

Thou, therefore, gird up thy loins, and arise, and speak unto them all that I shall command thee: be not dismayed at them, lest I cause thee to be dismayed before them.

And they send out to him their disciples with the Herodians, saying, Teacher, we know that thou art true and teachest the way of God in truth, and carest not for any one, for thou regardest not men's person;

And they come and say to him, Teacher, we know that thou art true, and carest not for any one; for thou regardest not men's person, but teachest the way of God with truth: Is it lawful to give tribute to Caesar or not?

but even as we have been approved of God to have the glad tidings entrusted to us, so we speak; not as pleasing men, but God, who proves our hearts.

The judgment

And he said to the judges, Take heed what ye do; for ye judge not for man, but for Jehovah, who will be with you in the matter of judgment.

The cause

If there arise a matter too hard for thee in judgment, between blood and blood, between cause and cause, and between stroke and stroke, matters of controversy within thy gates, then shalt thou arise, and go up to the place which Jehovah thy God will choose.

Thou wilt be quite exhausted, both thou and this people that is with thee; for the thing is too heavy for thee: thou canst not perform it alone.

General references

Ye shall do no unrighteousness in judgment; thou shalt not respect the person of the lowly, nor honour the person of the great; in righteousness shalt thou judge thy neighbour.

And Moses spoke to the heads of the tribes of the children of Israel, saying, This is what Jehovah hath commanded.

Judge not according to sight, but judge righteous judgment.