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 the Lord your God is God of gods and Lord of lords, the great, mighty, and awesome God who is unbiased and takes no bribe,

You must not pervert justice or show favor. Do not take a bribe, for bribes blind the eyes of the wise and distort the words of the righteous.

"'You must not deal unjustly in judgment: you must neither show partiality to the poor nor honor the rich. You must judge your fellow citizen fairly.

But the Lord said to Samuel, "Don't be impressed by his appearance or his height, for I have rejected him. God does not view things the way men do. People look on the outward appearance, but the Lord looks at the heart."

Certainly we must die, and are like water spilled on the ground that cannot be gathered up again. But God does not take away life; instead he devises ways for the banished to be restored.

These sayings also are from the wise: To show partiality in judgment is terrible:

Thus they asked him, "Teacher, we know that you speak and teach correctly, and show no partiality, but teach the way of God in accordance with the truth.

Then Peter started speaking: "I now truly understand that God does not show favoritism in dealing with people,

For there is no partiality with God.

Masters, treat your slaves the same way, giving up the use of threats, because you know that both you and they have the same master in heaven, and there is no favoritism with him.

For the one who does wrong will be repaid for his wrong, and there are no exceptions.

My brothers and sisters, do not show prejudice if you possess faith in our glorious Lord Jesus Christ.

And if you address as Father the one who impartially judges according to each one's work, live out the time of your temporary residence here in reverence.

Ye shall hear

and you must not show partiality to a poor man in his lawsuit.

Here I am. Bring a charge against me before the Lord and before his chosen king. Whose ox have I taken? Whose donkey have I taken? Whom have I wronged? Whom have I oppressed? From whose hand have I taken a bribe so that I would overlook something? Tell me, and I will return it to you!"

"For you took pledges from your brothers for no reason, and you stripped the clothing from the naked.

"As soon as the ear heard these things, it blessed me, and when the eye saw them, it bore witness to me,

"If I have disregarded the right of my male servants or my female servants when they disputed with me,

Defend the cause of the poor and the fatherless! Vindicate the oppressed and suffering!

Do not exploit a poor person because he is poor and do not crush the needy in court,

That is how they have grown fat and sleek. There is no limit to the evil things they do. They do not plead the cause of the fatherless in such a way as to win it. They do not defend the rights of the poor.

Therefore, because you make the poor pay taxes on their crops and exact a grain tax from them, you will not live in the houses you built with chiseled stone, nor will you drink the wine from the fine vineyards you planted.

Those who devise sinful plans are as good as dead, those who dream about doing evil as they lie in bed. As soon as morning dawns they carry out their plans, because they have the power to do so.

I said, "Listen, you leaders of Jacob, you rulers of the nation of Israel! You ought to know what is just,

They are determined to be experts at doing evil; government officials and judges take bribes, prominent men make demands, and they all do what is necessary to satisfy them.

For if someone comes into your assembly wearing a gold ring and fine clothing, and a poor person enters in filthy clothes,

Ye shall not

She wrote out orders, signed Ahab's name to them, and sealed them with his seal. She then sent the orders to the leaders and to the nobles who lived in Naboth's city.

because I was terrified of the great multitude, and the contempt of families terrified me, so that I remained silent and would not go outdoors --

The fear of people becomes a snare, but whoever trusts in the Lord will be set on high.

"But you, Jeremiah, get yourself ready! Go and tell these people everything I instruct you to say. Do not be terrified of them, or I will give you good reason to be terrified of them.

They sent to him their disciples along with the Herodians, saying, "Teacher, we know that you are truthful, and teach the way of God in accordance with the truth. You do not court anyone's favor because you show no partiality.

When they came they said to him, "Teacher, we know that you are truthful and do not court anyone's favor, because you show no partiality but teach the way of God in accordance with the truth. Is it right to pay taxes to Caesar or not? Should we pay or shouldn't we?"

but just as we have been approved by God to be entrusted with the gospel, so we declare it, not to please people but God, who examines our hearts.

The judgment

He told the judges, "Be careful what you do, for you are not judging for men, but for the Lord, who will be with you when you make judicial decisions.

The cause

If a matter is too difficult for you to judge -- bloodshed, legal claim, or assault -- matters of controversy in your villages -- you must leave there and go up to the place the Lord your God chooses.

You will surely wear out, both you and these people who are with you, for this is too heavy a burden for you; you are not able to do it by yourself.

General references

"'You must not deal unjustly in judgment: you must neither show partiality to the poor nor honor the rich. You must judge your fellow citizen fairly.

Moses told the leaders of the tribes concerning the Israelites, "This is what the Lord has commanded:

Do not judge according to external appearance, but judge with proper judgment."