Deuteronomy 16:19

Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

Summary

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.

Respect

Acts 10:34

General references

Bible References

Respect

And I charged your judges, at that time, saying, - Ye are to hear between your brethren and shall judge righteously, between each magi and his brother and his sojourner.

For as touching Yahweh your God, he, is God of gods, and Lord of lords; the great the mighty, and the fearful GOD, who respecteth not persons, nor accepteth a bribe;

From a matter of falsehood, thou shalt keep far away, - and the innocent one and the righteous, do not thou slay, for I will not justify a lawless imam

These things also, concern he wise, To take note of faces in judgment, is not good.

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

General references

And, when a man smiteth the eye of his servant, or the eye of his handmaid, and destroyeth it, he shall send him forth, free, for his eye;

Thou shalt not pervert the vindication of thy needy one in his quarrel.

Ye shall not act perversely in giving judgment, Thou shalt neither respect the person of the poor, Nor prefer the person of the great, - In righteousness, shalt thou judge thy neighbour.

And when ye sell anything to thy neighbour, or buy aught at thy neighbour's hand, do not overreach one another.

then shall thine elders and thy judges go forth, - and measure unto the cities that are round about the slain;

When there ariseth a controversy between men, and they come nigh unto judgment, and judgment is granted them, then shall they justify the righteous man, and condemn the lawless.

Cursed, be he that taketh a bribe to shed innocent blood. And all the people shall say - Amen.

And he stationed judges in the land, throughout all the fortified cities of Judah, city by city;

A bribe out of his bosom, doth a lawless man take, to pervert the ways of justice.

Open thy mouth - judge righteously, - and administer justice for the poor and the needy.

Be not judging according to appearance, but, just judgment, be judging,

For there is no respect of persons with God; -