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, 'Hear the cases between your brothers, and judge righteously between a man and his brother or the alien who is with him.

For the LORD your God is God of gods and Lord of lords, the great, the mighty, and the awesome God, who is not partial and takes no bribe.

Keep far from a false charge, and do not kill the innocent and righteous, for I will not acquit the wicked.

These also are sayings of the wise. Partiality in judging is not good.

So Peter opened his mouth and said: "Truly I understand that God shows no partiality,

General references

"When a man strikes the eye of his slave, male or female, and destroys it, he shall let the slave go free because of his eye.

"You shall not pervert the justice due to your poor in his lawsuit.

"You shall do no injustice in court. You shall not be partial to the poor or defer to the great, but in righteousness shall you judge your neighbor.

And if you make a sale to your neighbor or buy from your neighbor, you shall not wrong one another.

then your elders and your judges shall come out, and they shall measure the distance to the surrounding cities.

"If there is a dispute between men and they come into court and the judges decide between them, acquitting the innocent and condemning the guilty,

"'Cursed be anyone who takes a bribe to shed innocent blood.' And all the people shall say, 'Amen.'

He appointed judges in the land in all the fortified cities of Judah, city by city,

The wicked accepts a bribe in secret to pervert the ways of justice.

Open your mouth, judge righteously, defend the rights of the poor and needy.

Do not judge by appearances, but judge with right judgment."

For God shows no partiality.