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 at that time I instructed your judges, saying, '{hear out your fellow men}, and [then] judge fairly between a man and between his brother and between {his opponent who is a resident alien}.

For Yahweh your God, he [is] God of the gods and Lord of the lords, the great and mighty God, the awesome [one] who {is not partial}, and he does not take bribes.

You will stay far from a {false charge}, and do not kill [the] innocent and [the] righteous, because I will not declare [the] wicked righteous.

These [sayings] are also for the wise: {Partiality} in judgment is not good.

So Peter opened [his] mouth [and] said, "In truth I understand that God is not one who shows partiality,

General references

" 'And if a man strikes the eye of his male slave or the eye of his female slave and destroys it, he shall release him as free in place of his eye.

" 'You will not pervert the justice of your poor in his legal dispute.

" 'You shall not do injustice in judgment; {you shall not show partiality to the powerless}; you shall not give preference {to the powerful}; you shall judge your fellow citizen with justice.

And when you sell something to your fellow citizen or [you] buy from your neighbor's hand, you must not oppress {one another}.

then your elders and your judges shall go out and shall measure [the distance] to the cities that [are] around the slain one.

"When a legal dispute {takes place} between men and they come near to the court, and [the judges] judge [with respect to] them, then they shall declare the righteous [to be] in the right and they shall condemn the wicked,

'Cursed be the one who takes a bribe {to murder an innocent person}.' And all the people shall say, 'Amen.'

And he appointed judges in the land and in all the fortified cities of Judah, city by city.

The wicked will accept a bribe from the lap, [in order] to pervert the ways of justice.

Open your mouth, judge righteousness, and defend [the] poor and needy.

Do not judge according to outward appearance, but judge according to righteous judgment!"

For [there] is no partiality with God.