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 the same time, saying, 'Hear your brethren and judge righteously between every man and his brother and the stranger that is with him.

For the LORD your God, he is God of Gods and Lord of lords; a great God, a mighty and a terrible which regardeth no man's person nor taketh gifts:

"Keep thee far from a false matter, and the Innocent and righteous see thou slay not; for I will not justify the wicked.

These are also the sayings of the wise. It is not good to have respect of any person in judgment.

Then Peter opened his mouth, and said, "Of a truth I perceive, that God is not partial:

General references

If a man smite his servant or his maid in the eye and put it out, he shall let them go free for the eye's sake.

Thou shalt not hinder the right of the poor that are among you in their suit.

Ye shall do no unrighteousness in judgment. Thou shalt not favour the poor nor honour the mighty, but shalt judge thy neighbour righteously.

"'When thou sellest ought unto thy neighbour or buyest of thy neighbour's hand, ye shall not oppress one another:

Then let thine elders and thy judges come forth and meet unto the cities that are round about the slain.

When there is strife between men, let them come unto the law, and let the judges justify the righteous and condemn the trespasser.

"'Cursed be he that taketh a reward to slay innocent blood.' And all the people shall say, 'Amen.'

And he set judges in the land, throughout all the strong cities of Judah, city by city,

The ungodly taketh gifts out of the bosom, to wrest the ways of judgment.

With thy mouth defend the thing that is lawful and right, and the cause of the poor and helpless.

Judge not after the outer appearance: but judge righteous judgment."

For there is no partiality with God: