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

I commanded your judges at that time, saying, "Hear cases between your brothers, and judge righteously between a man and his brother, and the foreigner who is living with him.

For the LORD your God, he is God of gods, and Lord of lords, the great God, the mighty, and the awesome, who doesn't respect persons, nor takes reward.

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

These also are sayings of the wise. To show partiality in judgment is not good.

And Peter opened his mouth and said, "Truly I perceive that God does not show favoritism;

General references

"If a man strikes his servant's eye, or his maid's eye, and destroys it, he shall let him go free for his eye's sake.

"You shall not deny justice to your poor people in their lawsuits.

"'You shall do no injustice in judgment: you shall not be partial to the poor, nor show favoritism to the great; but you shall judge your neighbor in righteousness.

"'If you sell anything to your neighbor, or buy from your neighbor, you shall not wrong one another.

then your elders and your judges shall come forth, and they shall measure to the cities which are around him who is slain:

If there is a controversy between men, and they come to judgment, and the judges judge them; then they shall justify the righteous, and condemn the wicked;

'Cursed is he who takes a bribe to kill an innocent person.' All the people shall say, 'Amen.'

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

A wicked man receives a bribe in secret, to pervert the ways of justice.

Open your mouth, judge righteously, and serve justice to the poor and needy."

Do not judge according to appearance, but judge righteous judgment."

For there is no partiality with God.