Leviticus 19:15

‘You shall not do injustice in judgment; you shall not be partial to the poor nor show a preference for the great, but judge your neighbor fairly.

Deuteronomy 1:17

You shall not show partiality in judgment; you shall hear and pay attention to the [cases of the] least [important] as well as the great. You shall not fear man, for the judgment is God’s. The case that is too hard for you [to judge], you shall bring to me, and I will hear it.’

Exodus 23:2-3

You shall not follow a crowd to do [something] evil, nor shall you testify at a trial or in a dispute so as to side with a crowd in order to pervert justice;

Deuteronomy 16:19

You shall not distort justice; you shall not be partial, and you shall not take a bribe, for a bribe blinds the eyes of the wise and perverts the words of the righteous.

Exodus 23:6-8

“You shall not pervert (bend) the justice due to your poor in his dispute.

Leviticus 19:35

‘You shall do no wrong in judgment, in measurement of weight or quantity.

Deuteronomy 27:19

‘Cursed is he who distorts (perverts) the justice due to a stranger, an orphan, and a widow.’ And all the people shall say, ‘Amen.’

2 Chronicles 19:6-7

and he said to the judges, “Be careful what you do, for you do not judge for man, but for the Lord who is with you in the matter of judgment.

Psalm 82:2


How long will you judge unjustly
And show partiality to the wicked? Selah.

Proverbs 24:23


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

Exodus 18:21

Furthermore, you shall select from all the people competent men who [reverently] fear God, men of truth, those who hate dishonest gain; you shall place these over the people as leaders of thousands, of hundreds, of fifties and of tens.

Deuteronomy 25:13-16

“You shall not have in your bag inaccurate weights, a heavy and a light [so you can cheat others].

Proverbs 18:5


To show respect to the wicked person is not good,
Nor to push aside and deprive the righteous of justice.

James 2:6-9

But you [in contrast] have dishonored the poor man. Is it not the rich who oppress and exploit you, and personally drag you into the courts of law?

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