¹ A Psalm of Asaph. God stands in the congregation of the mighty; in the midst of the gods He judges. ² How long will you judge unjustly and lift up the faces of the wicked? Selah. ³ Defend the poor and fatherless; do justice to the afflicted and needy.

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Deuteronomy 1:17

You shall not respect persons in judgment. You shall hear the small as well as the great. You shall not be afraid of the face of man, for the judgment is God's. And the cause that is too hard for you, bring to me, and I will hear it.

Proverbs 18:5

It is not good to favor the person of the wicked, nor to overthrow the righteous in judgment.

Psalm 58:1-2

To the Chief Musician. Do not destroy. A secret treasure of David. Will you indeed speak righteousness in silence? Do you judge uprightly, O sons of men?

Exodus 10:3

And Moses and Aaron came in to Pharaoh and said to him, So says Jehovah, the God of the Hebrews, How long will you refuse to humble yourself before Me? Let My people go, so that they may serve Me.

Exodus 23:6-7

You shall not pervert the judgment of your poor in his cause.

Leviticus 19:15

You shall do no unrighteousness in judgment. You shall not respect the person of the poor, nor honor the person of the mighty; but you shall judge your neighbor in righteousness.

1 Kings 18:21

And Elijah came to all the people and said, How long are you limping over two opinions? If Jehovah is God, follow Him. But if Baal is God, then follow him. And the people did not answer him a word.

2 Chronicles 19:7

And now let the fear of Jehovah be on you. Be careful and act wisely, for there is no iniquity with Jehovah our God, nor respect of persons, nor taking of gifts.

Job 34:19

How much less to Him who does not lift up the face of rulers, nor regard the rich before the poor? For all of them are the work of His hands.

Psalm 62:3

How long will you imagine mischief against a man? You will shatter him, all of you; you shall be like a bowing wall and a tottering fence.

Micah 3:1-3

And I said, Please hear, O heads of Jacob and magistrates of the house of Israel. Is it not for you to know justice?

Micah 3:9-12

Please hear this, heads of the house of Jacob, and magistrates of the house of Israel, who hate justice and pervert all equity.

Matthew 17:17

Then Jesus answered and said, O faithless and perverse generation, how long shall I be with you? How long shall I suffer you? Bring him here to Me.

Galatians 2:6

But from those who seemed to be something (what kind they were then does not matter to me; God does not accept the face of man), for those seeming important conferred nothing to me.