Thematic Bible: Impartiality of


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Then Peter started speaking: "I now truly understand that God does not show favoritism in dealing with people, but in every nation the person who fears him and does what is right is welcomed before him.



who says to a king, 'Worthless man' and to nobles, 'Wicked men,' who shows no partiality to princes, and does not take note of the rich more than the poor, because all of them are the work of his hands?


Take what is yours and go. I want to give to this last man the same as I gave to you.

But from those who were influential (whatever they were makes no difference to me; God shows no favoritism between people) -- those influential leaders added nothing to my message.



And I saw the dead, the great and the small, standing before the throne. Then books were opened, and another book was opened -- the book of life. So the dead were judged by what was written in the books, according to their deeds.

For this reason, she will experience her plagues in a single day: disease, mourning, and famine, and she will be burned down with fire, because the Lord God who judges her is powerful!"

Far be it from you to do such a thing -- to kill the godly with the wicked, treating the godly and the wicked alike! Far be it from you! Will not the judge of the whole earth do what is right?"

Then observers will say, "Yes indeed, the godly are rewarded! Yes indeed, there is a God who judges in the earth!"

For God is the judge! He brings one down and exalts another.

before the Lord, for he comes! For he comes to judge the earth! He judges the world fairly, and the nations in accordance with his justice.

I thought to myself, "God will judge both the righteous and the wicked; for there is an appropriate time for every activity, and there is a time of judgment for every deed.


The Lord will be unwilling to forgive him, and his intense anger will rage against that man; all the curses written in this scroll will fall upon him and the Lord will obliterate his name from memory.

Or are we trying to provoke the Lord to jealousy? Are we really stronger than he is?

You shall not bow down to them or serve them, for I, the Lord, your God, am a jealous God, responding to the transgression of fathers by dealing with children to the third and fourth generations of those who reject me,

For the Lord your God is a consuming fire; he is a jealous God.


Joshua warned the people, "You will not keep worshiping the Lord, for he is a holy God. He is a jealous God who will not forgive your rebellion or your sins.

Judah did evil in the sight of the Lord. They made him more jealous by their sins than their ancestors had done.




Respect the Lord and make careful decisions, for the Lord our God disapproves of injustice, partiality, and bribery."



The Lord says, "Watch out! The time is soon coming when I will punish all those who are circumcised only in the flesh.


If a resident foreigner lives among you and wants to keep the Passover to the Lord, he must do so according to the statute of the Passover, and according to its custom. You must have the same statute for the resident foreigner and for the one who was born in the land.'"

The same law will apply to the person who is native-born and to the foreigner who lives among you."

There will be one regulation for you, whether a foreigner or a native citizen, for I am the Lord your God.'"

One law and one custom must apply to you and to the resident foreigner who lives alongside you.'"


If a resident foreigner lives among you and wants to keep the Passover to the Lord, he must do so according to the statute of the Passover, and according to its custom. You must have the same statute for the resident foreigner and for the one who was born in the land.'"

The same law will apply to the person who is native-born and to the foreigner who lives among you."

There will be one regulation for you, whether a foreigner or a native citizen, for I am the Lord your God.'"

One law and one custom must apply to you and to the resident foreigner who lives alongside you.'"


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