Thematic Bible: Respect of persons


Thematic Bible





Do your work in honor of him and know that he will not allow you to be unfair to anyone or to take bribes. Verse ConceptsFavouritismBribery, Is SinAcceptance Of BribesGod, Justice OfGod, Impartiality OfReverence, And Social BehaviourMagistrates



Jehovah your God is the God of gods and the Lord of lords! He is the great, the powerful, and the awesome God who does not show partiality nor take a bribe. Verse ConceptsFavouritismBribery, Is SinAwesome GodExploitationsAcceptance Of BribesRacial EqualityGod, Impartiality OfAvoiding BribesThe Lord Is GodGod Is To Be FearedJesus As King Of KingsMighty in its influenceImmigrantsreality


If I have rejected the cause of my male or female slaves, when they brought a complaint against me what then shall I do when God rises up? When he makes inquiry, what shall I answer him? Did the one who made me in the womb make them? And did that one fashion us in the womb?

The one who is righteous and mighty does not grant special favors to princes or prefer important people to poor people because his hands made them all. Verse ConceptsFavouritismGod, Impartiality OfGod And The PoorPovertyMan, Creation OfPeople Are The SameCreation Of All MankindThe Rich Lording It

God is not partial! (God does not play favorites!) For all who have sinned without law will perish without law. All who have sinned under law will be judged under law.

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You know that whatever good thing each person does, the same shall he receive again from God, whether he be slave or free. You masters, do the same things to them. Do not threaten! You know that he who is both their Master and yours is in heaven. There is no favoritism with him.

It is not good to show partiality for a man will transgress for a piece of bread. Verse ConceptsFavouritismInjustice, Examples OfRespect, For Human BeingsEffect Of BribesRespect

These sayings belong to the wise. It is not good to show partiality in judgment. Verse ConceptsFavouritismJudging OthersWisdom, Human ImportanceBigotryRacism

My brothers, keep the faith of our Lord Jesus Christ, the Lord of glory. Do not favor one person over the other. A man wearing a gold ring and fine clothes and a poor man in shabby clothes comes into your synagogue. You pay special attention to the one wearing the fine clothes, and say: Sit here in a good place. Then you say to the poor man: Stand there, or Sit under my footstool. read more.
Do not make distinctions among yourselves, and become judges with evil thoughts. Listen, my dearly beloved brothers! Did God choose poor people in the world to be rich in faith and to receive the kingdom he promised to those who love him? You have dishonored the poor man. Do the rich oppress you, and personally drag you into court? Do they blaspheme the honorable name by which you are called? When you fulfill the royal law according to the scripture: You shall love your neighbor as yourself, you do well. But when you show partiality you commit sin. The law then convicts you as transgressors.