'Partiality' in the Bible
You shall not show partiality in judgment; you shall hear the small and the great alike. You shall not fear man, for the judgment is God’s. The case that is too hard for you, you shall bring to me, and I will hear it.’
For the Lord your God is the God of gods and the Lord of lords, the great, the mighty, and the awesome God who does not show partiality nor take a bribe.
Now then let the fear of the Lord be upon you; be very careful what you do, for the Lord our God will have no part in unrighteousness or partiality or the taking of a bribe.”
“He will surely reprove youIf you secretly show partiality.
Who shows no partiality to princesNor regards the rich above the poor,For they all are the work of His hands?
How long will you judge unjustlyAnd show partiality to the wicked? Selah.
To show partiality to the wicked is not good,Nor to thrust aside the righteous in judgment.
These also are sayings of the wise.To show partiality in judgment is not good.
To show partiality is not good,Because for a piece of bread a man will transgress.
“So I also have made you despised and abased before all the people, just as you are not keeping My ways but are showing partiality in the instruction.
Opening his mouth, Peter said:“I most certainly understand now that God is not one to show partiality,
But from those who were of high reputation (what they were makes no difference to me; God shows no partiality)—well, those who were of reputation contributed nothing to me.
And masters, do the same things to them, and give up threatening, knowing that both their Master and yours is in heaven, and there is no partiality with Him.
For he who does wrong will receive the consequences of the wrong which he has done, and that without partiality.
I solemnly charge you in the presence of God and of Christ Jesus and of His chosen angels, to maintain these principles without bias, doing nothing in a spirit of partiality.
But if you show partiality, you are committing sin and are convicted by the law as transgressors.