Proverbs 18:5
"It is not good to accept the person of the wicked, to overthrow the righteous in judgment."
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- Leviticus 19:15
"Ye shall do no unrighteousness in judgment: thou shalt not respect the person of the poor, nor honour the person of the mighty: but in righteousness shalt thou judge thy neighbour."
Read in chapter → - Deuteronomy 16:19
"Thou shalt not wrest judgment; thou shalt not respect persons, neither take a gift: for a gift doth blind the eyes of the wise, and pervert the words of the righteous."
Read in chapter → - Proverbs 28:21
"To have respect of persons is not good: for for a piece of bread that man will transgress."
Read in chapter → - Psalms 82:2
"How long will ye judge unjustly, and accept the persons of the wicked? Selah."
Read in chapter → - Proverbs 17:15
"He that justifieth the wicked, and he that condemneth the just, even they both are abomination to the LORD."
Read in chapter → - Proverbs 24:23
"These things also belong to the wise. It is not good to have respect of persons in judgment."
Read in chapter → - Deuteronomy 1:16
"And I charged your judges at that time, saying, Hear the causes between your brethren, and judge righteously between every man and his brother, and the stranger that is with him."
Read in chapter → - Isaiah 5:23
"Which justify the wicked for reward, and take away the righteousness of the righteous from him!"
Read in chapter → - Matthew 22:16
"And they sent out unto him their disciples with the Herodians, saying, Master, we know that thou art true, and teachest the way of God in truth, neither carest thou for any man: for thou regardest not the person of men."
Read in chapter → - 1 Kings 21:9
"And she wrote in the letters, saying, Proclaim a fast, and set Naboth on high among the people:"
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