Leviticus 19:35 Ye shall do
no unrighteousness in judgment,
in meteyard, in weight, or in measure.
Exodus 18:21 Moreover thou shalt provide out of all the people
able men,
such as fear God,
men of truth,
hating covetousness; and place [
such] over them, [
to be]
rulers of thousands, [
and] rulers of hundreds, rulers of fifties, and rulers of tens:
Exodus 23:2 Thou shalt not
follow a multitude to [
do] evil; neither shalt thou
speak in a cause to decline after many to wrest [
judgment]:
Exodus 23:2-
3 Thou shalt not
follow a multitude to [
do] evil; neither shalt thou
speak in a cause to decline after many to wrest [
judgment]: ... Neither shalt thou countenance a poor man in his cause.
Exodus 23:7-
8 Keep thee
far from a false matter; and
the innocent and righteous slay thou not:
for I will not justify the wicked. ... And
thou shalt take no gift: for the gift blindeth
the wise, and perverteth the words of the righteous.
Deuteronomy 1:17 Ye
shall not respect persons in judgment; [
but]
ye shall hear the small as well as the great;
ye 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 [
it] unto me, and I will hear it.
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.
Deuteronomy 25:13-
16 Thou shalt not have
in thy bag divers weights, a great and a small. ... For
all that do such things, [
and] all that do unrighteously, [
are] an abomination unto the LORD thy God.
Deuteronomy 27:19 Cursed [
be] he that perverteth the judgment of the stranger, fatherless, and widow. And all the people shall say, Amen.
2 Chronicles 19:6-
7 And said to the judges,
Take heed what ye do: for
ye judge not for man, but for the LORD, who [
is] with you in the
judgment. ... Wherefore now
let the fear of the LORD be upon you; take heed and do [
it]: for [
there is]
no iniquity with the LORD our God, nor
respect of persons, nor
taking of gifts.
Psalms 82:2 How long will ye
judge unjustly, and
accept the persons of the wicked? Selah.
Proverbs 18:5 [
It is]
not good to accept the person of the wicked,
to overthrow the righteous in judgment.
Proverbs 24:23 These
[things] also [
belong] to the wise.
[It is] not good to have respect of persons in judgment.
James 2:6-
9 But
ye have despised the poor.
Do not rich men oppress you,
and draw you before the judgment seats? ... But
if ye have respect to persons, ye commit sin, and
are convinced of the law as
transgressors.
