Leviticus 19:15

WEB

¹⁵“‘You shall do no injustice in judgment. You shall not be partial to the poor, nor show favoritism to the great; but you shall judge your neighbor in righteousness.

KJV

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.

BSB

¹⁵You must not pervert justice; you must not show partiality to the poor or favoritism to the rich; you are to judge your neighbor fairly.

FBV

¹⁵Don't be a corrupt judge. Don't show favoritism to the poor or to the rich. Judge others fairly.

Extra References

Deuteronomy 1:17

¹⁷You shall not show partiality in judgment; you shall hear the small and the great alike. You shall not be afraid of the face of 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.”

Proverbs 24:23

²³These also are sayings of the wise: To show partiality in judgment is not good.

Deuteronomy 27:19

¹⁹‘Cursed is he who withholds justice from the foreigner, fatherless, and widow.’ All the people shall say, ‘Amen.’

Exodus 23:2-3

²“You shall not follow a crowd to do evil. You shall not testify in court to side with a multitude to pervert justice. ³You shall not favor a poor man in his cause.

Exodus 23:6-8

⁶“You shall not deny justice to your poor people in their lawsuits.

⁷“Keep far from a false charge, and don’t kill the innocent and righteous; for I will not justify the wicked.

⁸“You shall take no bribe, for a bribe blinds those who have sight and perverts the words of the righteous.

Leviticus 19:35

³⁵“‘You shall do no unrighteousness in judgment, in measures of length, of weight, or of quantity.

Deuteronomy 16:19

¹⁹You shall not pervert justice. You shall not show partiality. You shall not take a bribe, for a bribe blinds the eyes of the wise and perverts the words of the righteous.

Psalms 82:2

²“How long will you judge unjustly, and show partiality to the wicked?” Selah.

2 Chronicles 19:6-7

⁶and said to the judges, “Consider what you do, for you don’t judge for man, but for the LORD; and he is with you in the judgment. ⁷Now therefore let the fear of the LORD be on you. Take heed and do it; for there is no iniquity with the LORD our God, nor respect of persons, nor taking of bribes.”

James 2:6-9

⁶But you have dishonored the poor man. Don’t the rich oppress you and personally drag you before the courts? ⁷Don’t they blaspheme the honorable name by which you are called?

⁸However, if you fulfill the royal law according to the Scripture, “You shall love your neighbor as yourself,”you do well. ⁹But if you show partiality, you commit sin, being convicted by the law as transgressors.