Leviticus 19:15
Thou shalt not act unjustly in judgment: thou shalt not accept the person of the poor, nor admire the person of the mighty; with justice shalt thou judge thy neighbor.
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Exodus 23:2Thou shalt not associate with the multitude for evil; thou shalt not join thyself with a multitude to turn aside with the majority so as to shut out judgment.
Exodus 23:6Thou shalt not wrest the sentence of the poor in his judgment.
Deuteronomy 1:17Thou shalt not have respect to persons in judgment, thou shalt judge small and great equally; thou shalt not shrink from before the person of a man, for the judgment is God’s; and whatsoever matter shall be too hard for you, ye shall bring it to me, and I will hear it.
Deuteronomy 25:13Thou shalt not have in thy bag diverse weights, a great and a small.
2 Chronicles 19:6And he said to the judges, Take good heed what ye do: for ye judge not for man, but for the Lord, and with you are matters of judgment.
Psalms 82:2O God, who shall be compared to thee? 1 Be not silent, neither be still, O God. 1
Matthew Henry on Leviticus 19:12-19
11 Ye shall not steal, neither deal falsely, neither lie one to another. 12 And ye shall not swear by my name falsely, neither shalt thou profane the name of thy God: I am the Lord . 13 Thou shalt not defraud thy neighbour, neither rob him : the wages of him that is hired shall not abide with thee all night until the morning. 14 Thou shalt not curse the deaf, nor put a stumbling block before the blind, but shalt fear thy God: I am the Lord . 15 Ye shall do no unrighteousness in judgment: thou shalt not respect the… Read the whole commentary →