Deuteronomy 1:17
You shall not have respect to persons in the judgment; you shall hear little words (matters) as well as great; nor be afraid of the face of man, for the judgment is of the Lord; and the matter that is too hard for you bring to me, and I will hear it;
Targum Onkelos
In The King James Version
In Context
18And commanded you at that time all the things that you should do.
Cross References
Exodus 18:22And they shall judge the people at any time, and every great matter they shall bring to thee, but every small thing they shall judge; and they will lighten it from thee, and bear it with thee.
Exodus 23:2Thou shalt not follow the many to wickedness, neither shalt thou fail to teach that which in thine eyes is judgment; after the many (majority?) thou shalt fulfil judgment.
Leviticus 19:15You shall not deal falsely in judgment, nor accept the face of the poor, nor honour the face of the great; in truthfulness shalt thou judge thy neighbour.
Deuteronomy 16:19Thou shalt not pervert judgment, nor have respect to persons, nor receive a gift; for a gift blindeth the eyes of the wise, and depraveth right words.
Deuteronomy 24:17Thou shalt not wrest the judgment of the stranger or the orphan, nor take the garment of the widow for a pledge;
Matthew Henry on Deuteronomy 1:10-19
The Charge to Magistrates. ( b. c. 1451.) 9 And I spake unto you at that time, saying, I am not able to bear you myself alone: 10 The Lord your God hath multiplied you, and, behold, ye are this day as the stars of heaven for multitude. 11 (The Lord God of your fathers make you a thousand times so many more as ye are, and bless you, as he hath promised you!) 12 How can I myself alone bear your cumbrance, and your burden, and your strife? 13 Take you wise men, and understanding, and known among your tribes, and I… Read the whole commentary →