Do not judge by appearances, but judge with right judgment.”
And his delight shall be in the fear of the Lord. He shall not judge by what his eyes see, or decide disputes by what his ears hear, but with righteousness he shall judge the poor, and decide with equity for the meek of the earth; and he shall strike the earth with the rod of his mouth, and with the breath of his lips he shall kill the wicked.
But if you show partiality, you are committing sin and are convicted by the law as transgressors.
My brothers, show no partiality as you hold the faith in our Lord Jesus Christ, the Lord of glory.
You judge according to the flesh; I judge no one.
He who justifies the wicked and he who condemns the righteous are both alike an abomination to the Lord.
These also are sayings of the wise. Partiality in judging is not good.
have you not then made distinctions among yourselves and become judges with evil thoughts?
To the choirmaster: according to Do Not Destroy. A Miktam of David. Do you indeed decree what is right, you gods? Do you judge the children of man uprightly? No, in your hearts you devise wrongs; your hands deal out violence on earth.
“You shall appoint judges and officers in all your towns that the Lord your God is giving you, according to your tribes, and they shall judge the people with righteous judgment. You shall not pervert justice. You shall not show partiality, and you shall not accept a bribe, for a bribe blinds the eyes of the wise and subverts the cause of the righteous.
And I charged your judges at that time, ‘Hear the cases between your brothers, and judge righteously between a man and his brother or the alien who is with him. You shall not be partial in judgment. You shall hear the small and the great alike. You shall not be intimidated by anyone, for the judgment is God's. And the case that is too hard for you, you shall bring to me, and I will hear it.’
“You shall do no injustice in court. You shall not be partial to the poor or defer to the great, but in righteousness shall you judge your neighbor.
who acquit the guilty for a bribe, and deprive the innocent of his right!
Can wicked rulers be allied with you, those who frame injustice by statute? They band together against the life of the righteous and condemn the innocent to death.
“How long will you judge unjustly and show partiality to the wicked? Selah
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