24 (A)Do not judge by appearances, but judge with right judgment.”

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And his delight shall be in the fear of the Lord.
(A)He shall not judge by (B)what his eyes see,
    or decide disputes by (C)what his ears hear,
but (D)with righteousness he shall judge the poor,
    and decide with equity for the meek of the earth;
and he shall (E)strike the earth with the rod of his mouth,
    and (F)with the breath of his lips (G)he shall kill the wicked.

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But if you (A)show partiality, you are committing sin and are convicted by the law as transgressors.

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The Sin of Partiality

My brothers,[a] (A)show no partiality as you hold the faith in our Lord Jesus Christ, (B)the Lord of glory.

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Footnotes

  1. James 2:1 Or brothers and sisters; also verses 5, 14

15 (A)You judge according to the flesh; (B)I judge no one.

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15 He who (A)justifies the wicked and he who (B)condemns the righteous
    are both alike an abomination to the Lord.

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More Sayings of the Wise

23 These also are sayings of (A)the wise.

(B)Partiality in judging is not good.

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have you not then made distinctions among yourselves and become (A)judges with evil thoughts?

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God Who Judges the Earth

To the choirmaster: according to (A)Do Not Destroy. A (B)Miktam[a] of David.

58 Do you indeed decree what is right, you gods?[b]
    Do you judge the children of man uprightly?
No, in your hearts you devise wrongs;
    your hands (C)deal out violence on earth.

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Footnotes

  1. Psalm 58:1 Probably a musical or liturgical term
  2. Psalm 58:1 Or you mighty lords (by revocalization; Hebrew in silence)

Justice

18 “You shall appoint (A)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. 19 (B)You shall not pervert justice. (C)You shall not show partiality, (D)and you shall not accept a bribe, for a bribe blinds the eyes of the wise and subverts the cause of the righteous.

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16 And I charged your judges at that time, ‘Hear the cases between your brothers, and (A)judge righteously between a man and his brother or the alien who is with him. 17 (B)You shall not be partial in judgment. You shall hear the small and the great alike. You shall not be intimidated by anyone, for (C)the judgment is God's. And the case that is too hard for you, you shall (D)bring to me, and I will hear it.’

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15 (A)“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.

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23 who (A)acquit the guilty for a bribe,
    and deprive the innocent of his right!

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20 Can (A)wicked rulers be allied with you,
    those who frame[a] injustice by (B)statute?
21 They (C)band together against the life of the righteous
    and condemn (D)the innocent to death.[b]

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Footnotes

  1. Psalm 94:20 Or fashion
  2. Psalm 94:21 Hebrew condemn innocent blood

“How long will you judge unjustly
    and (A)show partiality to (B)the wicked? Selah

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