Proverbs 18:5
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- Proverbs 18:5 Hebrew to lift the face of
Leviticus 19:15
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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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Proverbs 28:21
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Deuteronomy 16:19
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19 (A)You shall not pervert justice. (B)You shall not show partiality, (C)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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Psalm 82:2
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Proverbs 24:23
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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.
Proverbs 17:15
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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.
Matthew 22:16
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16 And they sent (A)their disciples to him, along with (B)the Herodians, saying, “Teacher, (C)we know that you are true and teach (D)the way of God truthfully, and you do not care about anyone's opinion, for (E)you are not swayed by appearances.[a]
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- Matthew 22:16 Greek for you do not look at people's faces
Isaiah 5:23
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23 who (A)acquit the guilty for a bribe,
and deprive the innocent of his right!
1 Kings 21:9-14
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9 And she wrote in the letters, “Proclaim a fast, and set Naboth at the head of the people. 10 And set two (A)worthless men opposite him, and let them bring a charge against him, saying, (B)‘You have cursed[a] God and the king.’ Then take him out and stone him to death.” 11 And the men of his city, (C)the elders and the leaders who lived in his city, did as Jezebel had sent word to them. As it was written in the letters that she had sent to them, 12 (D)they proclaimed a fast and set Naboth at the head of the people. 13 And the two worthless men came in and sat opposite him. And the worthless men brought a charge against Naboth in the presence of the people, saying, “Naboth cursed God and the king.” So they took him outside the city and stoned him to death with stones. 14 Then they sent to Jezebel, saying, “Naboth has been stoned; he is dead.”
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- 1 Kings 21:10 Hebrew blessed; also verse 13
Deuteronomy 1:16-17
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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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Job 34:19
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19 who (A)shows no partiality to princes,
nor regards the rich (B)more than the poor,
for (C)they are all the work of his hands?
Micah 7:3
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3 (A)Their hands are on what is evil, to do it well;
(B)the prince and (C)the judge ask for a bribe,
and the great man utters the evil desire of his soul;
thus they weave it together.
Job 13:7-8
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7 Will you (A)speak falsely for God
and speak (B)deceitfully for him?
8 Will you show partiality toward him?
Will you (C)plead the case for God?
Isaiah 59:14
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Judgment and Redemption
14 (A)Justice is turned back,
and righteousness stands far away;
for truth has stumbled in the public squares,
and uprightness cannot enter.
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