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Deuteronomy 1:16-17
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Deuteronomy 1:16-17
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16 (A)I charged your judges at that time, “Listen to complaints among your relatives, and administer true justice to both parties even if one of them is a resident alien. 17 In rendering judgment, do not consider who a person is; give ear to the lowly and to the great alike, fearing no one, for the judgment is God’s. Any case that is too difficult for you bring to me and I will hear it.”
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Deuteronomy 1:16-17
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Deuteronomy 1:16-17
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16 And I charged your judges at that time, “Hear the disputes between your people and judge(A) fairly,(B) whether the case is between two Israelites or between an Israelite and a foreigner residing among you.(C) 17 Do not show partiality(D) in judging; hear both small and great alike. Do not be afraid of anyone,(E) for judgment belongs to God. Bring me any case too hard for you, and I will hear it.”(F)
Deuteronomy 1:16-17
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Deuteronomy 1:16-17
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16 And I charged your judges at that time, saying, Hear the causes between your brethren, and judge righteously between every man and his brother, and the stranger that is with him.
17 Ye shall not respect persons in judgment; but ye shall hear the small as well as the great; ye shall not be afraid of the face of man; for the judgment is God's: and the cause that is too hard for you, bring it unto me, and I will hear it.
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Deuteronomy 10:17-18
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Deuteronomy 10:17-18
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17 For the Lord, your God, is the God of gods, the Lord of lords, the great God, mighty and awesome, who has no favorites, accepts no bribes,(A) 18 who executes justice for the orphan and the widow, and loves the resident alien, giving them food and clothing.(B)
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Deuteronomy 10:17-18
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Deuteronomy 10:17-18
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17 For the Lord your God is God of gods(A) and Lord of lords,(B) the great God, mighty and awesome,(C) who shows no partiality(D) and accepts no bribes.(E) 18 He defends the cause of the fatherless and the widow,(F) and loves the foreigner residing among you, giving them food and clothing.(G)
Deuteronomy 10:17-18
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Deuteronomy 10:17-18
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17 For the Lord your God is God of gods, and Lord of lords, a great God, a mighty, and a terrible, which regardeth not persons, nor taketh reward:
18 He doth execute the judgment of the fatherless and widow, and loveth the stranger, in giving him food and raiment.
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Exodus 23:2-3
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Exodus 23:2-3
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2 You shall not follow the crowd in doing wrong. When testifying in a lawsuit, you shall not follow the crowd in perverting justice. 3 You shall not favor the poor in a lawsuit.(A)
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Exodus 23:2-3
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2 “Do not follow the crowd in doing wrong. When you give testimony in a lawsuit, do not pervert justice(A) by siding with the crowd,(B) 3 and do not show favoritism(C) to a poor person in a lawsuit.
Exodus 23:2-3
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Exodus 23:2-3
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2 Thou shalt not follow a multitude to do evil; neither shalt thou speak in a cause to decline after many to wrest judgment:
3 Neither shalt thou countenance a poor man in his cause.
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Exodus 23:6-8
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Exodus 23:6-8
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6 You shall not pervert justice for the needy among you in a lawsuit. 7 You shall keep away from anything dishonest. The innocent and the just you shall not put to death, for I will not acquit the guilty. 8 Never take a bribe, for a bribe blinds the clear-sighted and distorts the words of the just.(A)
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Exodus 23:6-8
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Exodus 23:6-8
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6 “Do not deny justice(A) to your poor people in their lawsuits. 7 Have nothing to do with a false charge(B) and do not put an innocent(C) or honest person to death,(D) for I will not acquit the guilty.(E)
8 “Do not accept a bribe,(F) for a bribe blinds those who see and twists the words of the innocent.
Exodus 23:6-8
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Exodus 23:6-8
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6 Thou shalt not wrest the judgment of thy poor in his cause.
7 Keep thee far from a false matter; and the innocent and righteous slay thou not: for I will not justify the wicked.
8 And thou shalt take no gift: for the gift blindeth the wise, and perverteth the words of the righteous.
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Leviticus 19:15
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Leviticus 19:15
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15 You shall not act dishonestly in rendering judgment. Show neither partiality to the weak nor deference to the mighty, but judge your neighbor justly.(A)
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Leviticus 19:15
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Leviticus 19:15
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15 “‘Do not pervert justice;(A) do not show partiality(B) to the poor or favoritism to the great,(C) but judge your neighbor fairly.(D)
Leviticus 19:15
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Leviticus 19:15
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15 Ye shall do no unrighteousness in judgment: thou shalt not respect the person of the poor, nor honor the person of the mighty: but in righteousness shalt thou judge thy neighbour.
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Proverbs 17:23
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Proverbs 17:23
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23 A guilty person takes out a bribe from the pocket,
thus perverting the course of justice.[a]
Footnotes
- 17:23 A sharp look at the sly withdrawing of a bribe from the pocket and a blunt judgment on its significance.
Proverbs 17:23
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Proverbs 17:23
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Proverbs 17:23
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Proverbs 17:23
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23 A wicked man taketh a gift out of the bosom to pervert the ways of judgment.
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Proverbs 18:5
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Proverbs 18:5
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5 It is not good to favor the guilty,
nor to reject the claim of the just.(A)
Proverbs 18:5
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Proverbs 18:5
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Proverbs 18:5
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Proverbs 18:5
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5 It is not good to accept the person of the wicked, to overthrow the righteous in judgment.
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Proverbs 24:23
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Proverbs 24:23
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V. Further Sayings of the Wise[a]
23 These also are Words of the Wise:
To show partiality in judgment is not good.(A)
Footnotes
- 24:23–34
A little collection between the thirty sayings of 22:17–24:22 and the Hezekiah collection in chaps. 25–29. Its title (v. 23) suggests that editors took it as an appendix. At this point, the Greek edition of Proverbs begins to arrange the later sections of the book in a different order than the Hebrew edition.
An editor has arranged originally separate sayings into two parallel groups.
I. II. Conduct in court: Judges (vv. 24–25) Witnesses (v. 28) Speaking, thinking: Good speech (v. 26) Bad speech (v. 29) Wisdom in work: Positive (v. 27) Negative (vv. 30–34)
Proverbs 24:23
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Proverbs 24:23
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Further Sayings of the Wise
23 These also are sayings of the wise:(A)
Proverbs 24:23
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Proverbs 24:23
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23 These things also belong to the wise. It is not good to have respect of persons in judgment.
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Isaiah 1:23
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Isaiah 1:23
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23 Your princes are rebels
and comrades of thieves;
Each one of them loves a bribe
and looks for gifts.
The fatherless they do not defend,
the widow’s plea does not reach them.(A)
Isaiah 1:23
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Isaiah 1:23
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Isaiah 1:23
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Isaiah 1:23
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23 Thy princes are rebellious, and companions of thieves: every one loveth gifts, and followeth after rewards: they judge not the fatherless, neither doth the cause of the widow come unto them.
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