³ ¶ Thou shalt not esteem a poor man in his cause.

¹⁷ Ye shall have no respect of person in judgment, ^(A)but shall hear the small as well as the great: ye shall not fear the face of man: for the judgment is ^[a]God’s: and the cause that is too hard for you, bring unto me, and I will hear it.

¹⁹ Wrest not thou the Law, nor respect any person, neither take reward: for the reward blindeth the eyes of the wise, and perverteth the words of the just.

²³ Also these things pertain to the wise, It is not good ^[a]to have respect of any person in judgment.

² For if there come into your company a man with a gold ring, and in goodly apparel, and there come in also a poor man in vile raiment,