Proverbs 18:5
To have respect for the person of the evil-doer is not good, or to give a wrong decision against the upright.
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Proverbs 18:5
To have respect for the person of the evil-doer is not good, or to give a wrong decision against the upright.
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Proverbs 24:23
These are more sayings of the wise: To have respect for a person's position when judging is not good.
Leviticus 19:15
Do no wrong in your judging: do not give thought to the position of the poor, or honour to the position of the great; but be a judge to your neighbour in righteousness.
Deuteronomy 1:17
In judging, do not let a man's position have any weight with you; give hearing equally to small and great; have no fear of any man, for it is God who is judge: and any cause in which you are not able to give a decision, you are to put before me and I will give it a hearing.
Psalms 82:2
How long will you go on judging falsely, having respect for the persons of evil-doers? (Selah.)
Proverbs 28:21
It is not good to have respect for a man's position: for a man will do wrong for a bit of bread.
2 Chronicles 19:6
And said to the judges, Take care what you do, for you are judging not for man but for the Lord, and he is with you in the decisions you give.
2 Chronicles 19:7
So now let the fear of the Lord be in you; do your work with care; for in the Lord our God there is no evil, or respect for high position, or taking of payment to do wrong.
Deuteronomy 10:17
For the Lord your God is God of gods and Lord of lords, the great God, strong in power and greatly to be feared, who has no respect for any man's position and takes no rewards:
Job 13:7
Will you say in God's name what is not right, and put false words into his mouth?
Job 13:8
Will you have respect for God's person in this cause, and put yourselves forward as his supporters?
Job 13:10
He will certainly put you right, if you have respect for persons in secret.
Job 34:19
Who has no respect for rulers, and who gives no more attention to those who have wealth than to the poor, for they are all the work of his hands.
Malachi 2:9
And so I have taken away your honour and made you low before all the people, even as you have not kept my ways, and have given no thought to me in using the law.
John 7:24
Let not your decisions be based on what you see, but on righteousness.
James 2:9
But if you take a man's position into account, you do evil, and are judged as evil-doers by the law.
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Proverbs 17:26
To give punishment to the upright is not good, or to give blows to the noble for their righteousness.
Proverbs 20:23
Unequal weights are disgusting to the Lord, and false scales are not good.
Nehemiah 5:9
And I said, What you are doing is not good: is it not the more necessary for you to go in the fear of our God, because of the shame which the nations may put on us?
Proverbs 16:29
A violent man puts desire of evil into his neighbour's mind, and makes him go in a way which is not good.
Proverbs 19:2
Further, without knowledge desire is not good; and he who is over-quick in acting goes out of the right way.
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Deuteronomy 16:19
You are not to be moved in your judging by a man's position, you are not to take rewards; for rewards make the eyes of the wise man blind, and the decisions of the upright false.
Proverbs 17:23
A sinner takes an offering out of his robe, to get a decision for himself in a cause.
Proverbs 17:15
He who gives a decision for the evil-doer and he who gives a decision against the upright, are equally disgusting to the Lord.
Isaiah 10:2
Who do wrong to the poor in their cause, and take away the right of the crushed among my people, so that they may have the property of widows, and get under their power those who have no father.
Exodus 23:2
Do not be moved to do wrong by the general opinion, or give the support of your words to a wrong decision:
Exodus 23:8
Take no rewards in a cause: for rewards make blind those who have eyes to see, and make the decisions of the upright false.
Proverbs 17:8
An offering of money is like a stone of great price in the eyes of him who has it: wherever he goes, he does well.
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Proverbs 18:4
The words of a man's mouth are like deep waters: the fountain of wisdom is like a flowing stream.
Proverbs 18:5
To have respect for the person of the evil-doer is not good, or to give a wrong decision against the upright.
Proverbs 18:6
A foolish man's lips are a cause of fighting, and his mouth makes him open to blows.
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Proverbs 18:7
The mouth of a foolish man is his destruction, and his lips are a net for his soul.
Proverbs 18:8
The words of one who says evil of his neighbour secretly are like sweet food, and go down into the inner parts of the stomach.
Proverbs 18:21
Death and life are in the power of the tongue; and those to whom it is dear will have its fruit for their food.
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James 2:1
My brothers, if you have the faith of our Lord Jesus Christ of glory, do not take a man's position into account.
James 2:2
For if a man comes into your Synagogue in fair clothing and with a gold ring, and a poor man comes in with dirty clothing,
James 2:3
And you do honour to the man in fair clothing and say, Come here and take this good place; and you say to the poor man, Take up your position there, or be seated at my feet;
James 2:4
Is there not a division in your minds? have you not become judges with evil thoughts?
James 2:6
But you have put the poor man to shame. Are not the men of wealth rulers over you? do they not take you by force before their judges?
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1 Timothy 5:21
I give you orders before God and Christ Jesus and the angels of God's selection, to keep these orders without giving thought to one side more than another.
Jude 1:16
These are the men who make trouble, ever desiring change, going after evil pleasures, using high-sounding words, respecting men's position in the hope of reward.
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