Leviticus 19:15

American Standard Version (1901)

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 neighbor.

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Referenced Verses

  • Deut 1:17 : 17 Ye shall not respect persons in judgment; ye shall hear the small and the great alike; 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 ye shall bring unto me, and I will hear it.
  • Deut 16:19 : 19 Thou shalt not wrest justice: thou shalt not respect persons; neither shalt thou take a bribe; for a bribe doth blind the eyes of the wise, and pervert the words of the righteous.
  • Exod 23:2-3 : 2 Thou shalt not follow a multitude to do evil; neither shalt thou speak in a cause to turn aside after a multitude to wrest [justice] : 3 neither shalt thou favor a poor man in his cause.
  • Prov 24:23 : 23 These also are [sayings] of the wise. To have respect of persons in judgment is not good.
  • Jas 2:6-9 : 6 But ye have dishonored the poor man. Do not the rich oppress you, and themselves drag you before the judgment-seats? 7 Do not they blaspheme the honorable name by which ye are called? 8 Howbeit if ye fulfil the royal law, according to the scripture, Thou shalt love thy neighbor as thyself, ye do well: 9 but if ye have respect of persons, ye commit sin, being convicted by the law as transgressors.
  • Exod 23:6-8 : 6 Thou shalt not wrest the justice [due] to 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 bribe: for a bribe blindeth them that have sight, and perverteth the words of the righteous.
  • Lev 19:35 : 35 Ye shall do no unrighteousness in judgment, in measures of length, of weight, or of quantity.
  • Deut 25:13-16 : 13 Thou shalt not have in thy bag diverse weights, a great and a small. 14 Thou shalt not have in thy house diverse measures, a great and a small. 15 A perfect and just weight shalt thou have; a perfect and just measure shalt thou have: that thy days may be long in the land which Jehovah thy God giveth thee. 16 For all that do such things, [even] all that do unrighteously, are an abomination unto Jehovah thy God.
  • Deut 27:19 : 19 Cursed be he that wresteth the justice [due] to the sojourner, fatherless, and widow. And all the people shall say, Amen.
  • 2 Chr 19:6-7 : 6 and said to the judges, Consider what ye do: for ye judge not for man, but for Jehovah; and [he is] with you in the judgment. 7 Now therefore let the fear of Jehovah be upon you; take heed and do it: for there is no iniquity with Jehovah our God, nor respect of persons, nor taking of bribes.
  • Ps 82:2 : 2 How long will ye judge unjustly, And respect the persons of the wicked? {{Selah
  • Prov 18:5 : 5 To respect the person of the wicked is not good, [Nor] to turn aside the righteous in judgment.
  • Exod 18:21 : 21 Moreover thou shalt provide out of all the people able men, such as fear God, men of truth, hating unjust gain; and place such over them, to be rulers of thousands, rulers of hundreds, rulers of fifties, and rulers of tens:

Similar Verses (AI)

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  • Deut 16:18-20
    3 verses
    85%

    18Judges and officers shalt thou make thee in all thy gates, which Jehovah thy God giveth thee, according to thy tribes; and they shall judge the people with righteous judgment.

    19Thou shalt not wrest justice: thou shalt not respect persons; neither shalt thou take a bribe; for a bribe doth blind the eyes of the wise, and pervert the words of the righteous.

    20That which is altogether just shalt thou follow, that thou mayest live, and inherit the land which Jehovah thy God giveth thee.

  • Lev 19:35
    84%

    35Ye shall do no unrighteousness in judgment, in measures of length, of weight, or of quantity.

  • Exod 23:6-7
    2 verses
    84%

    6Thou shalt not wrest the justice [due] to thy poor in his cause.

    7Keep thee far from a false matter; and the innocent and righteous slay thou not: for I will not justify the wicked.

  • Deut 1:16-17
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    83%

    16And I charged your judges at that time, saying, Hear [the causes] between your brethren, and judge righteously between a man and his brother, and the sojourner that is with him.

    17Ye shall not respect persons in judgment; ye shall hear the small and the great alike; 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 ye shall bring unto me, and I will hear it.

  • Exod 23:1-3
    3 verses
    81%

    1Thou shalt not take up a false report: put not thy hand with the wicked to be an unrighteous witness.

    2Thou shalt not follow a multitude to do evil; neither shalt thou speak in a cause to turn aside after a multitude to wrest [justice] :

    3neither shalt thou favor a poor man in his cause.

  • Lev 19:9-14
    6 verses
    81%

    9And when ye reap the harvest of your land, thou shalt not wholly reap the corners of thy field, neither shalt thou gather the gleaning of thy harvest.

    10And thou shalt not glean thy vineyard, neither shalt thou gather the fallen fruit of thy vineyard; thou shalt leave them for the poor and for the sojourner: I am Jehovah your God.

    11Ye shall not steal; neither shall ye deal falsely, nor lie one to another.

    12And ye shall not swear by my name falsely, and profane the name of thy God: I am Jehovah.

    13Thou shalt not oppress thy neighbor, nor rob him: the wages of a hired servant shall not abide with thee all night until the morning.

    14Thou shalt not curse the deaf, nor put a stumblingblock before the blind; but thou shalt fear thy God: I am Jehovah.

  • Lev 19:16-18
    3 verses
    80%

    16Thou shalt not go up and down as a talebearer among thy people: neither shalt thou stand against the blood of thy neighbor: I am Jehovah.

    17Thou shalt not hate thy brother in thy heart: thou shalt surely rebuke thy neighbor, and not bear sin because of him.

    18Thou shalt not take vengeance, nor bear any grudge against the children of thy people; but thou shalt love thy neighbor as thyself: I am Jehovah.

  • Lev 25:17
    78%

    17And ye shall not wrong one another; but thou shalt fear thy God: for I am Jehovah your God.

  • Deut 24:17
    78%

    17Thou shalt not wrest the justice [due] to the sojourner, [or] to the fatherless, nor take the widow's raiment to pledge;

  • 2 Chr 19:6-7
    2 verses
    77%

    6and said to the judges, Consider what ye do: for ye judge not for man, but for Jehovah; and [he is] with you in the judgment.

    7Now therefore let the fear of Jehovah be upon you; take heed and do it: for there is no iniquity with Jehovah our God, nor respect of persons, nor taking of bribes.

  • Prov 18:5
    76%

    5To respect the person of the wicked is not good, [Nor] to turn aside the righteous in judgment.

  • Prov 24:23
    76%

    23These also are [sayings] of the wise. To have respect of persons in judgment is not good.

  • Lev 25:14
    75%

    14And if thou sell aught unto thy neighbor, or buy of thy neighbor's hand, ye shall not wrong one another.

  • Deut 24:14
    75%

    14Thou shalt not oppress a hired servant that is poor and needy, whether he be of thy brethren, or of thy sojourners that are in thy land within thy gates:

  • Deut 19:14
    75%

    14Thou shalt not remove thy neighbor's landmark, which they of old time have set, in thine inheritance which thou shalt inherit, in the land that Jehovah thy God giveth thee to possess it.

  • Zech 7:10
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    10and oppress not the widow, nor the fatherless, the sojourner, nor the poor; and let none of you devise evil against his brother in your heart.

  • Jer 22:3
    75%

    3Thus saith Jehovah: Execute ye justice and righteousness, and deliver him that is robbed out of the hand of the oppressor: and do no wrong, do no violence, to the sojourner, the fatherless, nor the widow; neither shed innocent blood in this place.

  • Ps 82:2-3
    2 verses
    74%

    2How long will ye judge unjustly, And respect the persons of the wicked? {{Selah

    3Judge the poor and fatherless: Do justice to the afflicted and destitute.

  • Exod 22:25
    74%

    25If thou lend money to any of my people with thee that is poor, thou shalt not be to him as a creditor; neither shall ye lay upon him interest.

  • Prov 28:21
    74%

    21To have respect of persons is not good; Neither that a man should transgress for a piece of bread.

  • Job 34:19
    74%

    19That respecteth not the persons of princes, Nor regardeth the rich more than the poor; For they all are the work of his hands.

  • Jer 7:5-6
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    74%

    5For if ye thoroughly amend your ways and your doings; if ye thoroughly execute justice between a man and his neighbor;

    6if ye oppress not the sojourner, the fatherless, and the widow, and shed not innocent blood in this place, neither walk after other gods to your own hurt:

  • Prov 22:22
    74%

    22Rob not the poor, because he is poor; Neither oppress the afflicted in the gate:

  • Prov 31:9
    73%

    9Open thy mouth, judge righteously, And minister justice to the poor and needy.

  • Ps 72:2
    73%

    2He will judge thy people with righteousness, And thy poor with justice.

  • John 7:24
    73%

    24Judge not according to appearance, but judge righteous judgment.

  • Deut 27:19
    73%

    19Cursed be he that wresteth the justice [due] to the sojourner, fatherless, and widow. And all the people shall say, Amen.

  • Lev 19:32-33
    2 verses
    73%

    32Thou shalt rise up before the hoary head, and honor the face of the old man, and thou shalt fear thy God: I am Jehovah.

    33And if a stranger sojourn with thee in your land, ye shall not do him wrong.

  • Jer 22:16
    73%

    16He judged the cause of the poor and needy; then it was well. Was not this to know me? saith Jehovah.

  • Zech 8:16
    73%

    16These are the things that ye shall do: speak ye every man the truth with his neighbor; execute the judgment of truth and peace in your gates;

  • Ezek 18:8
    73%

    8he that hath not given forth upon interest, neither hath taken any increase, that hath withdrawn his hand from iniquity, hath executed true justice between man and man,

  • Lev 19:37
    72%

    37And ye shall observe all my statutes, and all mine ordinances, and do them: I am Jehovah.

  • 2 Chr 19:10
    72%

    10And whensoever any controversy shall come to you from your brethren that dwell in their cities, between blood and blood, between law and commandment, statutes and ordinances, ye shall warn them, that they be not guilty towards Jehovah, and so wrath come upon you and upon your brethren: this do, and ye shall not be guilty.