Leviticus 19:15

Bible in Basic English (1941)

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.

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Referenced Verses

  • Deut 1:17 : 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.
  • Deut 16:19 : 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.
  • Exod 23:2-3 : 2 Do not be moved to do wrong by the general opinion, or give the support of your words to a wrong decision: 3 But, on the other hand, do not be turned from what is right in order to give support to a poor man's cause.
  • Prov 24:23 : 23 These are more sayings of the wise: To have respect for a person's position when judging is not good.
  • Jas 2:6-9 : 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? 7 Do they not say evil of the holy name which was given to you? 8 But if you keep the greatest law of all, as it is given in the holy Writings, Have love for your neighbour as for yourself, you do well: 9 But if you take a man's position into account, you do evil, and are judged as evil-doers by the law.
  • Exod 23:6-8 : 6 Let no wrong decisions be given in the poor man's cause. 7 Keep yourselves far from any false business; never let the upright or him who has done no wrong be put to death: for I will make the evil-doer responsible for his sin. 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.
  • Lev 19:35 : 35 Do not make false decisions in questions of yard-sticks and weights and measures.
  • Deut 25:13-16 : 13 Do not have in your bag different weights, a great and a small; 14 Or in your house different measures, a great and a small. 15 But have a true weight and a true measure: so that your life may be long in the land which the Lord your God is giving you. 16 For all who do such things, and all whose ways are not upright, are disgusting to the Lord your God.
  • Deut 27:19 : 19 Cursed is he who gives a wrong decision in the cause of a man from a strange land, or of one without a father, or of a widow. And let all the people say, So be it.
  • 2 Chr 19:6-7 : 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. 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.
  • Ps 82:2 : 2 How long will you go on judging falsely, having respect for the persons of evil-doers? (Selah.)
  • Prov 18:5 : 5 To have respect for the person of the evil-doer is not good, or to give a wrong decision against the upright.
  • Exod 18:21 : 21 But for the rest, take from among the people able men, such as have the fear of God, true men hating profits wrongly made; and put such men over them, to be captains of thousands, captains of hundreds and of fifties and of tens;

Similar Verses (AI)

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  • Deut 16:18-20
    3 verses
    85%

    18You are to make judges and overseers in all your towns which the Lord your God gives you, for every tribe: and they are to be upright men, judging the people in righteousness.

    19You 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.

    20Let righteousness be your guide, so that you may have life, and take for your heritage the land which the Lord your God is giving you.

  • Lev 19:35
    84%

    35Do not make false decisions in questions of yard-sticks and weights and measures.

  • Exod 23:6-7
    2 verses
    84%

    6Let no wrong decisions be given in the poor man's cause.

    7Keep yourselves far from any false business; never let the upright or him who has done no wrong be put to death: for I will make the evil-doer responsible for his sin.

  • Deut 1:16-17
    2 verses
    83%

    16And at that time I gave orders to your judges, saying, Let all questions between your brothers come before you for hearing, and give decisions uprightly between a man and his brother or one from another nation who is with him.

    17In 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.

  • Exod 23:1-3
    3 verses
    81%

    1Do not let a false statement go further; do not make an agreement with evil-doers to be a false witness.

    2Do not be moved to do wrong by the general opinion, or give the support of your words to a wrong decision:

    3But, on the other hand, do not be turned from what is right in order to give support to a poor man's cause.

  • Lev 19:9-14
    6 verses
    81%

    9And when you get in the grain from your land, do not let all the grain be cut from the edges of the field, or take up what has been dropped on the earth after the getting in of the grain.

    10And do not take all the grapes from your vine-garden, or the fruit dropped on the earth; let the poor man, and the man from another country, have these: I am the Lord your God.

    11Do not take anyone's property or be false in act or word to another.

    12And do not take an oath in my name falsely, putting shame on the name of your God: I am the Lord.

    13Do not be cruel to your neighbour or take what is his; do not keep back a servant's payment from him all night till the morning.

    14Do not put a curse on those who have no hearing, or put a cause of falling in the way of the blind, but keep the fear of your God before you: I am the Lord.

  • Lev 19:16-18
    3 verses
    80%

    16Do not go about saying untrue things among your people, or take away the life of your neighbour by false witness: I am the Lord.

    17Let there be no hate in your heart for your brother; but you may make a protest to your neighbour, so that he may be stopped from doing evil.

    18Do not make attempts to get equal with one who has done you wrong, or keep hard feelings against the children of your people, but have love for your neighbour as for yourself: I am the Lord.

  • Lev 25:17
    78%

    17And do no wrong, one to another, but let the fear of your God be before you; for I am the Lord your God.

  • Deut 24:17
    78%

    17Be upright in judging the cause of the man from a strange country and of him who has no father; do not take a widow's clothing on account of a debt:

  • 2 Chr 19:6-7
    2 verses
    77%

    6And 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.

    7So 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.

  • Prov 18:5
    76%

    5To have respect for the person of the evil-doer is not good, or to give a wrong decision against the upright.

  • Prov 24:23
    76%

    23These are more sayings of the wise: To have respect for a person's position when judging is not good.

  • Lev 25:14
    75%

    14And in the business of trading goods for money, do no wrong to one another.

  • Deut 24:14
    75%

    14Do not be hard on a servant who is poor and in need, if he is one of your countrymen or a man from another nation living with you in your land.

  • Deut 19:14
    75%

    14Your neighbour's landmark, which was put in its place by the men of old times, is not to be moved or taken away in the land of your heritage which the Lord your God is giving you.

  • Zech 7:10
    75%

    10Do not be hard on the widow, or the child without a father, on the man from a strange country, or on the poor; let there be no evil thought in your heart against your brother.

  • Jer 22:3
    75%

    3This is what the Lord has said: Do what is right, judging uprightly, and make free from the hands of the cruel one him whose goods have been violently taken away: do no wrong and be not violent to the man from a strange country and the child without a father and the widow, and let not those who have done no wrong be put to death in this place.

  • Ps 82:2-3
    2 verses
    74%

    2How long will you go on judging falsely, having respect for the persons of evil-doers? (Selah.)

    3Give ear to the cause of the poor and the children without fathers; let those who are troubled and in need have their rights.

  • Exod 22:25
    74%

    25If you let any of the poor among my people have the use of your money, do not be a hard creditor to him, and do not take interest.

  • Prov 28:21
    74%

    21It is not good to have respect for a man's position: for a man will do wrong for a bit of bread.

  • Job 34:19
    74%

    19Who 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.

  • Jer 7:5-6
    2 verses
    74%

    5For if your ways and your doings are truly changed for the better; if you truly give right decisions between a man and his neighbour;

    6If you are not cruel to the man from a strange country, and to the child without a father, and to the widow, and do not put the upright to death in this place, or go after other gods, causing damage to yourselves:

  • Prov 22:22
    74%

    22Do not take away the property of the poor man because he is poor, or be cruel to the crushed ones when they come before the judge:

  • Prov 31:9
    73%

    9Let your mouth be open, judging rightly, and give right decisions in the cause of the poor and those in need.

  • Ps 72:2
    73%

    2May he be a judge of your people in righteousness, and make true decisions for the poor.

  • John 7:24
    73%

    24Let not your decisions be based on what you see, but on righteousness.

  • Deut 27:19
    73%

    19Cursed is he who gives a wrong decision in the cause of a man from a strange land, or of one without a father, or of a widow. And let all the people say, So be it.

  • Lev 19:32-33
    2 verses
    73%

    32Get up from your seats before the white-haired, and give honour to the old, and let the fear of your God be before you: I am the Lord.

    33And if a man from another country is living in your land with you, do not make life hard for him;

  • Jer 22:16
    73%

    16He was judge in the cause of the poor and those in need; then it was well. Was not this to have knowledge of me? says the Lord.

  • Zech 8:16
    73%

    16These are the things which you are to do: Let every man say what is true to his neighbour; and let your judging give peace in your towns.

  • Ezek 18:8
    73%

    8And has not given his money out at interest or taken great profits, and, turning his hand from evil-doing, has kept faith between man and man,

  • Lev 19:37
    72%

    37You are to keep all my rules and my decisions and do them: I am the Lord.

  • 2 Chr 19:10
    72%

    10And if any cause comes before you from your brothers living in their towns, where the death punishment is in question, or where there are questions of law or order, or rules or decisions, make them take care that they are not in the wrong before the Lord, so that wrath may not come on you and on your brothers; do this and you yourselves will not be in the wrong.