Leviticus 19:15

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Do not pervert justice; do not show partiality to the poor or favoritism to the great, but judge your neighbor fairly.

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Referenced Verses

  • Deut 1:17 : 17 Do not show partiality in judgment; hear both small and great alike. Do not be afraid of anyone, for judgment belongs to God. Bring any case that is too difficult for you to me, and I will hear it.
  • Deut 16:19 : 19 Do not pervert justice or show partiality. Do not accept a bribe, for a bribe blinds the eyes of the wise and twists the words of the righteous.
  • Exod 23:2-3 : 2 Do not follow the majority to do evil, and do not testify in a dispute to turn aside after the majority to pervert justice. 3 Do not show partiality to a poor person in his lawsuit.
  • Prov 24:23 : 23 These also belong to the wise: showing partiality in judgment is not good.
  • Jas 2:6-9 : 6 But you have dishonored the poor man. Are not the rich the ones who oppress you and drag you into court? 7 Are they not the ones who blaspheme the noble name that was invoked over you? 8 If you truly fulfill the royal law according to Scripture, 'You shall love your neighbor as yourself,' you are doing well. 9 But if you show favoritism, you commit sin and are convicted by the law as transgressors.
  • Exod 23:6-8 : 6 Do not deny justice to your poor among you in their lawsuit. 7 Stay far from a false accusation; do not kill the innocent and the righteous, for I will not justify the wicked. 8 Do not accept a bribe, for a bribe blinds those who see and twists the words of the righteous.
  • Lev 19:35 : 35 Do not use dishonest measures in judgment, whether in length, weight, or quantity.
  • Deut 25:13-16 : 13 Do not have two differing weights in your bag, a heavy one and a light one. 14 Do not have two differing measures in your house, a large one and a small one. 15 You must have accurate and honest weights and measures, so that you may live long in the land the LORD your God is giving you. 16 For anyone who does these things, anyone who deals dishonestly, is detestable to the LORD your God.
  • Deut 27:19 : 19 Cursed is anyone who denies justice to the foreigner, the fatherless, or the widow. Then all the people shall say, 'Amen.'
  • 2 Chr 19:6-7 : 6 He said to the judges, 'Consider carefully what you do, because you are not judging for mere mortals, but for the LORD, who is with you whenever you give a judgment.' 7 Now let the fear of the LORD be upon you. Be careful and act, for with the LORD our God there is no injustice, partiality, or taking of bribes.
  • Ps 82:2 : 2 How long will you judge unjustly and show partiality to the wicked? Selah.
  • Prov 18:5 : 5 It is not good to show partiality to the wicked or to subvert the justice of the righteous.
  • Exod 18:21 : 21 But select capable men from among all the people—men who fear God, are trustworthy, and hate dishonest gain. Appoint them as officials over thousands, hundreds, fifties, and tens.

Similar Verses (AI)

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  • Deut 16:18-20
    3 verses
    85%

    18Appoint judges and officials for each of your tribes in every town the Lord your God is giving you, and they shall judge the people fairly.

    19Do not pervert justice or show partiality. Do not accept a bribe, for a bribe blinds the eyes of the wise and twists the words of the righteous.

    20Follow justice and justice alone, so that you may live and possess the land the Lord your God is giving you.

  • Lev 19:35
    84%

    35Do not use dishonest measures in judgment, whether in length, weight, or quantity.

  • Exod 23:6-7
    2 verses
    84%

    6Do not deny justice to your poor among you in their lawsuit.

    7Stay far from a false accusation; do not kill the innocent and the righteous, for I will not justify the wicked.

  • Deut 1:16-17
    2 verses
    83%

    16At that time, I commanded your judges, saying, 'Hear the disputes between your brothers and judge fairly between a man and his brother or the foreigner who is residing among them.'

    17Do not show partiality in judgment; hear both small and great alike. Do not be afraid of anyone, for judgment belongs to God. Bring any case that is too difficult for you to me, and I will hear it.

  • Exod 23:1-3
    3 verses
    81%

    1Do not spread a false report, and do not join hands with a wicked person to be a malicious witness.

    2Do not follow the majority to do evil, and do not testify in a dispute to turn aside after the majority to pervert justice.

    3Do not show partiality to a poor person in his lawsuit.

  • Lev 19:9-14
    6 verses
    81%

    9When you reap the harvest of your land, do not reap to the very edges of your field or gather the gleanings of your harvest.

    10Do not go over your vineyard a second time or pick up the grapes that have fallen. Leave them for the poor and the foreigner. I am the LORD your God.

    11Do not steal. Do not deceive or lie to one another.

    12Do not swear falsely by my name and so profane the name of your God. I am the LORD.

    13Do not oppress or rob your neighbor. Do not withhold the wages of a hired worker overnight.

    14Do not curse the deaf or put a stumbling block in front of the blind, but fear your God. I am the LORD.

  • Lev 19:16-18
    3 verses
    80%

    16Do not go about spreading slander among your people. Do not do anything that endangers your neighbor’s life. I am the LORD.

    17Do not hate your brother in your heart. You must surely reprove your neighbor, and do not bear sin because of him.

    18Do not seek revenge or bear a grudge against anyone among your people, but love your neighbor as yourself. I am the LORD.

  • Lev 25:17
    78%

    17Do not take advantage of one another, but fear your God; I am the LORD your God.

  • Deut 24:17
    78%

    17Do not pervert justice for the foreigner or the fatherless, and do not take a widow's garment as security for a pledge.

  • 2 Chr 19:6-7
    2 verses
    77%

    6He said to the judges, 'Consider carefully what you do, because you are not judging for mere mortals, but for the LORD, who is with you whenever you give a judgment.'

    7Now let the fear of the LORD be upon you. Be careful and act, for with the LORD our God there is no injustice, partiality, or taking of bribes.

  • Prov 18:5
    76%

    5It is not good to show partiality to the wicked or to subvert the justice of the righteous.

  • Prov 24:23
    76%

    23These also belong to the wise: showing partiality in judgment is not good.

  • Lev 25:14
    75%

    14If you sell land to your neighbor or buy land from your neighbor, do not take advantage of one another.

  • Deut 24:14
    75%

    14Do not take advantage of a hired worker who is poor and needy, whether that worker is a fellow Israelite or a foreigner residing in one of your towns.

  • Deut 19:14
    75%

    14Do not move your neighbor's boundary marker, established by the ancestors, in the inheritance you will receive in the land the LORD your God is giving you to possess.

  • Zech 7:10
    75%

    10Do not oppress the widow or the orphan, the foreigner or the poor. Do not plot evil in your hearts against one another.'

  • Jer 22:3
    75%

    3This is what the LORD says: Practice justice and righteousness. Rescue the one who has been robbed from the hand of the oppressor. Do not mistreat or harm the foreigner, the fatherless, or the widow. Do not shed innocent blood in this place.

  • Ps 82:2-3
    2 verses
    74%

    2How long will you judge unjustly and show partiality to the wicked? Selah.

    3Defend the weak and the fatherless; uphold the cause of the poor and the oppressed.

  • Exod 22:25
    74%

    25If you take your neighbor's cloak as a pledge, return it to him before the sun sets.

  • Prov 28:21
    74%

    21To show partiality is not good, yet for a piece of bread, a man will transgress.

  • Job 34:19
    74%

    19God shows no partiality to princes and does not favor the rich over the poor, for they are all the work of His hands.

  • Jer 7:5-6
    2 verses
    74%

    5For if you truly amend your ways and your deeds, if you truly execute justice between a person and their neighbor,

    6if you do not oppress the foreigner, the fatherless, or the widow, and do not shed innocent blood in this place, or follow other gods, bringing harm upon yourselves,

  • Prov 22:22
    74%

    22Do not rob the poor because he is poor, and do not crush the afflicted at the gate.

  • Prov 31:9
    73%

    9Speak up and judge fairly; defend the rights of the poor and needy.

  • Ps 72:2
    73%

    2He will judge your people with righteousness and your afflicted ones with justice.

  • John 7:24
    73%

    24Do not judge by appearance, but judge with righteous judgment.

  • Deut 27:19
    73%

    19Cursed is anyone who denies justice to the foreigner, the fatherless, or the widow. Then all the people shall say, 'Amen.'

  • Lev 19:32-33
    2 verses
    73%

    32Stand up in the presence of the elderly, show respect for the aged, and fear your God. I am the LORD.

    33When a stranger resides with you in your land, do not mistreat them.

  • Jer 22:16
    73%

    16He defended the cause of the poor and needy, and it was well with him. Is this not what it means to know me? declares the LORD.

  • Zech 8:16
    73%

    16These are the things you must do: Speak the truth to one another, render true and just judgments in your gates,

  • Ezek 18:8
    73%

    8He does not lend at interest or take a profit; he withholds his hand from injustice and judges fairly between parties.

  • Lev 19:37
    72%

    37Keep all my decrees and all my laws and follow them. I am the LORD.

  • 2 Chr 19:10
    72%

    10Whatever case comes to you from your fellow Israelites living in their cities—whether of bloodshed or other matters of the law, commands, statutes, or decrees—you are to warn them not to sin against the LORD; otherwise, His wrath will come upon you and your people. Do this, and you will not sin.