Leviticus 19:15

Bishops' Bible (1568)

Ye shall do no vnrighteousnesse in iudgement, thou shalt not fauour the person poore, nor honour the person mightie, but in righteousnes shalt thou iudge thy neighbour.

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  • Deut 1:17 : 17 Ye shall haue no respect of any person in iudgement, but you shall heare the small aswell as the great: You shall not feare the face of any man, for the iudgement is Gods. And the cause that is to harde for you, referre it vnto me, and I wyll heare it.
  • Deut 16:19 : 19 Wrest not thou the lawe, nor knowe any person, neither take any rewarde: for giftes do blinde the eyes of the wise, & peruert the wordes of the righteous.
  • Exod 23:2-3 : 2 Thou shalt not folow a multitude to do euill, neither shalt thou speake in a matter of iustice according to the greater number, for to peruert iudgement. 3 Neither shalt thou esteeme a poore man in his cause.
  • Prov 24:23 : 23 It is not good to haue respect of any person in iudgement.
  • Jas 2:6-9 : 6 But ye haue despised the poore. Do not riche men oppresse you by tirannie, and drawe you before the iudgementes seates? 7 Do not they blaspheme that good name by the which you are named? 8 If ye fulfyll the royal lawe, according to the scripture, thou shalt loue thy neighbour as thy selfe, ye do well: 9 But yf ye regarde one person more then another, ye commit sinne, and are rebuked of the lawe, as transgressours.
  • Exod 23:6-8 : 6 Thou shalt not hinder the right of thy poore in his suite. 7 Kepe thee farre from a false matter, and the innocent and righteous see thou slay not: for I wyll not iustifie the wicked. 8 Thou shalt take no gyftes: for gyftes blinde the seyng, and peruert the wordes of the righteous.
  • Lev 19:35 : 35 Ye shall do no vnrighteousnesse in iudgement, in metyarde, in wayght, or in measure.
  • Deut 25:13-16 : 13 Thou shalt not haue in thy bagge two maner of wayghtes, a great and a small: 14 Neither shalt thou haue in thine house diuers measures, a great and a small. 15 But thou shalt haue a right and iust waight, and a perfect and a iust measure shalt thou haue: that thy dayes may be lengthed in the lande which the Lorde thy God geueth thee. 16 For all that do such thynges, and all that do vnright, are abhomination vnto the Lorde thy God.
  • Deut 27:19 : 19 Cursed be he that hindreth the ryght of the straunger, fatherlesse, and widdowe: & all the people shall say, Amen.
  • 2 Chr 19:6-7 : 6 And sayde to the iudges, Take heede what ye do: for ye execute not the iudgementes of man, but of God, whiche is with you in the iudgement. 7 Wherfore now let the feare of the Lord be vpon you, and take heede, & be doyng the thing that pleaseth hym for there is no vnrighteousnes with the Lorde our God, that he shoulde haue any respect of persons, or take rewardes.
  • Ps 82:2 : 2 Howe long wyll ye geue wrong iudgement: and accept the persons of the vngodly? Selah.
  • Prov 18:5 : 5 It is not good to regarde the person of the vngodly, to ouerthrowe the righteous in iudgement.
  • Exod 18:21 : 21 Moreouer, thou shalt seeke out among all the people, men of actiuitie and such as feare God, true men hating couetousnes, and place of these ouer the people rulers of thousandes, rulers of hundrethes, rulers of fiftithes, and rulers of tennes,

Similar Verses (AI)

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  • Deut 16:18-20
    3 verses
    85%

    18 Iudges and officers shalt thou make thee in all thy cities which the Lorde thy God geueth thee throughout thy tribes, and they shall iudge the people with iust iudgement.

    19 Wrest not thou the lawe, nor knowe any person, neither take any rewarde: for giftes do blinde the eyes of the wise, & peruert the wordes of the righteous.

    20 That which is iust and ryght shalt thou folowe, that thou mayst lyue, and enioy the lande which the Lorde thy God geueth thee.

  • Lev 19:35
    84%

    35 Ye shall do no vnrighteousnesse in iudgement, in metyarde, in wayght, or in measure.

  • Exod 23:6-7
    2 verses
    84%

    6 Thou shalt not hinder the right of thy poore in his suite.

    7 Kepe thee farre from a false matter, and the innocent and righteous see thou slay not: for I wyll not iustifie the wicked.

  • Deut 1:16-17
    2 verses
    83%

    16 And I charged your Iudges that same tyme, saying: Heare the cause of your brethren, and iudge righteously betweene euery man and his brother, and the straunger that is with hym.

    17 Ye shall haue no respect of any person in iudgement, but you shall heare the small aswell as the great: You shall not feare the face of any man, for the iudgement is Gods. And the cause that is to harde for you, referre it vnto me, and I wyll heare it.

  • Exod 23:1-3
    3 verses
    81%

    1 Thou shalt not haue to do with any false report, neither shalt thou put thine hand with the wicked, to be an vnrighteous witnesse.

    2 Thou shalt not folow a multitude to do euill, neither shalt thou speake in a matter of iustice according to the greater number, for to peruert iudgement.

    3 Neither shalt thou esteeme a poore man in his cause.

  • Lev 19:9-14
    6 verses
    81%

    9 When ye reape the haruest of your land, thou shalt not thorowly reape the corners of the fielde, neither shalt thou gather the gleaninges of thy haruest.

    10 Thou shalt not dishonest thy vineyarde, neither gather in thorowly the grapes of thy vineyarde, but thou shalt leaue them for the poore and straunger: I am the Lorde your God.

    11 Ye shall not steale, neither deale falselye, neither lye one to another.

    12 Ye shall not sweare by my name falsely, neither shalt thou defile the name of thy God: I am the Lorde.

    13 Thou shalt not do thy neighbour wrong, neither rob hym, neither shall the workmans hyre abyde with thee vntyll the mornyng.

    14 Thou shalt not despise the deafe, neither put a stumblyng blocke before the blynde, but shalt feare thy God: I am the Lorde.

  • Lev 19:16-18
    3 verses
    80%

    16 Thou shalt not go vp and downe with tales among thy people, neither shalt thou stande agaynst the blood of thy neighbour: I am the Lorde.

    17 Thou shalt not hate thy brother in thyne heart, but shalt in any wyse rebuke thy neighbour, & suffer not sinne vpon hym.

    18 Thou shalt not auenge nor wayte to do displeasure agaynst the chyldren of thy people, but shalt loue thy neighbour euen as thy selfe: I am the Lorde.

  • Lev 25:17
    78%

    17 Oppresse not ye therfore euery man his neighbour, but thou shalt feare thy God: For I am the Lorde your God.

  • Deut 24:17
    78%

    17 Thou shalt not peruert the ryght of the strauger, nor of the fatherlesse, nor take a wydowes rayment to pledge:

  • 2 Chr 19:6-7
    2 verses
    77%

    6 And sayde to the iudges, Take heede what ye do: for ye execute not the iudgementes of man, but of God, whiche is with you in the iudgement.

    7 Wherfore now let the feare of the Lord be vpon you, and take heede, & be doyng the thing that pleaseth hym for there is no vnrighteousnes with the Lorde our God, that he shoulde haue any respect of persons, or take rewardes.

  • Prov 18:5
    76%

    5 It is not good to regarde the person of the vngodly, to ouerthrowe the righteous in iudgement.

  • Prov 24:23
    76%

    23 It is not good to haue respect of any person in iudgement.

  • Lev 25:14
    75%

    14 If thou sellest ought vnto thy neyghbour, or byest ought of thy neyghbours hande, ye shal not oppresse one another.

  • Deut 24:14
    75%

    14 Thou shalt not oppresse an hyred seruaunt that is needie and poore, whether he be of thy brethre, or of the straungers that are in thy lande within thy gates:

  • Deut 19:14
    75%

    14 Thou shalt not remoue thy neyghbours marke, which they of olde time haue set in thine inheritaunce, that thou shalt inherite in the lande which the Lorde thy God geueth thee to enioy it.

  • Zech 7:10
    75%

    10 Do the wydow, the fatherlesse, the straungers and poore no wrong, and let no man imagine euil against his brother in his heart.

  • Jer 22:3
    75%

    3 Thus the Lord comaundeth: Kepe equitie and righteousnesse, deliuer the oppressed from the power of the violent, do not greeue nor oppresse the straunger, the fatherlesse, nor the widowe, and shed no innocent blood in this place.

  • Ps 82:2-3
    2 verses
    74%

    2 Howe long wyll ye geue wrong iudgement: and accept the persons of the vngodly? Selah.

    3 Iudge ryght vnto the poore and fatherlesse: dispatch according to iustice suche as be afflicted and in necessitie.

  • Exod 22:25
    74%

    25 If thou lende money to any of my people that is poore by thee, thou shalt not be as a tiraunt vnto him, neither shalt thou lay vpon him vsurie.

  • Prov 28:21
    74%

    21 To haue respect of persons in iudgement is not good, for that man wyll do wrong, yea euen for a peece of bread.

  • Job 34:19
    74%

    19 God hath no respect vnto the persons of the lordly, and regardeth not the riche more then the poore: for they be al the worke of his handes.

  • Jer 7:5-6
    2 verses
    74%

    5 But rather in deede amende your wayes and counsels, and iudge right betwixt a man and his neighbour,

    6 Oppresse not the straunger, the fatherlesse, and the widowe, shed not innocent blood in this place, cleaue not to straunge gods to your owne destruction:

  • Prov 22:22
    74%

    22 Rob not the poore, because he is poore: and oppresse not the simple in iudgement:

  • Prov 31:9
    73%

    9 Open thy mouth, defende the thyng that is lawfull and ryght, and the cause of the poore and helpelesse.

  • Ps 72:2
    73%

    2 Then he wyll iudge thy people accordyng vnto iustice: and thy afflicted accordyng to equitie.

  • John 7:24
    73%

    24 Iudge not after the vtter appearaunce, but iudge with a ryghteous iudgement.

  • Deut 27:19
    73%

    19 Cursed be he that hindreth the ryght of the straunger, fatherlesse, and widdowe: & all the people shall say, Amen.

  • Lev 19:32-33
    2 verses
    73%

    32 Thou shalt ryse vp before the hore head, and reuerence the face of the olde man, and dreade thy God: I am the Lorde.

    33 If a straunger soiourne with thee in your lande, ye shall not vexe hym.

  • Jer 22:16
    73%

    16 Yea, when he helped the oppressed and poore to their right, then prospered he well: From whence came this, but onlye because he knewe me, saith the Lorde?

  • Zech 8:16
    73%

    16 Now the thinges that ye shall do, are these: Speake euery man the trueth vnto his neighbour, execute iudgement truely & peaceably within your portes:

  • Ezek 18:8
    73%

    8 And hath not geuen foorth vpon vsurie, neither taken any encrease, he hath withdrawne his hande from iniquitie, and hath executed true iudgement betweene man and man:

  • Lev 19:37
    72%

    37 Therfore shall ye obserue all my ordinaunces, and al my iudgementes, and do them: I am the Lorde.

  • 2 Chr 19:10
    72%

    10 What cause soeuer come to you of your brethren that dwell in their cities, betweene blood and blood, betweene lawe and commaundemet, betweene statutes and ordinaunces: ye shall warne them that they trespasse not against ye Lorde, and so wrath come vpon you and your brethren: Thus do, & ye shal not offende.