Leviticus 19:15

Geneva Bible (1560)

Ye shall not doe vniustly in iudgement. Thou shalt not fauour the person of the poore, nor honour the person of the mightie, but thou shalt iudge thy neighbour iustly.

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Referenced Verses

  • Deut 1:17 : 17 Ye shal haue no respect of person in iudgement, but shall heare the small aswell as the great: yee shall not feare the face of man: for the iudgemet is Gods: and the cause that is too hard for you, bring vnto me, and I will heare it.
  • Deut 16:19 : 19 Wrest not thou ye Law, nor respect any person, neither take rewarde: for the reward blindeth ye eyes of the wise, & peruerteth ye worde of ye iust.
  • Exod 23:2-3 : 2 Thou shalt not followe a multitude to do euil, neither agree in a controuersie to decline after many and ouerthrowe the trueth. 3 Thou shalt not esteeme a poore man in his cause.
  • Prov 24:23 : 23 Also these things perteine to the wise, It is not good to haue respect of any person in iudgement.
  • Jas 2:6-9 : 6 But ye haue despised the poore. Doe not the riche oppresse you by tyrannie, and doe not they drawe you before the iudgement seates? 7 Doe nor they blaspheme the worthie Name after which yee be named? 8 But if yee fulfill the royall Lawe according to the Scripture, which saith, Thou shalt loue thy neighbour as thy selfe, yee doe well. 9 But if yee regarde the persons, yee commit sinne, and are rebuked of the Lawe, as transgressours.
  • Exod 23:6-8 : 6 Thou shalt not ouerthrowe the right of thy poore in his sute. 7 Thou shalt keepe thee farre fro a false matter, and shalt not slaye the innocent and the righteous: for I will not iustifie a wicked man. 8 Thou shalt take no gift: for the gift blindeth the wise, and peruerteth the wordes of the righteous.
  • Lev 19:35 : 35 Ye shall not doe vniustly in iudgement, in line, in weight, or in measure.
  • Deut 25:13-16 : 13 Thou shalt not haue in thy bagge two maner of weightes, 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 & iust weight: a perfite and a iust measure shalt thou haue, that thy dayes may be lengthened in the land, which the Lord thy God giueth thee. 16 For all that doe such things, and all that doe vnrighteously, are abomination vnto the Lord thy God.
  • Deut 27:19 : 19 Cursed be he that hindreth the right of the stranger, the fatherles, and the widow: And all the people shal say: So be it.
  • 2 Chr 19:6-7 : 6 And said to the iudges, Take heede what ye doe: for yee execute not the iudgements of man, but of the Lorde, and he will be with you in the cause and iudgement. 7 Wherefore nowe let the feare of the Lorde be vpon you: take heede, and do it: for there is no iniquitie with the Lord our God, neither respect of persons, nor receiuing of reward.
  • Ps 82:2 : 2 How long wil ye iudge vniustly, and accept the persons of the wicked? Selah.
  • Prov 18:5 : 5 It is not good to accept the person of the wicked, to cause ye righteous to fall in iudgement.
  • Exod 18:21 : 21 Moreouer, prouide thou among al the people men of courage, fearing God, men dealing truely, hating couetousnesse: and appoynt such ouer them to be rulers ouer thousandes, rulers ouer hundreths, rulers ouer fifties, and rulers ouer tennes.

Similar Verses (AI)

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  • Deut 16:18-20
    3 verses
    85%

    18Iudges and officers shalt thou make thee in all thy cities, which the Lord thy God giueth thee, throughout thy tribes: and they shall iudge the people with righteous iudgement.

    19Wrest not thou ye Law, nor respect any person, neither take rewarde: for the reward blindeth ye eyes of the wise, & peruerteth ye worde of ye iust.

    20That which is iust and right shalt thou follow, that thou maiest liue, & possesse the land which the Lord thy God giueth thee.

  • Lev 19:35
    84%

    35Ye shall not doe vniustly in iudgement, in line, in weight, or in measure.

  • Exod 23:6-7
    2 verses
    84%

    6Thou shalt not ouerthrowe the right of thy poore in his sute.

    7Thou shalt keepe thee farre fro a false matter, and shalt not slaye the innocent and the righteous: for I will not iustifie a wicked man.

  • Deut 1:16-17
    2 verses
    83%

    16And I charged your iudges that same time, saying, Heare the controuersies betweene your brethren, and iudge righteously betwene euery man and his brother, and the stranger that is with him.

    17Ye shal haue no respect of person in iudgement, but shall heare the small aswell as the great: yee shall not feare the face of man: for the iudgemet is Gods: and the cause that is too hard for you, bring vnto me, and I will heare it.

  • Exod 23:1-3
    3 verses
    81%

    1Thou shalt not receiue a false tale, neyther shalt thou put thine hande with the wicked, to be a false witnes.

    2Thou shalt not followe a multitude to do euil, neither agree in a controuersie to decline after many and ouerthrowe the trueth.

    3Thou shalt not esteeme a poore man in his cause.

  • Lev 19:9-14
    6 verses
    81%

    9When yee reape the haruest of your land, ye shal not reape euery corner of your field, neither shalt thou gather the glainings of thy haruest.

    10Thou shalt not gather the grapes of thy vineyarde cleane, neyther gather euery grape of thy vineyarde, but thou shalt leaue them for the poore and for the straunger: I am the Lorde your God.

    11Ye shall not steale, neither deale falsely, neither lie one to another.

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

    13Thou shalt not do thy neighbour wrong, neither rob him. The workemans hire shal not abide with thee vntil the morning.

    14Thou shalt not curse the deafe, neither put a stumbling blocke before the blinde, but shalt feare thy God: I am the Lord.

  • Lev 19:16-18
    3 verses
    80%

    16Thou shalt not walke about with tales among thy people. Thou shalt not stand against the blood of thy neighbour: I am the Lord.

    17Thou shalt not hate thy brother in thine heart, but thou shalt plainely rebuke thy neighbour, and suffer him not to sinne.

    18Thou shalt not auenge, nor be mindful of wrong against ye childre of thy people, but shalt loue thy neighbour as thy selfe: I am the Lord.

  • Lev 25:17
    78%

    17Oppresse not ye therefore any man his neighbour, but thou shalt feare thy God: for I am the Lorde your God.

  • Deut 24:17
    78%

    17Thou shalt not peruert the right of the stranger, nor of the fatherlesse, nor take a widowes rayment to pledge.

  • 2 Chr 19:6-7
    2 verses
    77%

    6And said to the iudges, Take heede what ye doe: for yee execute not the iudgements of man, but of the Lorde, and he will be with you in the cause and iudgement.

    7Wherefore nowe let the feare of the Lorde be vpon you: take heede, and do it: for there is no iniquitie with the Lord our God, neither respect of persons, nor receiuing of reward.

  • Prov 18:5
    76%

    5It is not good to accept the person of the wicked, to cause ye righteous to fall in iudgement.

  • Prov 24:23
    76%

    23Also these things perteine to the wise, It is not good to haue respect of any person in iudgement.

  • Lev 25:14
    75%

    14And when thou sellest ought to thy neighbour, or byest at thy neighbours hande, ye shall not oppresse one another:

  • Deut 24:14
    75%

    14Thou shalt not oppresse an hyred seruant that is needie and poore, neyther of thy brethren, nor of the stranger that is in thy land within thy gates.

  • Deut 19:14
    75%

    14Thou shalt not remooue thy neighbours marke, which they of olde time haue set in thine inheritance, that thou shalt inherite in the lande, which ye Lorde thy God giueth thee to possesse it.

  • Zech 7:10
    75%

    10And oppresse not the widowe, nor the fatherles, the stranger nor the poore, & let none of you imagine euil against his brother in your heart.

  • Jer 22:3
    75%

    3Thus saith the Lorde, Execute ye iudgement and righteousnes, and deliuer the oppressed from the hande of the oppressor, and vexe not the stranger, the fatherlesse, nor the widowe: doe no violence, nor sheade innocent blood in this place.

  • Ps 82:2-3
    2 verses
    74%

    2How long wil ye iudge vniustly, and accept the persons of the wicked? Selah.

    3Doe right to the poore and fatherlesse: doe iustice to the poore and needie.

  • Exod 22:25
    74%

    25If thou lende money to my people, that is, to the poore with thee, thou shalt not bee as an vsurer vnto him: yee shall not oppresse him with vsurie.

  • Prov 28:21
    74%

    21To haue respect of persons is not good: for that man will transgresse for a piece of bread.

  • Job 34:19
    74%

    19How much lesse to him that accepteth not the persons of princes, & regardeth not the rich, more then the poore? for they be all the worke of his handes.

  • Jer 7:5-6
    2 verses
    74%

    5For if you amende and redresse your waies and your woorkes: if you execute iudgement betweene a man and his neighbour,

    6And oppresse not the stranger, the fatherlesse and the widow and shed no innocent blood in this place, neither walke after other gods to your destruction,

  • Prov 22:22
    74%

    22Robbe not the poore, because hee is poore, neither oppresse the afflicted in iudgement.

  • Prov 31:9
    73%

    9Open thy mouth: iudge righteously, and iudge the afflicted, and the poore.

  • Ps 72:2
    73%

    2Then shal he iudge thy people in righteousnesse, and thy poore with equitie.

  • John 7:24
    73%

    24Iudge not according to the appearance, but iudge righteous iudgement.

  • Deut 27:19
    73%

    19Cursed be he that hindreth the right of the stranger, the fatherles, and the widow: And all the people shal say: So be it.

  • Lev 19:32-33
    2 verses
    73%

    32Thou shalt rise vp before the horehead, and honour the person of the old man, and dread thy God: I am the Lorde.

    33And if a stranger soiourne with thee in your lande, ye shall not vexe him.

  • Jer 22:16
    73%

    16When he iudged the cause of the afflicted and the poore, he prospered: was not this because he knewe me, saith the Lorde?

  • Zech 8:16
    73%

    16These are ye things that ye shall doe. Speake ye euery man the trueth vnto his neighbour: execute iudgement truly & vprightly in your gates,

  • Ezek 18:8
    73%

    8And hath not giuen foorth vpon vsurie, neither hath taken any increase, but hath withdrawen his hand from iniquitie, and hath executed true iudgement betweene man and man,

  • Lev 19:37
    72%

    37Therefore shall ye obserue all mine ordinances, and all my iudgements, and doe them: I am the Lorde.

  • 2 Chr 19:10
    72%

    10And in euery cause that shall come to you of your brethren that dwel in their cities, betweene blood and blood, betweene law and precept, statutes and iudgements, ye shall iudge them, and admonish them that they trespasse not against the Lord, that wrath come not vpon you and vpon your brethren. This shall ye do and trespasse not.