Leviticus 19:15

King James Version with Strong's Numbers

Ye shall do no unrighteousness in judgment: thou shalt not respect the person of the poor, nor honour the person of the mighty: but in righteousness shalt thou judge thy neighbour.

Grammatical Analysis

Original Text

לֹא־תַעֲשׂ֥וּ עָ֙וֶל֙ בַּמִּשְׁפָּ֔ט לֹא־תִשָּׂ֣א פְנֵי־דָ֔ל וְלֹ֥א תֶהְדַּ֖ר פְּנֵ֣י גָד֑וֹל בְּצֶ֖דֶק תִּשְׁפֹּ֥ט עֲמִיתֶֽךָ

Transliteration

lōʾ-ṯaʿăśû ʿāwel bammišpāṭ lōʾ-ṯiśśāʾ pənê-ḏāl wə-lōʾ ṯehdar pənê gāḏôl bəṣeḏeq tišpōṭ ʿămîṯeḵā

Grammar Details

*lōʾ*: negative particle - not
*ṯaʿăśû*: Qal imperfect, 2nd masculine plural - you shall do
*ʿāwel*: noun, masculine singular - injustice/wrong
*bammišpāṭ*: preposition + definite article + noun, masculine singular - in judgment
*ṯiśśāʾ*: Qal imperfect, 2nd masculine singular - you shall lift up/show partiality to
*pənê*: noun, masculine plural construct - face of
*ḏāl*: adjective, masculine singular - poor/weak
*wə-lōʾ*: conjunction + negative particle - and not
*ṯehdar*: Qal imperfect, 2nd masculine singular - you shall honor/favor
*gāḏôl*: adjective, masculine singular - great/mighty
*bəṣeḏeq*: preposition + noun, masculine singular - in righteousness
*tišpōṭ*: Qal imperfect, 2nd masculine singular - you shall judge
*ʿămîṯeḵā*: noun, masculine singular + 2nd masculine singular suffix - your neighbor

Word Meanings

*ʿāwel*: injustice/wrong/unrighteousness
*ṯiśśāʾ* *pənê*: show partiality to/be partial to/favor
*ṯehdar*: honor/favor/show deference to
*ṣeḏeq*: righteousness/justice/fairness
*ʿămîṯeḵā*: your neighbor/fellow/companion/friend

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Referenced Verses

Deut 1:17 : 17 Ye shall not respect persons in judgment; but ye shall hear the small as well as the great; 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, bring it unto me, and I will hear it.
Deut 16:19 : 19 Thou shalt not wrest judgment; thou shalt not respect persons, neither take a gift: for a gift 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 decline after many to wrest judgment: 3 Neither shalt thou countenance a poor man in his cause.
Prov 24:23 : 23 These things also belong to the wise. It is not good to have respect of persons in judgment.
Jas 2:6-9 : 6 But ye have despised the poor. Do not rich men oppress you, and draw you before the judgment seats? 7 Do not they blaspheme that worthy name by the which ye are called? 8 If ye fulfil the royal law according to the scripture, Thou shalt love thy neighbour as thyself, ye do well: 9 But if ye have respect to persons, ye commit sin, and are convinced of the law as transgressors.
Exod 23:6-8 : 6 Thou shalt not wrest the judgment of 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 gift: for the gift blindeth the wise, and perverteth the words of the righteous.
Lev 19:35 : 35 Ye shall do no unrighteousness in judgment, in meteyard, in weight, or in measure.
Deut 25:13-16 : 13 Thou shalt not have in thy bag divers weights, a great and a small. 14 Thou shalt not have in thine house divers measures, a great and a small. 15 But thou shalt have a perfect and just weight, a perfect and just measure shalt thou have: that thy days may be lengthened in the land which the LORD thy God giveth thee. 16 For all that do such things, and all that do unrighteously, are an abomination unto the LORD thy God.
Deut 27:19 : 19 Cursed be he that perverteth the judgment of the stranger, fatherless, and widow. And all the people shall say, Amen.
2 Chr 19:6-7 : 6 And said to the judges, Take heed what ye do: for ye judge not for man, but for the LORD, who is with you in the judgment. 7 Wherefore now let the fear of the LORD be upon you; take heed and do it: for there is no iniquity with the LORD our God, nor respect of persons, nor taking of gifts.
Ps 82:2 : 2 How long will ye judge{H8799)} unjustly, and accept{H8799)} the persons of the wicked? Selah.
Prov 18:5 : 5 It is not good to accept the person of the wicked, to overthrow 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 covetousness; and place such over them, to be rulers of thousands, and rulers of hundreds, rulers of fifties, and rulers of tens:

Similar Verses (AI)

These verses are found using AI-powered semantic similarity based on meaning and context. Results may occasionally include unexpected connections.

Deut 16:18-20
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18Judges and officers shalt thou make thee in all thy gates, which the LORD thy God giveth thee, throughout thy tribes: and they shall judge the people with just judgment.
19Thou shalt not wrest judgment; thou shalt not respect persons, neither take a gift: for a gift 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 the LORD thy God giveth thee.
Lev 19:35
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35Ye shall do no unrighteousness in judgment, in meteyard, in weight, or in measure.
Exod 23:6-7
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84%
6Thou shalt not wrest the judgment of 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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16And I charged your judges at that time, saying, Hear the causes between your brethren, and judge righteously between every man and his brother, and the stranger that is with him.
17Ye shall not respect persons in judgment; but ye shall hear the small as well as the great; 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, bring it unto me, and I will hear it.
Exod 23:1-3
3 verses
81%
1Thou shalt not raise a false report: put not thine 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 decline after many to wrest judgment:
3Neither shalt thou countenance a poor man in his cause.
Lev 19:9-14
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9And when ye reap the harvest of your land, thou shalt not wholly reap the corners of thy field, neither shalt thou gather the gleanings of thy harvest.
10And thou shalt not glean thy vineyard, neither shalt thou gather every grape of thy vineyard; thou shalt leave them for the poor and stranger: I am the LORD your God.
11Ye shall not steal, neither deal falsely, neither lie one to another.
12And ye shall not swear by my name falsely, neither shalt thou profane the name of thy God: I am the LORD.
13Thou shalt not defraud thy neighbour, neither rob him: the wages of him that is hired shall not abide with thee all night until the morning.
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Lev 19:16-18
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16Thou shalt not go up and down as a talebearer among thy people: neither shalt thou stand against the blood of thy neighbour: I am the LORD.
17Thou shalt not hate thy brother in thine heart: thou shalt in any wise rebuke thy neighbour, and not suffer sin upon him.
18Thou shalt not avenge, nor bear any grudge against the children of thy people, but thou shalt love thy neighbour as thyself: I am the LORD.
Lev 25:17
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17Ye shall not therefore oppress one another; but thou shalt fear thy God: for I am the LORD your God.
Deut 24:17
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17Thou shalt not pervert the judgment of the stranger, nor of the fatherless; nor take a widow's raiment to pledge:
2 Chr 19:6-7
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77%
6And said to the judges, Take heed what ye do: for ye judge not for man, but for the LORD, who is with you in the judgment.
7Wherefore now let the fear of the LORD be upon you; take heed and do it: for there is no iniquity with the LORD our God, nor respect of persons, nor taking of gifts.
Prov 18:5
76%
5It is not good to accept the person of the wicked, to overthrow the righteous in judgment.
Prov 24:23
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23These things also belong to the wise. It is not good to have respect of persons in judgment.
Lev 25:14
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14And if thou sell ought unto thy neighbour, or buyest ought of thy neighbour's hand, ye shall not oppress one another:
Deut 24:14
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14Thou shalt not oppress an hired servant that is poor and needy, whether he be of thy brethren, or of thy strangers that are in thy land within thy gates:
Deut 19:14
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14Thou shalt not remove thy neighbour's landmark, which they of old time have set in thine inheritance, which thou shalt inherit in the land that the LORD thy God giveth thee to possess it.
Zech 7:10
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10And oppress not the widow, nor the fatherless, the stranger, nor the poor; and let none of you imagine evil against his brother in your heart.
Jer 22:3
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3Thus saith the LORD; Execute ye judgment and righteousness, and deliver the spoiled out of the hand of the oppressor: and do no wrong, do no violence to the stranger, the fatherless, nor the widow, neither shed innocent blood in this place.
Ps 82:2-3
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74%
2How long will ye judge{H8799)} unjustly, and accept{H8799)} the persons of the wicked? Selah.
3Defend{H8798)} the poor and fatherless: do justice{H8685)} to the afflicted and needy{H8802)}.
Exod 22:25
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25If thou lend money to any of my people that is poor by thee, thou shalt not be to him as an usurer, neither shalt thou lay upon him usury.
Prov 28:21
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21To have respect of persons is not good: for for a piece of bread that man will transgress.
Job 34:19
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19How much less to him that accepteth 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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5For if ye throughly amend your ways and your doings; if ye throughly execute judgment between a man and his neighbour;
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Prov 22:22
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22Rob not the poor, because he is poor: neither oppress the afflicted in the gate:
Prov 31:9
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9Open thy mouth, judge righteously, and plead the cause of the poor and needy.
Ps 72:2
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2He shall judge{H8799)} thy people with righteousness, and thy poor with judgment.
John 7:24
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24Judge not according to the appearance, but judge righteous judgment.
Deut 27:19
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19Cursed be he that perverteth the judgment of the stranger, fatherless, and widow. And all the people shall say, Amen.
Lev 19:32-33
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73%
32Thou shalt rise up before the hoary head, and honour the face of the old man, and fear thy God: I am the LORD.
33And if a stranger sojourn with thee in your land, ye shall not vex him.
Jer 22:16
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16He judged the cause of the poor and needy; then it was well with him: was not this to know me? saith the LORD.
Zech 8:16
73%
16These are the things that ye shall do; Speak ye every man the truth to his neighbour; execute the judgment of truth and peace in your gates:
Ezek 18:8
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8He that hath not given forth upon usury, neither hath taken any increase, that hath withdrawn his hand from iniquity, hath executed true judgment between man and man,
Lev 19:37
72%
37Therefore shall ye observe all my statutes, and all my judgments, and do them: I am the LORD.
2 Chr 19:10
72%
10And what cause soever shall come to you of your brethren that dwell in their cities, between blood and blood, between law and commandment, statutes and judgments, ye shall even warn them that they trespass not against the LORD, and so wrath come upon you, and upon your brethren: this do, and ye shall not trespass.