Leviticus 19:15

Young's Literal Translation (1862/1898)

`Ye do not do perversity in judgment; thou dost not lift up the face of the poor, nor honour the face of the great; in righteousness thou dost judge thy fellow.

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Referenced Verses

  • Deut 1:17 : 17 ye do not discern faces in judgment; as the little so the great ye do hear; ye are not afraid of the face of any, for the judgment is God's, and the thing which is too hard for you, ye bring near unto me, and I have heard it;
  • Deut 16:19 : 19 Thou dost not turn aside judgment; thou dost not discern faces, nor take a bribe, for the bribe blindeth the eyes of the wise, and perverteth the words of the righteous.
  • Exod 23:2-3 : 2 `Thou art not after many to evil, nor dost thou testify concerning a strife, to turn aside after many to cause `others' to turn aside; 3 and a poor man thou dost not honour in his strife.
  • Prov 24:23 : 23 These also are for the wise: -- To discern faces in judgment is not good.
  • Jas 2:6-9 : 6 and ye did dishonour the poor one; do not the rich oppress you and themselves draw you to judgment-seats; 7 do they not themselves speak evil of the good name that was called upon you? 8 If, indeed, royal law ye complete, according to the Writing, `Thou shalt love thy neighbour as thyself,' -- ye do well; 9 and if ye accept persons, sin ye do work, being convicted by the law as transgressors;
  • Exod 23:6-8 : 6 `Thou dost not turn aside the judgment of thy needy one in his strife; 7 from a false matter thou dost keep far off, and an innocent and righteous man thou dost not slay; for I do not justify a wicked man. 8 `And a bribe thou dost not take; for the bribe bindeth the open-`eyed', and perverteth the words of the righteous.
  • Lev 19:35 : 35 `Ye do not do perversity in judgment, in mete-yard, in weight, or in liquid measure;
  • Deut 25:13-16 : 13 `Thou hast not in thy bag a stone and a stone, a great and a small. 14 Thou hast not in thy house an ephah and an ephah, a great and a small. 15 Thou hast a stone complete and just, thou hast an ephah complete and just, so that they prolong thy days on the ground which Jehovah thy God is giving to thee; 16 for the abomination of Jehovah thy God `is' any one doing these things, any one doing iniquity.
  • Deut 27:19 : 19 `Cursed `is' he who is turning aside the judgment of fatherless, sojourner, and widow, -- and all the people have said, Amen.
  • 2 Chr 19:6-7 : 6 and saith unto the judges, `See what ye are doing -- for not for man do ye judge, but for Jehovah, who `is' with you in the matter of judgment; 7 and now, let fear of Jehovah be upon you, observe and do, for there is not with Jehovah our God perverseness, and acceptance of faces, and taking of a bribe.'
  • Ps 82:2 : 2 Till when do ye judge perversely? And the face of the wicked lift up? Selah.
  • Prov 18:5 : 5 Acceptance of the face of the wicked `is' not good, To turn aside the righteous in judgment.
  • Exod 18:21 : 21 `And thou -- thou dost provide out of all the people men of ability, fearing God, men of truth, hating dishonest gain, and hast placed `these' over them, heads of thousands, heads of hundreds, heads of fifties, and heads 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
    3 verses
    85%

    18 `Judges and authorities thou dost make to thee within all thy gates which Jehovah thy God is giving to thee, for thy tribes; and they have judged the people -- a righteous judgment.

    19 Thou dost not turn aside judgment; thou dost not discern faces, nor take a bribe, for the bribe blindeth the eyes of the wise, and perverteth the words of the righteous.

    20 Righteousness -- righteousness thou dost pursue, so that thou livest, and hast possessed the land which Jehovah thy God is giving to thee.

  • Lev 19:35
    84%

    35 `Ye do not do perversity in judgment, in mete-yard, in weight, or in liquid measure;

  • Exod 23:6-7
    2 verses
    84%

    6 `Thou dost not turn aside the judgment of thy needy one in his strife;

    7 from a false matter thou dost keep far off, and an innocent and righteous man thou dost not slay; for I do not justify a wicked man.

  • Deut 1:16-17
    2 verses
    83%

    16 And I command your judges at that time, saying, Hearkening between your brethren -- then ye have judged righteousness between a man, and his brother, and his sojourner;

    17 ye do not discern faces in judgment; as the little so the great ye do hear; ye are not afraid of the face of any, for the judgment is God's, and the thing which is too hard for you, ye bring near unto me, and I have heard it;

  • Exod 23:1-3
    3 verses
    81%

    1 `Thou dost not lift up a vain report; thou dost not put thy hand with a wicked man to be a violent witness.

    2 `Thou art not after many to evil, nor dost thou testify concerning a strife, to turn aside after many to cause `others' to turn aside;

    3 and a poor man thou dost not honour in his strife.

  • Lev 19:9-14
    6 verses
    81%

    9 `And in your reaping the harvest of your land ye do not completely reap the corner of thy field, and the gleaning of thy harvest thou dost not gather,

    10 and thy vineyard thou dost not glean, even the omitted part of thy vineyard thou dost not gather, to the poor and to the sojourner thou dost leave them; I `am' Jehovah your God.

    11 `Ye do not steal, nor feign, nor lie one against his fellow.

    12 `And ye do not swear by My name to falsehood, or thou hast polluted the name of thy God; I `am' Jehovah.

    13 `Thou dost not oppress thy neighbour, nor take plunder; the wages of the hireling doth not remain with thee till morning.

    14 `Thou dost not revile the deaf; and before the blind thou dost not put a stumbling block; and thou hast been afraid of thy God; I `am' Jehovah.

  • Lev 19:16-18
    3 verses
    80%

    16 `Thou dost not go slandering among thy people; thou dost not stand against the blood of thy neighbour; I `am' Jehovah.

    17 `Thou dost not hate thy brother in thy heart; thou dost certainly reprove thy fellow, and not suffer sin on him.

    18 `Thou dost not take vengeance, nor watch the sons of thy people; and thou hast had love to thy neighbour as thyself; I `am' Jehovah.

  • Lev 25:17
    78%

    17 and ye do not oppress one another, and thou hast been afraid of thy God; for I `am' Jehovah your God.

  • Deut 24:17
    78%

    17 `Thou dost not turn aside the judgment of a fatherless sojourner, nor take in pledge the garment of a widow;

  • 2 Chr 19:6-7
    2 verses
    77%

    6 and saith unto the judges, `See what ye are doing -- for not for man do ye judge, but for Jehovah, who `is' with you in the matter of judgment;

    7 and now, let fear of Jehovah be upon you, observe and do, for there is not with Jehovah our God perverseness, and acceptance of faces, and taking of a bribe.'

  • Prov 18:5
    76%

    5 Acceptance of the face of the wicked `is' not good, To turn aside the righteous in judgment.

  • Prov 24:23
    76%

    23 These also are for the wise: -- To discern faces in judgment is not good.

  • Lev 25:14
    75%

    14 `And when thou sellest anything to thy fellow, or buyest from the hand of thy fellow, ye do not oppress one another;

  • Deut 24:14
    75%

    14 `Thou dost not oppress a hireling, poor and needy, of thy brethren or of thy sojourner who is in thy land within thy gates;

  • Deut 19:14
    75%

    14 `Thou dost not remove a border of thy neighbour, which they of former times have made, in thine inheritance, which thou dost inherit in the land which Jehovah thy God is giving to thee to possess it.

  • Zech 7:10
    75%

    10 And widow, and fatherless, Sojourner, and poor, ye do not oppress, And the calamity of one another ye do not devise in your heart.

  • Jer 22:3
    75%

    3 Thus said Jehovah: Do ye judgment and righteousness, And deliver the plundered from the hand of the oppressor, And sojourner, orphan, and widow, ye do not oppress nor wrong, And innocent blood ye do not shed in this place.

  • Ps 82:2-3
    2 verses
    74%

    2 Till when do ye judge perversely? And the face of the wicked lift up? Selah.

    3 Judge ye the weak and fatherless, The afflicted and the poor declare righteous.

  • Exod 22:25
    74%

    25 `If thou dost lend My poor people with thee money, thou art not to him as a usurer; thou dost not lay on him usury;

  • Prov 28:21
    74%

    21 To discern faces is not good, And for a piece of bread doth a man transgress.

  • Job 34:19
    74%

    19 That hath not accepted the person of princes, Nor hath known the rich before the poor, For a work of His hands `are' all of them.

  • Jer 7:5-6
    2 verses
    74%

    5 For, if ye do thoroughly amend your ways and your doings, If ye do judgment thoroughly Between a man and his neighbour,

    6 Sojourner, fatherless, and widow, ye oppress not, And innocent blood do not shed in this place, And after other gods do not walk, for evil to yourselves,

  • Prov 22:22
    74%

    22 Rob not the poor because he `is' poor, And bruise not the afflicted in the gate.

  • Prov 31:9
    73%

    9 Open thy mouth, judge righteously, Both the cause of the poor and needy!'

  • Ps 72:2
    73%

    2 He judgeth Thy people with righteousness, And Thy poor with judgment.

  • John 7:24
    73%

    24 judge not according to appearance, but the righteous judgment judge.'

  • Deut 27:19
    73%

    19 `Cursed `is' he who is turning aside the judgment of fatherless, sojourner, and widow, -- and all the people have said, Amen.

  • Lev 19:32-33
    2 verses
    73%

    32 `At the presence of grey hairs thou dost rise up, and thou hast honoured the presence of an old man, and hast been afraid of thy God; I `am' Jehovah.

    33 `And when a sojourner sojourneth with thee in your land, thou dost not oppress him;

  • Jer 22:16
    73%

    16 He decided the cause of the poor and needy, Then `it is' well -- is it not to know Me? An affirmation of Jehovah.

  • Zech 8:16
    73%

    16 These `are' the things that ye do: Speak ye truth each with his neighbour, Truth and peaceful judgment judge in your gates,

  • Ezek 18:8
    73%

    8 In usury he doth not give, and increase taketh not, From perversity he turneth back his hand, True judgment he doth between man and man.

  • Lev 19:37
    72%

    37 and ye have observed all my statutes, and all my judgments, and have done them; I `am' Jehovah.'

  • 2 Chr 19:10
    72%

    10 and any strife that cometh in unto you of your brethren who are dwelling in their cities, between blood and blood, between law and command, statutes, and judgments, then ye have warned them and they become not guilty before Jehovah, and wrath hath not been on you and on your brethren; thus do ye do, and ye are not guilty.