Verse 7

Respect the LORD and make careful decisions, for the LORD our God disapproves of injustice, partiality, and bribery.”

Referenced Verses

  • Gen 18:25 : 25 Far be it from you to do such a thing– to kill the godly with the wicked, treating the godly and the wicked alike! Far be it from you! Will not the judge of the whole earth do what is right?”
  • Deut 32:4 : 4 As for the Rock, his work is perfect, for all his ways are just. He is a reliable God who is never unjust, he is fair and upright.
  • Rom 2:11 : 11 For there is no partiality with God.
  • Rom 9:14 : 14 What shall we say then? Is there injustice with God? Absolutely not!
  • Job 34:19 : 19 who shows no partiality to princes, and does not take note of the rich more than the poor, because all of them are the work of his hands?
  • Exod 23:8 : 8 “You must not accept a bribe, for a bribe blinds those who see and subverts the words of the righteous.
  • Deut 10:17-18 : 17 For the LORD your God is God of gods and Lord of lords, the great, mighty, and awesome God who is unbiased and takes no bribe, 18 who justly treats the orphan and widow, and who loves resident foreigners, giving them food and clothing.
  • Deut 16:18-19 : 18 Provision for Justice You must appoint judges and civil servants for each tribe in all your villages that the LORD your God is giving you, and they must judge the people fairly. 19 You must not pervert justice or show favor. Do not take a bribe, for bribes blind the eyes of the wise and distort the words of the righteous.
  • Col 3:25 : 25 For the one who does wrong will be repaid for his wrong, and there are no exceptions.
  • Acts 10:34 : 34 Then Peter started speaking:“I now truly understand that God does not show favoritism in dealing with people,
  • Neh 5:15 : 15 But the former governors who preceded me had burdened the people and had taken food and wine from them, in addition to forty shekels of silver. Their associates were also domineering over the people. But I did not behave in this way, due to my fear of God.
  • Exod 18:21-22 : 21 But you choose from the people capable men, God-fearing, men of truth, those who hate bribes, and put them over the people as rulers of thousands, rulers of hundreds, rulers of fifties, and rulers of tens. 22 They will judge the people under normal circumstances, and every difficult case they will bring to you, but every small case they themselves will judge, so that you may make it easier for yourself, and they will bear the burden with you.
  • Exod 18:25-26 : 25 Moses chose capable men from all Israel, and he made them heads over the people, rulers of thousands, rulers of hundreds, rulers of fifties, and rulers of tens. 26 They judged the people under normal circumstances; the difficult cases they would bring to Moses, but every small case they would judge themselves.
  • Isa 1:23-26 : 23 Your officials are rebels, they associate with thieves. All of them love bribery, and look for payoffs. They do not take up the cause of the orphan, or defend the rights of the widow. 24 Therefore, the Sovereign LORD of Heaven’s Armies, the Powerful One of Israel, says this:“Ah, I will seek vengeance against my adversaries, I will take revenge against my enemies. 25 I will attack you; I will purify your metal with flux. I will remove all your slag. 26 I will reestablish honest judges as in former times, wise advisers as in earlier days. Then you will be called,‘The Just City, Faithful Town.’”
  • Isa 33:15 : 15 The one who lives uprightly and speaks honestly; the one who refuses to profit from oppressive measures and rejects a bribe; the one who does not plot violent crimes and does not seek to harm others–
  • Mic 7:3 : 3 They are experts at doing evil; government officials and judges take bribes, prominent men announce what they wish and then they plan it out.
  • Matt 22:16 : 16 They sent to him their disciples along with the Herodians, saying,“Teacher, we know that you are truthful, and teach the way of God in accordance with the truth. You do not court anyone’s favor because you show no partiality.
  • Gal 2:6 : 6 But from those who were influential(whatever they were makes no difference to me; God shows no favoritism between people)– those influential leaders added nothing to my message.
  • Eph 6:9 : 9 Masters, treat your slaves the same way, giving up the use of threats, because you know that both you and they have the same master in heaven, and there is no favoritism with him.
  • Rom 3:5-6 : 5 But if our unrighteousness demonstrates the righteousness of God, what shall we say? The God who inflicts wrath is not unrighteous, is he?(I am speaking in human terms.) 6 Absolutely not! For otherwise how could God judge the world?
  • Gen 42:18 : 18 On the third day Joseph said to them,“Do as I say and you will live, for I fear God.
  • 1 Pet 1:17 : 17 And if you address as Father the one who impartially judges according to each one’s work, live out the time of your temporary residence here in reverence.