Deuteronomy 1:17

Judges must show no partiality, fearing God rather than people, because judgment belongs to God; hard cases were to be brought to Moses. Justice reflects God's own authority.

Cross-references · 40

• Deut 16:19You shall not pervert justice. You shall not show partiality. You shall not take a bribe, for a bribe blinds the eyes of the wise, and perverts the words of the righteous.
• Exod 18:26They judged the people at all times. They brought the hard causes to Moses, but every small matter they judged themselves.
• Jas 2:9But if you show partiality, you commit sin, being convicted by the law as transgressors.
• Lev 19:15“‘You shall do no injustice in judgment. You shall not be partial to the poor, nor show favoritism to the great; but you shall judge your neighbor in righteousness.
• 2 Chr 19:6and said to the judges, “Consider what you do, for you don’t judge for man, but for Yahweh; and he is with you in the judgment.
• Prov 24:23These also are sayings of the wise. To show partiality in judgment is not good.
• Exod 18:22Let them judge the people at all times. It shall be that every great matter they shall bring to you, but every small matter they shall judge themselves. So shall it be easier for you, and they shall share the load with you.
• Jas 2:1–5My brothers, don’t hold the faith of our Lord Jesus Christ of glory with partiality.
• 1 Pet 1:17If you call on him as Father, who without respect of persons judges according to each man’s work, pass the time of your living as foreigners here in reverent fear:
• 2 Sam 14:14For we must die, and are like water spilled on the ground, which can’t be gathered up again; neither does God take away life, but devises means, that he who is banished not be an outcast from him.
• Prov 29:25The fear of man proves to be a snare, but whoever puts his trust in Yahweh is kept safe.
• 1 Th 2:4But even as we have been approved by God to be entrusted with the Good News, so we speak; not as pleasing men, but God, who tests our hearts.
• Deut 10:17For Yahweh your God, he is God of gods, and Lord of lords, the great God, the mighty, and the awesome, who doesn’t respect persons, nor takes reward.
• Exod 23:6–7“You shall not deny justice to your poor people in their lawsuits.
• Prov 22:22–23Don’t exploit the poor, because he is poor; and don’t crush the needy in court;
• 1 Sam 16:7But Yahweh said to Samuel, “Don’t look on his face, or on the height of his stature, because I have rejected him; for I don’t see as man sees. For man looks at the outward appearance, but Yahweh looks at the heart.”
• Rom 2:11For there is no partiality with God.
• Exod 23:2–3“You shall not follow a crowd to do evil. You shall not testify in court to side with a multitude to pervert justice.
• Mark 12:14When they had come, they asked him, “Teacher, we know that you are honest, and don’t defer to anyone; for you aren’t partial to anyone, but truly teach the way of God. Is it lawful to pay taxes to Caesar, or not?
• Col 3:25But he who does wrong will receive again for the wrong that he has done, and there is no partiality.
• Luke 20:21They asked him, “Teacher, we know that you say and teach what is right, and aren’t partial to anyone, but truly teach the way of God.
• Matt 22:16They sent their disciples to him, along with the Herodians, saying, “Teacher, we know that you are honest, and teach the way of God in truth, no matter whom you teach, for you aren’t partial to anyone.
• Eph 6:9You masters, do the same things to them, and give up threatening, knowing that he who is both their Master and yours is in heaven, and there is no partiality with him.
• Deut 24:17You shall not deprive the foreigner or the fatherless of justice, nor take a widow’s clothing in pledge;
• Mic 7:3–4Their hands are on that which is evil to do it diligently. The ruler and judge ask for a bribe; and the powerful man dictates the evil desire of his soul. Thus they conspire together.
• Mic 2:1–3Woe to those who devise iniquity and work evil on their beds! When the morning is light, they practice it, because it is in the power of their hand.
• Amos 5:11–12Therefore, because you trample on the poor, and take taxes from him of wheat: You have built houses of cut stone, but you will not dwell in them. You have planted pleasant vineyards, but you shall not drink their wine.
• Acts 10:34–35Peter opened his mouth and said, “Truly I perceive that God doesn’t show favoritism;
• Deut 17:8–10If there arises a matter too hard for you in judgment, between blood and blood, between plea and plea, and between stroke and stroke, being matters of controversy within your gates; then you shall arise, and go up to the place which Yahweh your God chooses.
• Ps 82:3–4“Defend the weak, the poor, and the fatherless. Maintain the rights of the poor and oppressed.
• 1 Sam 12:3–4Here I am. Witness against me before Yahweh, and before his anointed. Whose ox have I taken? Whose donkey have I taken? Whom have I defrauded? Whom have I oppressed? Of whose hand have I taken a ransom to make me blind my eyes? I will restore it to you.”
• Exod 18:18You will surely wear away, both you, and this people that is with you; for the thing is too heavy for you. You are not able to perform it yourself alone.
• Job 31:34because I feared the great multitude, and the contempt of families terrified me, so that I kept silence, and didn’t go out of the door —
• Job 31:13–16“If I have despised the cause of my male servant or of my female servant, when they contended with me;
• Jer 1:17“You therefore put your belt on your waist, arise, and say to them all that I command you. Don’t be dismayed at them, lest I dismay you before them.
• 1 Kgs 21:8–14So she wrote letters in Ahab’s name, and sealed them with his seal, and sent the letters to the elders and to the nobles who were in his city, who lived with Naboth.
• Jer 5:28–29They have grown fat. They shine; yes, they excel in deeds of wickedness. They don’t plead the cause, the cause of the fatherless, that they may prosper; and they don’t judge the right of the needy.
• Mic 3:1–4I said, “Please listen, you heads of Jacob, and rulers of the house of Israel: Isn’t it for you to know justice?
• Job 22:6–9For you have taken pledges from your brother for nothing, and stripped the naked of their clothing.
• Job 29:11–17For when the ear heard me, then it blessed me; and when the eye saw me, it commended me:

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