Deuteronomy 1:17

Bible in Basic English 1965

In judging, do not let a man's position have any weight with you; give hearing equally to small and great; have no fear of any man, for it is God who is judge: and any cause in which you are not able to give a decision, you are to put before me and I will give it a hearing.

Cross References

Genesis 18:25

Let such a thing be far from you, to put the upright to death with the sinner: will not the judge of all the earth do right?

2 Samuel 14:14

For death comes to us all, and we are like water drained out on the earth, which it is not possible to take up again; and God will not take away the life of the man whose purpose is that he who has been sent away may not be completely cut off from him.

2 Chronicles 19:5

And he put judges through all the land, in every walled town of Judah,

2 Chronicles 19:6

And said to the judges, Take care what you do, for you are judging not for man but for the Lord, and he is with you in the decisions you give.

Job 31:34

For fear of the great body of people, or for fear that families might make sport of me, so that I kept quiet, and did not go out of my door;

Psalm 82:2

How long will you go on judging falsely, having respect for the persons of evil-doers? Selah.

Exodus 18:18

Your strength and that of the people will be completely used up: this work is more than you are able to do by yourself.

Exodus 18:22

And let them be judges in the causes of the people at all times: and let them put before you all important questions, but in small things let them give decisions themselves: in this way, it will be less hard for you, and they will take the weight off you.

Exodus 18:26

And they were judges in the causes of the people at all times: the hard questions they put before Moses; but on every small point they gave decisions themselves.

Proverbs 18:5

To have respect for the person of the evil-doer is not good, or to give a wrong decision against the upright.

Proverbs 24:23

These are more sayings of the wise: To have respect for a person's position when judging is not good.

Proverbs 28:21

It is not good to have respect for a man's position: for a man will do wrong for a bit of bread.

Proverbs 29:25

The fear of man is a cause of danger: but whoever puts his faith in the Lord will have a safe place on high.

Jeremiah 1:17

So make yourself ready, and go and say to them everything I give you orders to say: do not be overcome by fear of them, or I will send fear on you before them.

Leviticus 19:15

Do no wrong in your judging: do not give thought to the position of the poor, or honour to the position of the great; but be a judge to your neighbour in righteousness.

Malachi 2:9

And so I have taken away your honour and made you low before all the people, even as you have not kept my ways, and have given no thought to me in using the law.

Matthew 22:16

And they sent to him their disciples, with the Herodians, saying, Master, we see that you are true, and that you are teaching the true way of God, and have no fear of anyone, because you have no respect for a man's position.

Mark 12:14

And when they had come, they said to him, Master, we are certain that you are true, and have no fear of anyone: you have no respect for a man's position, but you are teaching the true way of God: Is it right to give taxes to Caesar or not?

Luke 20:21

And they put a question to him, saying, Master, we are certain that your teaching and your words are right, and that you have no respect for a man's position, but you are teaching the true way of God:

Romans 2:11

For one man is not different from another before God.

Ephesians 6:9

And, you masters, do the same things to them, not making use of violent words: in the knowledge that their Master and yours is in heaven, and he has no respect for a man's position.

Deuteronomy 10:17

For the Lord your God is God of gods and Lord of lords, the great God, strong in power and greatly to be feared, who has no respect for any man's position and takes no rewards:

Deuteronomy 16:19

You are not to be moved in your judging by a man's position, you are not to take rewards; for rewards make the eyes of the wise man blind, and the decisions of the upright false.

Deuteronomy 24:17

Be upright in judging the cause of the man from a strange country and of him who has no father; do not take a widow's clothing on account of a debt:

Deuteronomy 25:1

If there is an argument between men and they go to law with one another, let the judges give their decision for the upright, and against the wrongdoer.

Colossians 3:25

For the wrongdoer will have punishment for the wrong he has done, without respect for any man's position.

1 Thessalonians 2:4

But even as the good news was given to us by the approval of God, so we give it out; not as pleasing men, but God by whom our hearts are tested.

James 2:9

But if you take a man's position into account, you do evil, and are judged as evil-doers by the law.

1 Peter 1:17

And if you give the name of Father to him who, judging every man by his acts, has no respect for a man's position, then go in fear while you are on this earth:

1 Samuel 16:7

But the Lord said to Samuel, Do not take note of his face or how tall he is, because I will not have him: for the Lord's view is not man's; man takes note of the outer form, but the Lord sees the heart.

1 Samuel 2:25

If one man does wrong to another, God will be his judge: but if a man's sin is against the Lord, who will take up his cause? But they gave no attention to the voice of their father, for it was the Lord's purpose to send destruction on them.