have you not made distinctions among yourselves, and become judges with evil thoughts?
¶“Behold, I know your thoughts, And the plans by which you do violence against me.
Who shows no partiality to princes Nor recognizes the rich above the poor, For they all are the work of His hands?
For He stands at the right hand of the needy, To save him from those who judge his soul.
Do you indeed speak righteousness, O gods? Do you judge with equity, O sons of men?
How long will you judge unrighteously And show partiality to the wicked? Selah.
“So I also have made you despised and low before all the people, just as you are not keeping My ways but are showing partiality in the instruction.
And the Lord said, “Hear what the unjust judge *said.
Do not judge according to appearance, but judge with righteous judgment.”
But the wisdom from above is first pure, then peaceable, considerate, submissive, full of mercy and good fruits, without doubting, without hypocrisy.
Do not slander one another, brothers. He who slanders a brother or judges his brother, slanders the law and judges the law; but if you judge the law, you are not a doer of the law but a judge of it.