Deuteronomy 1:17

Modern English Version

You shall not show partiality in judgment, but you shall hear the small as well as the great. You shall not be afraid in any man’s presence, for the judgment is God’s. The case that is too hard for you, you shall bring it to me, and I will hear it.”

Cross References

Genesis 18:25

Far be it from You to do such a thing as this, to slay the righteous with the wicked, so that the righteous should be treated like the wicked; far be it from You. Should not the Judge of all the earth do right?”

2 Samuel 14:14

We will surely die and are like water spilled on the ground, which cannot be gathered up again. Yet God does not take away a life; He devises plans so that His banished ones will not be cast out from Him.

2 Chronicles 19:5

And he set judges in the land among all the fortified cities of Judah, one by one.

2 Chronicles 19:6

And he said to the judges, “Consider carefully what you do, because you do not judge according to man but the Lord, and He is with you in the matter of judgment.

Job 31:34

did I fear a great multitude, or did the contempt of families terrify me, so that I kept silence, and did not go out of the door?

Psalm 82:2

“How long will you judge unjustly and show partiality to the wicked?    Selah

Exodus 18:18

You will surely wear yourself out, both you, and these people who are with you, for this thing is too heavy for you. You are not able to do it by yourself.

Exodus 18:22

Let them judge the people at all times, and let it be that every difficult matter they shall bring to you, but every small matter they shall judge, so that it will be easier for you, and they will bear the burden with you.

Exodus 18:26

They judged the people at all times. They brought the difficult cases to Moses, but they judged every small matter themselves.

Proverbs 18:5

It is not good to favor the wicked, to subvert the righteous in judgment.

Proverbs 24:23

These also are sayings of the wise: It is not good to show partiality in judgment.

Proverbs 28:21

To show partiality is not good, but for a piece of bread will a man transgress.

Proverbs 29:25

The fear of man brings a snare, but he who trusts in the Lord will be safe.

Jeremiah 1:17

You therefore gird up your loins and arise, and speak to them all that I command you. Do not be dismayed at their faces, lest I confound you before them.

Leviticus 19:15

You shall do no unrighteousness in a court. You shall not be partial to the poor, nor honor the person who is great, but in righteousness you shall judge your neighbor.

Malachi 2:9

So I have made you contemptible and base before all the people, because you have not kept My ways, but have shown partiality in the law.

Matthew 22:16

They sent their disciples to Him with the Herodians, saying, “Teacher, we know that You are truthful and teach the way of God truthfully, and are swayed by no one. For You do not regard the person of men.

Mark 12:14

When they came to Him, they said, “Teacher, we know that You are true and swayed by no man. For You do not regard the person of men, but truthfully teach the way of God. Is it lawful to pay taxes to Caesar, or not?

Luke 20:21

So they asked Him, “Teacher, we know that You speak and teach rightly. And You do not show partiality, but You truly teach the way of God.

Romans 2:11

for there is no partiality with God.

Ephesians 6:9

And masters, do the same things for them, no longer threatening, knowing that your Master also is in heaven, and there is no partiality with Him.

Deuteronomy 10:17

For the Lord your God is the God of gods and Lord of lords, the great, the mighty, and the fearsome God who is unbiased and takes no bribe.

Deuteronomy 16:19

You must not pervert judgment nor show partiality. You must not accept a bribe, for a bribe blinds the eyes of the wise and perverts the words of the righteous.

Deuteronomy 24:17

You must not pervert the justice of the foreigner or of the fatherless, nor take a widow’s cloak as a pledge.

Deuteronomy 25:1

If there is a controversy between men, they are to go to court for judgment, so that the judges may judge them. Then they shall justify the righteous and condemn the wicked.

Colossians 3:25

But he who does wrong will receive for the wrong which he has done, and there is no partiality.

1 Thessalonians 2:4

But as we were allowed by God to be entrusted with the gospel, even so we speak, not to please men, but God, who examines our hearts.

James 2:9

But if you show partiality, you are committing sin and are convicted by the law as sinners.

1 Peter 1:17

And if you address as Father the One who impartially judges according to each one’s work, conduct yourselves in fear during the time of your sojourning.

1 Samuel 16:7

But the Lord said to Samuel, “Do not look on his appearance or on the height of his stature, because I have rejected him, for the Lord sees not as men see; they look on the outward appearance, but the Lord looks on the heart.”

1 Samuel 2:25

If one man sins against another, God will judge him, but if a man sins against the Lord, who will intercede for him?” But they did not listen to the voice of their father, because the Lord desired to kill them.