"Let me nowbe partialto noone,Norflatter[any] man.
"Then your maidservantsaid,'Pleaselet the wordof my lordthe kingbe comforting,for as the angelof God,sois my lordthe kingto discerngoodand evil.And may the LORDyour Godbe with you.'"
in orderto changethe appearanceof thingsyour servantJoabhas donethisthing.But my lordis wise,like the wisdomof the angelof God,to knowallthat is in the earth."
"He will surelyreproveyou Ifyou secretlyshowpartiality.
"Will you showpartialityfor Him? Will you contendfor God?
"Let me speakthat I may getrelief;Let me openmy lipsand answer.
"For I do not knowhow to flatter,[Else] my Makerwould soontakeme away.
"My wordsare [from] the uprightnessof my heart,And my lipsspeakknowledgesincerely.
Whoshowsnopartialityto princesNorregardsthe richabovethe poor,For they allare the workof His hands?
Howlongwill you judgeunjustlyAnd showpartialityto the wicked?Selah.
Thesealsoare sayings of the wise.To showpartialityin judgmentis not good.
He who rebukesa manwill afterwardfind[more] favorThanhe who flatterswith the tongue.
You shall donoinjusticein judgment;you shall not be partialto the poornordeferto the great,but you are to judgeyour neighborfairly.
"So I alsohave madeyou despisedand abasedbefore allthe people,justas you are not keepingMy waysbut are showingpartialityin the instruction.
And they senttheir disciplesto Him, along with the Herodians,saying,"Teacher,we knowthat You are truthfuland teachthe wayof Godin truth,and deferto no one;for You are not partialto any.
You shall not showpartialityin judgment;you shall hearthe smalland the greatalike. You shall not fearman,for the judgmentis God's.The casethat is toohardfor you, you shall bringto me, and I will hearit.'
"You shall not distortjustice;you shall not be partial,and you shall not takea bribe,for a bribeblindsthe eyesof the wiseand pervertsthe wordsof the righteous.
