Stop judging by the way things look, but judge by what is really right.”
He says, “How long will you defend evil people? How long will you show greater kindness to the wicked?Selah
The Lord hates both of these things: freeing the guilty and punishing the innocent.
These are also sayings of the wise: It is not good to take sides when you are the judge.
They take money to set the guilty free and don’t allow good people to be judged fairly.
“ ‘Be fair in your judging. You must not show special favor to poor people or great people, but be fair when you judge your neighbor.
“This is what the Lord All-Powerful says: ‘Do what is right and true. Be kind and merciful to each other.
Then some of the people who lived in Jerusalem said, “This is the man they are trying to kill.
You judge by human standards. I am not judging anyone.
You must look at the facts before you. If you feel sure that you belong to Christ, you must remember that we belong to Christ just as you do.
My dear brothers and sisters, as believers in our glorious Lord Jesus Christ, never think some people are more important than others.
What are you doing? You are making some people more important than others, and with evil thoughts you are deciding that one person is better.
But if you treat one person as being more important than another, you are sinning. You are guilty of breaking God’s law.