Leviticus 19:15
Ye shall do no unrighteousness in judgment: thou shalt not respect the person of the poor, nor honor the person of the mighty: but in righteousness shalt thou judge thy neighbour.
KJV
Non facies quod iniquum est, nec injuste judicabis. Non consideres personam pauperis, nec honores vultum potentis. Juste judica proximo tuo.
Vulgate
οὐ ποιήσετε ἄδικον ἐν κρίσει· οὐ λήμψῃ πρόσωπον πτωχοῦ οὐδὲ θαυμάσεις πρόσωπον δυνάστου, ἐν δικαιοσύνῃ κρινεῖς τὸν πλησίον σου.
LXX
Ye shall do no unrighteousness in judgment: thou shalt not respect the person of the poor, nor honor the person of the mighty; but in righteousness shalt thou judge thy neighbor.
ASV
לֹא תַעֲשׂ֥וּ עָ֨וֶל֙ בַּ/מִּשְׁפָּ֔ט לֹא תִשָּׂ֣א פְנֵי דָ֔ל וְ/לֹ֥א תֶהְדַּ֖ר פְּנֵ֣י גָד֑וֹל בְּ/צֶ֖דֶק תִּשְׁפֹּ֥ט עֲמִיתֶֽ/ךָ
Hebrew
Open in reader with connections →
In the original Hebrew
12 distinct Hebrew words appear in this verse.
Themes
Historic Christian voices
2 passages from patristic writers, Reformers, and church catechisms citing this verse.
§1807Justice is the moral virtue that consists in the constant and firm will to give their due to God and neighbor. Justice toward God is called the "virtue of religion." Justice toward men disposes one to respect the rights of each and to establish in human relationships the harmony that promotes equity with regard to persons and to the common good. the just man, often mentioned in…
Cross-references
- 1Cor 6:9 — Know ye not that the unrighteous shall not inherit the kingdom of God? Be not deceived: neither fornicators, nor idolaters, nor adulterers, nor effeminate, nor abusers of themselves with mankind,
- 2Chr 19:6 — And said to the judges, Take heed what ye do: for ye judge not for man, but for the LORD, who is with you in the judgment.
- 2Chr 19:6 — And said to the judges, Take heed what ye do: for ye judge not for man, but for the LORD, who is with you in the judgment.
- Col 3:25 — But he that doeth wrong shall receive for the wrong which he hath done: and there is no respect of persons.
- Deut 1:17 — Ye shall not respect persons in judgment; but ye shall hear the small as well as the great; ye shall not be afraid of the face of man; for the judgment is God’s: and the cause that is too hard for you
- Deut 1:17 — Ye shall not respect persons in judgment; but ye shall hear the small as well as the great; ye shall not be afraid of the face of man; for the judgment is God’s: and the cause that is too hard for you
- Deut 16:19 — Thou shalt not wrest judgment; thou shalt not respect persons, neither take a gift: for a gift doth blind the eyes of the wise, and pervert the words of the righteous.
- Deut 16:19 — Thou shalt not wrest judgment; thou shalt not respect persons, neither take a gift: for a gift doth blind the eyes of the wise, and pervert the words of the righteous.
- Deut 25:13 — Thou shalt not have in thy bag divers weights, a great and a small.
- Deut 27:19 — Cursed be he that perverteth the judgment of the stranger, fatherless, and widow. And all the people shall say, Amen.
- Exod 18:21 — Moreover thou shalt provide out of all the people able men, such as fear God, men of truth, hating covetousness; and place such over them, to be rulers of thousands, and rulers of hundreds, rulers of
- Exod 23:2 — Thou shalt not follow a multitude to do evil; neither shalt thou speak in a cause to decline after many to wrest judgment:
- Exod 23:2 — Thou shalt not follow a multitude to do evil; neither shalt thou speak in a cause to decline after many to wrest judgment:
- Exod 23:3 — Neither shalt thou countenance a poor man in his cause.
- Exod 23:6 — Thou shalt not wrest the judgment of thy poor in his cause.
- Exod 23:6 — Thou shalt not wrest the judgment of thy poor in his cause.
- Jas 2:1 — My brethren, have not the faith of our Lord Jesus Christ, the Lord of glory, with respect of persons.
- Jas 2:6 — But ye have despised the poor. Do not rich men oppress you, and draw you before the judgment seats?
- Jas 2:9 — But if ye have respect to persons, ye commit sin, and are convinced of the law as transgressors.
- Job 32:21 — Let me not, I pray you, accept any man’s person, neither let me give flattering titles unto man.
- Job 34:19 — How much less to him that accepteth not the persons of princes, nor regardeth the rich more than the poor? for they all are the work of his hands.
- John 7:24 — Judge not according to the appearance, but judge righteous judgment.
- Jude 1:16 — These are murmurers, complainers, walking after their own lusts; and their mouth speaketh great swelling words, having men’s persons in admiration because of advantage.
- Lev 19:35 — Ye shall do no unrighteousness in judgment, in meteyard, in weight, or in measure.
- Neh 5:7 — Then I consulted with myself, and I rebuked the nobles, and the rulers, and said unto them, Ye exact usury, every one of his brother. And I set a great assembly against them.
- Prov 18:5 — It is not good to accept the person of the wicked, to overthrow the righteous in judgment.
- Prov 18:5 — It is not good to accept the person of the wicked, to overthrow the righteous in judgment.
- Prov 24:23 — These things also belong to the wise. It is not good to have respect of persons in judgment.
- Prov 24:23 — These things also belong to the wise. It is not good to have respect of persons in judgment.
- Prov 31:9 — Open thy mouth, judge righteously, and plead the cause of the poor and needy.
- Ps 82:2 — How long will ye judge unjustly, and accept the persons of the wicked? Selah.