Deuteronomy 1:16-17
16And I charged your judges at that time, ‘Hear the cases between your brothers, and ajudge righteously between a man and his brother or the alien who is with him. 17 bYou shall not be partial in judgment. You shall hear the small and the great alike. You shall not be intimidated by anyone, for cthe judgment is God’s. And the case that is too hard for you, you shall dbring to me, and I will hear it.’Deuteronomy 16:18-19
Justice
18“You shall appoint ejudges and officers in all your towns that the Lord your God is giving you, according to your tribes, and they shall judge the people with righteous judgment. 19 fYou shall not pervert justice. gYou shall not show partiality, hand you shall not accept a bribe, for a bribe blinds the eyes of the wise and subverts the cause of the righteous.Psalms 58:1-2
God Who Judges the Earth
To the choirmaster: according to iDo Not Destroy. A jMiktam ▼▼Probably a musical or liturgical term of David.
1 Do you indeed decree what is right, you gods? ▼▼Or you mighty lords (by revocalization; Hebrew in silence)
Do you judge the children of man uprightly?
2No, in your hearts you devise wrongs;
your hands mdeal out violence on earth.
Psalms 82:2
2“How long will you judge unjustlyand nshow partiality to othe wicked? Selah
Psalms 94:20-21
20Can pwicked rulers be allied with you,those who frame injustice by qstatute?
21They rband together against the life of the righteous
and condemn sthe innocent to death. ▼
▼Hebrew condemn innocent blood
Proverbs 17:15
15He who ujustifies the wicked and he who vcondemns the righteousare both alike an abomination to the Lord.
John 8:15
15 wYou judge according to the flesh; xI judge no one.
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