Exodus 23:2-3
2You shall not fall in with the many to do evil, nor shall you bear witness in a lawsuit, siding with the many, so as to pervert justice, 3 anor shall you be partial to a poor man in his lawsuit.Exodus 23:7-8
7 bKeep far from a false charge, and cdo not kill the innocent and righteous, for dI will not acquit the wicked. 8 eAnd you shall take no bribe, for a bribe blinds the clear-sighted and subverts the cause of those who are in the right.Leviticus 19:15
15 f“You shall do no injustice in court. You shall not be partial to the poor or defer to the great, but in righteousness shall you judge your neighbor.Deuteronomy 16:18-19
Justice
18“You shall appoint gjudges 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 hYou shall not pervert justice. iYou shall not show partiality, jand you shall not accept a bribe, for a bribe blinds the eyes of the wise and subverts the cause of the righteous.2 Samuel 23:3
3The God of Israel has spoken;kthe Rock of Israel has said to me:
When one rules justly over men,
ruling lin the fear of God,
2 Chronicles 19:6-10
6and said to the judges, “Consider what you do, mfor you judge not for man but for the Lord. He is with you in giving judgment. 7Now then, let the fear of the Lord be upon you. Be careful what you do, for nthere is no injustice with the Lord our God, oor partiality or taking bribes.”8Moreover, in Jerusalem Jehoshaphat pappointed certain Levites and priests and heads of families of Israel, qto give judgment for the Lord and to decide disputed cases. They had their seat at Jerusalem. 9And he charged them: r“Thus you shall do in the fear of the Lord, in faithfulness, sand with your whole heart: 10 twhenever a case comes to you from your brothers who live in their cities, concerning bloodshed, law or commandment, statutes or rules, then you shall warn them, that they may not incur guilt before the Lord and uwrath may not come upon you and your brothers. Thus you shall do, and you will not incur guilt.
Psalms 58:1
God Who Judges the Earth
To the choirmaster: according to vDo Not Destroy. A wMiktam ▼▼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?
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