Leviticus 19:15
15 a“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 16:19
19 bYou shall not pervert justice. cYou shall not show partiality, dand you shall not accept a bribe, for a bribe blinds the eyes of the wise and subverts the cause of the righteous.2 Samuel 14:14
14We must all die; we are elike water spilled on the ground, which cannot be gathered up again. But God will not take away life, and he devises means fso that the banished one will not remain an outcast.Acts 10:34
Gentiles Hear the Good News
34So Peter opened his mouth and said: “Truly I understand that gGod hshows no partiality,James 2:1
The Sin of Partiality
1My brothers, ▼▼Or brothers and sisters; also verses 5, 14
jshow no partiality as you hold the faith in our Lord Jesus Christ, kthe Lord of glory. James 2:3
3and if you pay attention to the one who wears the fine clothing and say, “You sit here in a good place,” lwhile you say to the poor man, “You stand over there,” or, “Sit down at my feet,”James 2:9
9But if you mshow partiality, you are committing sin and are convicted by the law as transgressors.1 Peter 1:17
17And if you ncall on him as Father who ojudges pimpartially according to each one’s deeds, conduct yourselves qwith fear throughout the time of your exile,Jude 16
16These are grumblers, malcontents, rfollowing their own sinful desires; sthey are loud-mouthed boasters, tshowing favoritism to gain advantage.
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