5 It is not good to bbe partial to the wicked
or to cdeprive the righteous of justice.
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Proverbs 24:23
These also are sayings of the wise.
Partiality in judging is not good.
Proverbs 28:21
To show partiality is not good,
but for a piece of bread a man will do wrong.
Leviticus 19:15
“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 1:17
You shall not be partial in judgment. You shall hear the small and the great alike. You shall not be intimidated by anyone, for the judgment is God’s. And the case that is too hard for you, you shall bring to me, and I will hear it.’
Psalm 82:2
“How long will you judge unjustly
and show partiality to the wicked? Selah
Proverbs 17:15
He who justifies the wicked and he who condemns the righteous
are both alike an abomination to the LORD.
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