¹⁵ ‘You shall do no injustice in ^(A)judgment. You shall not ^(B)be partial to the poor, nor honor the person of the mighty. In righteousness you shall judge your neighbor.

¹⁷ For the Lord your God is ^(A)God of gods and ^(B)Lord of lords, the great God, ^(C)mighty and awesome, who ^(D)shows no partiality nor takes a bribe.

^19 (A)You shall not pervert justice; ^(B)you shall not ^[a]show partiality, ^(C)nor take a bribe, for a bribe blinds the eyes of the wise and ^[b]twists the words of the righteous.

^17 (A)“You shall not pervert justice due the stranger or the fatherless, ^(B)nor take a widow’s garment as a pledge.

⁷ But the Lord said to Samuel, ^(A)“Do not look at his appearance or at his physical stature, because I have ^[a]refused him. ^(B)For^[b] the Lord does not see as man sees; for man ^(C)looks at the outward appearance, but the Lord looks at the ^(D)heart.”

Further Sayings of the Wise

²³ These things also belong to the wise:

Preaching to Cornelius’ Household

³⁴ Then Peter opened his mouth and said: ^(A)“In truth I perceive that God shows no partiality.

Beware of Personal Favoritism

2 My brethren, do not hold the faith of our Lord Jesus Christ, ^(A)the Lord of glory, with ^(B)partiality.

⁹ but if you ^[a]show partiality, you commit sin, and are convicted by the law as ^(A)transgressors.