Fair

A false balance is an abomination to Yahweh, but accurate weights are his delight.

Honest balances and scales are Yahweh’s; all the weights in the bag are his work.

Masters, give to your servants that which is just and equal, knowing that you also have a Master in heaven.

Differing weights and differing measures, both of them alike are an abomination to Yahweh.

Yahweh detests differing weights, and dishonest scales are not pleasing.

“‘You shall do no unrighteousness in judgment, in measures of length, of weight, or of quantity. — read the full passage →

He has shown you, O man, what is good. What does Yahweh require of you, but to act justly, to love mercy, and to walk humbly with your God?

You shall have just balances, just weights, a just ephah, and a just hin. I am Yahweh your God, who brought you out of the land of Egypt.

But let justice roll on like rivers, and righteousness like a mighty stream.

You masters, do the same things to them, and give up threatening, knowing that he who is both their Master and yours is in heaven, and there is no partiality with him.

You shall not have in your bag diverse weights, one heavy and one light. — read the full passage →

You shall not pervert justice. You shall not show partiality. You shall not take a bribe, for a bribe blinds the eyes of the wise, and perverts the words of the righteous. — read the full passage →

Shall I be pure with dishonest scales, and with a bag of deceitful weights?

It is joy to the righteous to do justice; but it is a destruction to the workers of iniquity.

“‘You shall do no injustice in judgment. You shall not be partial to the poor, nor show favoritism to the great; but you shall judge your neighbor in righteousness.

My brothers, don’t hold the faith of our Lord Jesus Christ of glory with partiality.

Learn to do well. Seek justice. Relieve the oppressed. Judge the fatherless. Plead for the widow.”

Thus says Yahweh, “Keep justice, and do righteousness; for my salvation is near to come, and my righteousness to be revealed. — read the full passage →

You shall have just balances, and a just ephah, and a just bath.

Having regard for honorable things, not only in the sight of the Lord, but also in the sight of men.

My brothers, don’t hold the faith of our Lord Jesus Christ of glory with partiality. — read the full passage →

Saying, ‘When will the new moon be gone, that we may sell grain? And the Sabbath, that we may market wheat, making the ephah small, and the shekel large, and dealing falsely with balances of deceit;

Hear this, you who desire to swallow up the needy, and cause the poor of the land to fail, — read the full passage →

Thus says Yahweh: Execute justice and righteousness, and deliver him who is robbed out of the hand of the oppressor: and do no wrong, do no violence, to the foreigner, the fatherless, nor the widow; neither shed innocent blood in this place.

You shall have a perfect and just weight. You shall have a perfect and just measure, that your days may be long in the land which Yahweh your God gives you.

If you call on him as Father, who without respect of persons judges according to each man’s work, pass the time of your living as foreigners here in reverent fear:

Behold, the wages of the laborers who mowed your fields, which you have kept back by fraud, cry out, and the cries of those who reaped have entered into the ears of the Lord of Armies.

But if you show partiality, you commit sin, being convicted by the law as transgressors.

But he who does wrong will receive again for the wrong that he has done, and there is no partiality.

Peter opened his mouth and said, “Truly I perceive that God doesn’t show favoritism; — read the full passage →

Therefore whatever you desire for men to do to you, you shall also do to them; for this is the law and the prophets.

“Thus has Yahweh of Armies spoken, saying, ‘Execute true judgment, and show kindness and compassion every man to his brother.

Thus says the Lord Yahweh: Let it suffice you, princes of Israel: remove violence and plunder, and execute justice and righteousness; dispossessing my people, says the Lord Yahweh. — read the full passage →

he who has not lent on interest, neither has taken any increase, who has withdrawn his hand from iniquity, has executed true justice between man and man,

The king who fairly judges the poor, his throne shall be established forever.

What if God, willing to show his wrath, and to make his power known, endured with much patience vessels of wrath made for destruction, — read the full passage →

For the wages of sin is death, but the free gift of God is eternal life in Christ Jesus our Lord.

because that which is known of God is revealed in them, for God revealed it to them. — read the full passage →

It will be, that whoever will call on the name of the Lord will be saved.’

For God so loved the world, that he gave his one and only Son, that whoever believes in him should not perish, but have eternal life. — read the full passage →

It is because of Yahweh’s loving kindnesses that we are not consumed, because his compassion doesn’t fail. — read the full passage →

Yahweh executes righteous acts, and justice for all who are oppressed. — read the full passage →

You shall not pervert justice. You shall not show partiality. You shall not take a bribe, for a bribe blinds the eyes of the wise, and perverts the words of the righteous.

Then the King will tell those on his right hand, ‘Come, blessed of my Father, inherit the Kingdom prepared for you from the foundation of the world; — read the full passage →

Blessed are the merciful, for they shall obtain mercy.

Surely the Lord Yahweh will do nothing, unless he reveals his secret to his servants the prophets. — read the full passage →

But the wisdom that is from above is first pure, then peaceful, gentle, reasonable, full of mercy and good fruits, without partiality, and without hypocrisy.

So, as much as is in me, I am eager to preach the Good News to you also who are in Rome. — read the full passage →

“I am the true vine, and my Father is the farmer. — read the full passage →

Now I have told you before it happens so that, when it happens, you may believe.

Jesus said to him, “I am the way, the truth, and the life. No one comes to the Father, except through me. — read the full passage →

Most certainly I tell you, all these things will come upon this generation. — read the full passage →

Take that which is yours, and go your way. It is my desire to give to this last just as much as to you. — read the full passage →

However, if you fulfill the royal law, according to the Scripture, “You shall love your neighbor as yourself,” you do well. — read the full passage →

Therefore you are without excuse, O man, whoever you are who judge. For in that which you judge another, you condemn yourself. For you who judge practice the same things. — read the full passage →

Don’t exploit the poor, because he is poor; and don’t crush the needy in court; — read the full passage →

“You shall not deny justice to your poor people in their lawsuits.

neither shall you favor a poor man in his cause.

However, if you fulfill the royal law, according to the Scripture, “You shall love your neighbor as yourself,” you do well. — read the full passage →

What shall we say then? Is there unrighteousness with God? May it never be! — read the full passage →

He also said to his disciples, “There was a certain rich man who had a manager. An accusation was made to him that this man was wasting his possessions. — read the full passage →

“Now his elder son was in the field. As he came near to the house, he heard music and dancing. — read the full passage →

Then Jesus said to them, “I will ask you something: Is it lawful on the Sabbath to do good, or to do harm? To save a life, or to kill?” — read the full passage →

Seeing a fig tree by the road, he came to it, and found nothing on it but leaves. He said to it, “Let there be no fruit from you forever!” Immediately the fig tree withered away.

About the eleventh hourhe went out, and found others standing idle. He said to them, ‘Why do you stand here all day idle?’ — read the full passage →

But many will be last who are first; and first who are last.

When the Pharisees saw it, they said to his disciples, “Why does your teacher eat with tax collectors and sinners?” — read the full passage →

For the Gentiles seek after all these things; for your heavenly Father knows that you need all these things. — read the full passage →

From the days of your fathers you have turned aside from my ordinances, and have not kept them. Return to me, and I will return to you,” says Yahweh of Armies. “But you say, ‘How shall we return?’ — read the full passage →

I will sprinkle clean water on you, and you shall be clean: from all your filthiness, and from all your idols, will I cleanse you. — read the full passage →

Tell them, As I live, says the Lord Yahweh, I have no pleasure in the death of the wicked; but that the wicked turn from his way and live: turn, turn from your evil ways; for why will you die, house of Israel?

“Isn’t this the fast that I have chosen: to release the bonds of wickedness, to undo the bands of the yoke, and to let the oppressed go free, and that you break every yoke? — read the full passage →

Remember the former things of old: for I am God, and there is no one else; I am God, and there is none like me; — read the full passage →

Woe to those who deeply hide their counsel from Yahweh, and whose works are in the dark, and who say, “Who sees us?” and “Who knows us?” — read the full passage →

“Now, inhabitants of Jerusalem and men of Judah, please judge between me and my vineyard. — read the full passage →

Learn to do well. Seek justice. Relieve the oppressed. Judge the fatherless. Plead for the widow.” — read the full passage →

Rescue those who are being led away to death! Indeed, hold back those who are staggering to the slaughter! — read the full passage →

Turn your ear, and listen to the words of the wise. Apply your heart to my teaching. — read the full passage →

Happy is the man who finds wisdom, the man who gets understanding. — read the full passage →

Cast your burden on Yahweh, and he will sustain you. He will never allow the righteous to be moved. — read the full passage →

Blessed is he who considers the poor. Yahweh will deliver him in the day of evil. — read the full passage →

Therefore Yahweh has rewarded me according to my righteousness, according to the cleanness of my hands in his eyesight. — read the full passage →

My shield is with God, who saves the upright in heart. — read the full passage →

You shall not have in your bag diverse weights, one heavy and one light. — read the full passage →

Now please let the power of the Lord be great, according as you have spoken, saying, — read the full passage →

“‘He who strikes any man mortally shall surely be put to death. — read the full passage →

Yahweh called to Moses, and spoke to him from the Tent of Meeting, saying, — read the full passage →

Blessed are those who do his commandments,that they may have the right to the tree of life, and may enter in by the gates into the city. — read the full passage →

Who, when he was cursed, didn’t curse back. When he suffered, didn’t threaten, but committed himself to him who judges righteously; — read the full passage →

This wisdom is not that which comes down from above, but is earthly, sensual, and demonic. — read the full passage →

For he who said, “Do not commit adultery,” also said, “Do not commit murder.” Now if you do not commit adultery, but murder, you have become a transgressor of the law. — read the full passage →

My brothers, don’t hold the faith of our Lord Jesus Christ of glory with partiality. — read the full passage →

Don’t be deceived, my beloved brothers. — read the full passage →

For as many of you as were baptized into Christ have put on Christ. — read the full passage →

For who makes you different? And what do you have that you didn’t receive? But if you did receive it, why do you boast as if you had not received it?

Now I beg you, brothers, through the name of our Lord, Jesus Christ, that you all speak the same thing and that there be no divisions among you, but that you be perfected together in the same mind and in the same judgment. — read the full passage →

Who are you who judge another’s servant? To his own lord he stands or falls. Yes, he will be made to stand, for God has power to make him stand.

I ask then, did they stumble that they might fall? May it never be! But by their fall salvation has come to the Gentiles, to provoke them to jealousy.

What shall we say then? That the Gentiles, who didn’t follow after righteousness, attained to righteousness, even the righteousness which is of faith; — read the full passage →

As he says also in Hosea, “I will call them ‘my people,’ which were not my people; and her ‘beloved,’ who was not beloved.” — read the full passage →