Fairness

Ye shall do no unrighteousness in judgment: thou shalt not respect the person of the poor, nor honour the person of the mighty: but in righteousness shalt thou judge thy neighbour.

Open thy mouth, judge righteously, and plead the cause of the poor and needy.

Blessed are they that keep judgment, and he that doeth righteousness at all times.

He hath shewed thee, O man, what is good; and what doth the Lord require of thee, but to do justly, and to love mercy, and to walk humbly with thy God?

My brethren, have not the faith of our Lord Jesus Christ, the Lord of glory, with respect of persons. — read the full passage →

I returned, and saw under the sun, that the race is not to the swift, nor the battle to the strong, neither yet bread to the wise, nor yet riches to men of understanding, nor yet favour to men of skill; but time and chance happeneth to them all.

It is joy to the just to do judgment: but destruction shall be to the workers of iniquity.

And, ye masters, do the same things unto them, forbearing threatening: knowing that your Master also is in heaven; neither is there respect of persons with him.

A just weight and balance are the Lord’s: all the weights of the bag are his work.

My brethren, have not the faith of our Lord Jesus Christ, the Lord of glory, with respect of persons.

For God is not unrighteous to forget your work and labour of love, which ye have shewed toward his name, in that ye have ministered to the saints, and do minister.

For there is no respect of persons with God.

Masters, give unto your servants that which is just and equal; knowing that ye also have a Master in heaven.

Thou shalt not wrest judgment; thou shalt not respect persons, neither take a gift: for a gift doth blind the eyes of the wise, and pervert the words of the righteous. — read the full passage →

A false balance is abomination to the Lord: but a just weight is his delight.

So the last shall be first, and the first last: for many be called, but few chosen.

Finally, be ye all of one mind, having compassion one of another, love as brethren, be pitiful, be courteous:

There is neither Jew nor Greek, there is neither bond nor free, there is neither male nor female: for ye are all one in Christ Jesus.

The king that faithfully judgeth the poor, his throne shall be established for ever.

But the wisdom that is from above is first pure, then peaceable, gentle, and easy to be intreated, full of mercy and good fruits, without partiality, and without hypocrisy.

Learn to do well; seek judgment, relieve the oppressed, judge the fatherless, plead for the widow.

But with righteousness shall he judge the poor, and reprove with equity for the meek of the earth: and he shall smite the earth with the rod of his mouth, and with the breath of his lips shall he slay the wicked.

Rob not the poor, because he is poor: neither oppress the afflicted in the gate: — read the full passage →

For the kingdom of heaven is like unto a man that is an householder, which went out early in the morning to hire labourers into his vineyard. — read the full passage →

For God so loved the world, that he gave his only begotten Son, that whosoever believeth in him should not perish, but have everlasting life. — read the full passage →

And therefore will the Lord wait, that he may be gracious unto you, and therefore will he be exalted, that he may have mercy upon you: for the Lord is a God of judgment: blessed are all they that wait for him.

Thou shalt not raise a false report: put not thine hand with the wicked to be an unrighteous witness. — read the full passage →

But if ye have respect to persons, ye commit sin, and are convinced of the law as transgressors.

And one of the scribes came, and having heard them reasoning together, and perceiving that he had answered them well, asked him, Which is the first commandment of all? — read the full passage →

But he that doeth wrong shall receive for the wrong which he hath done: and there is no respect of persons.

Then Peter opened his mouth, and said, Of a truth I perceive that God is no respecter of persons: — read the full passage →

Providing for honest things, not only in the sight of the Lord, but also in the sight of men.

He that justifieth the wicked, and he that condemneth the just, even they both are abomination to the Lord.

Therefore all things whatsoever ye would that men should do to you, do ye even so to them: for this is the law and the prophets.

It is not good to accept the person of the wicked, to overthrow the righteous in judgment.

My brethren, have not the faith of our Lord Jesus Christ, the Lord of glory, with respect of persons. — read the full passage →

But let judgment run down as waters, and righteousness as a mighty stream.

Seeing it is a righteous thing with God to recompense tribulation to them that trouble you;

Thou shalt not wrest the judgment of thy poor in his cause.

He that oppresseth the poor to increase his riches, and he that giveth to the rich, shall surely come to want.

Better is a little with righteousness than great revenues without right.

Behold, the hire of the labourers who have reaped down your fields, which is of you kept back by fraud, crieth: and the cries of them which have reaped are entered into the ears of the Lord of sabaoth.

Six days thou shalt do thy work, and on the seventh day thou shalt rest: that thine ox and thine ass may rest, and the son of thy handmaid, and the stranger, may be refreshed.

If ye fulfil the royal law according to the scripture, Thou shalt love thy neighbour as thyself, ye do well: — read the full passage →

But by an equality, that now at this time your abundance may be a supply for their want, that their abundance also may be a supply for your want: that there may be equality:

Thus saith the Lord; Execute ye judgment and righteousness, and deliver the spoiled out of the hand of the oppressor: and do no wrong, do no violence to the stranger, the fatherless, nor the widow, neither shed innocent blood in this place.

The king’s strength also loveth judgment; thou dost establish equity, thou executest judgment and righteousness in Jacob.

He that walketh righteously, and speaketh uprightly; he that despiseth the gain of oppressions, that shaketh his hands from holding of bribes, that stoppeth his ears from hearing of blood, and shutteth his eyes from seeing evil;

I said in mine heart, God shall judge the righteous and the wicked: for there is a time there for every purpose and for every work.

I lead in the way of righteousness, in the midst of the paths of judgment:

God judgeth the righteous, and God is angry with the wicked every day.

For the wages of sin is death; but the gift of God is eternal life through Jesus Christ our Lord.

He that is faithful in that which is least is faithful also in much: and he that is unjust in the least is unjust also in much.

Evil men understand not judgment: but they that seek the Lord understand all things.

Then Peter opened his mouth, and said, Of a truth I perceive that God is no respecter of persons:

Why sayest thou, O Jacob, and speakest, O Israel, My way is hid from the Lord, and my judgment is passed over from my God?

And moreover I saw under the sun the place of judgment, that wickedness was there; and the place of righteousness, that iniquity was there. — read the full passage →

How much less to him that accepteth not the persons of princes, nor regardeth the rich more than the poor? for they all are the work of his hands.

Thus speaketh the Lord of hosts, saying, Execute true judgment, and shew mercy and compassions every man to his brother:

The righteous considereth the cause of the poor: but the wicked regardeth not to know it.

That which is altogether just shalt thou follow, that thou mayest live, and inherit the land which the Lord thy God giveth thee.

Doth God pervert judgment? or doth the Almighty pervert justice?

And I charged your judges at that time, saying, Hear the causes between your brethren, and judge righteously between every man and his brother, and the stranger that is with him. — read the full passage →

Neither shalt thou countenance a poor man in his cause.

For Christ also hath once suffered for sins, the just for the unjust, that he might bring us to God, being put to death in the flesh, but quickened by the Spirit:

Wherein in time past ye walked according to the course of this world, according to the prince of the power of the air, the spirit that now worketh in the children of disobedience: — read the full passage →

Thou shalt not wrest judgment; thou shalt not respect persons, neither take a gift: for a gift doth blind the eyes of the wise, and pervert the words of the righteous.

And if ye call on the Father, who without respect of persons judgeth according to every man’s work, pass the time of your sojourning here in fear:

My brethren, have not the faith of our Lord Jesus Christ, the Lord of glory, with respect of persons. — read the full passage →

And the brethren immediately sent away Paul and Silas by night unto Berea: who coming thither went into the synagogue of the Jews. — read the full passage →

For with God nothing shall be impossible.

For God so loved the world, that he gave his only begotten Son, that whosoever believeth in him should not perish, but have everlasting life.

For the kingdom of heaven is as a man travelling into a far country, who called his own servants, and delivered unto them his goods. — read the full passage →

And he shall judge the world in righteousness, he shall minister judgment to the people in uprightness.

And righteousness shall be the girdle of his loins, and faithfulness the girdle of his reins.

A good man sheweth favour, and lendeth: he will guide his affairs with discretion.

But he said unto her, Thou speakest as one of the foolish women speaketh. What? shall we receive good at the hand of God, and shall we not receive evil? In all this did not Job sin with his lips.

If a man shall steal an ox, or a sheep, and kill it, or sell it; he shall restore five oxen for an ox, and four sheep for a sheep. — read the full passage →

And the second is like, namely this, Thou shalt love thy neighbour as thyself. There is none other commandment greater than these.

The Revelation of Jesus Christ, which God gave unto him, to shew unto his servants things which must shortly come to pass; and he sent and signified it by his angel unto his servant John:

He that hath not given forth upon usury, neither hath taken any increase, that hath withdrawn his hand from iniquity, hath executed true judgment between man and man,

To do justice and judgment is more acceptable to the Lord than sacrifice.

Ye shall not respect persons in judgment; but ye shall hear the small as well as the great; ye shall not be afraid of the face of man; for the judgment is God’s: and the cause that is too hard for you, bring it unto me, and I will hear it.

And the word of the Lord came unto Zechariah, saying, — read the full passage →

And whatsoever ye do, do it heartily, as to the Lord, and not unto men;

The thief cometh not, but for to steal, and to kill, and to destroy: I am come that they might have life, and that they might have it more abundantly.

And he answered and told them, Elias verily cometh first, and restoreth all things; and how it is written of the Son of man, that he must suffer many things, and be set at nought. — read the full passage →

But they that wait upon the Lord shall renew their strength; they shall mount up with wings as eagles; they shall run, and not be weary; and they shall walk, and not faint.

Yea, surely God will not do wickedly, neither will the Almighty pervert judgment.

And ye became followers of us, and of the Lord, having received the word in much affliction, with joy of the Holy Ghost:

For there is no difference between the Jew and the Greek: for the same Lord over all is rich unto all that call upon him.

And as ye would that men should do to you, do ye also to them likewise.

Thus saith the Lord, Keep ye judgment, and do justice: for my salvation is near to come, and my righteousness to be revealed.

O let the nations be glad and sing for joy: for thou shalt judge the people righteously, and govern the nations upon earth. Selah.

Thou shalt not follow a multitude to do evil; neither shalt thou speak in a cause to decline after many to wrest judgment:

If a man shall steal an ox, or a sheep, and kill it, or sell it; he shall restore five oxen for an ox, and four sheep for a sheep. — read the full passage →

The Revelation of Jesus Christ, which God gave unto him, to shew unto his servants things which must shortly come to pass; and he sent and signified it by his angel unto his servant John: — read the full passage →

Behold therefore the goodness and severity of God: on them which fell, severity; but toward thee, goodness, if thou continue in his goodness: otherwise thou also shalt be cut off.

A fool uttereth all his mind: but a wise man keepeth it in till afterwards.

And the heavens shall declare his righteousness: for God is judge himself. Selah.