BLB Deu 1

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Deu 1:17 — 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.

Phrase of Scripture		Correlating Passages

shall not		Deu 10:17; Deu 16:19; Lev 19:15; 1Sa 16:7; 2Sa 14:14; Pro 24:23; Luk 20:21; Act 10:34,35; Rom 2:11; Eph 6:9; Col 3:25; Jam 2:1,3,9; 1Pe 1:17
respect persons		Heb. acknowledge faces. That is, let not the bold, daring countenances of the rich or mighty induce you to give an unrighteous decision; and let not the abject look of the poor man induce you either to favour him in an unrighteous cause, or to give judgment against him at the demand of the oppressor.
ye shall hear		Exd 23:3,6,7; 1Sa 12:3,4; Job 22:6-9; Job 29:11-17; Job 31:13-16; Psa 82:3,4; Pro 22:22,23; Jer 5:28,29; Amo 5:11,12; Mic 2:1-3; Mic 3:1-4; Mic 7:3,4; Jam 2:2-4,5
ye shall not		1Ki 21:8-14; Job 31:34; Pro 29:25; Jer 1:17; Mat 22:16; Mar 12:14; 1Th 2:4
the judgment		2Ch 19:6
the cause		Deu 17:8-10; Exd 18:18,22,26

Correlating Passages

shall not

	Deu 10:17	For the LORD your God [is] God of gods, and Lord of lords, a great God, a mighty, and a terrible, which regardeth not persons, nor taketh reward:
	Deu 16:19	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.
	Lev 19:15	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.
	1Sa 16:7	But the LORD said unto Samuel, Look not on his countenance, or on the height of his stature; because I have refused him: for [the LORD seeth] not as man seeth; for man looketh on the outward appearance, but the LORD looketh on the heart.
	2Sa 14:14	For we must needs die, and [are] as water spilt on the ground, which cannot be gathered up again; neither doth God respect [any] person: yet doth he devise means, that his banished be not expelled from him.
	Pro 24:23	These [things] also [belong] to the wise. [It is] not good to have respect of persons in judgment.
	Luk 20:21	And they asked him, saying, Master, we know that thou sayest and teachest rightly, neither acceptest thou the person [of any], but teachest the way of God truly:
	Act 10:34	Then Peter opened [his] mouth, and said, Of a truth I perceive that God is no respecter of persons:
	Act 10:35	But in every nation he that feareth him, and worketh righteousness, is accepted with him.
	Rom 2:11	For there is no respect of persons with God.
	Eph 6:9	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.
	Col 3:25	But he that doeth wrong shall receive for the wrong which he hath done: and there is no respect of persons.
	Jam 2:1	My brethren, have not the faith of our Lord Jesus Christ, [the Lord] of glory, with respect of persons.
	Jam 2:3	And ye have respect to him that weareth the gay clothing, and say unto him, Sit thou here in a good place; and say to the poor, Stand thou there, or sit here under my footstool:
	Jam 2:9	But if ye have respect to persons, ye commit sin, and are convinced of the law as transgressors.
	1Pe 1:17	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:

ye shall hear

	Exd 23:3	Neither shalt thou countenance a poor man in his cause.
	Exd 23:6	Thou shalt not wrest the judgment of thy poor in his cause.
	Exd 23:7	Keep thee far from a false matter; and the innocent and righteous slay thou not: for I will not justify the wicked.
	1Sa 12:3	Behold, here I [am]: witness against me before the LORD, and before his anointed: whose ox have I taken? or whose ass have I taken? or whom have I defrauded? whom have I oppressed? or of whose hand have I received [any] bribe to blind mine eyes therewith? and I will restore it you.
	1Sa 12:4	And they said, Thou hast not defrauded us, nor oppressed us, neither hast thou taken ought of any man's hand.
	Job 22:6	For thou hast taken a pledge from thy brother for nought, and stripped the naked of their clothing.
	Job 22:7	Thou hast not given water to the weary to drink, and thou hast withholden bread from the hungry.
	Job 22:8	But [as for] the mighty man, he had the earth; and the honourable man dwelt in it.
	Job 22:9	Thou hast sent widows away empty, and the arms of the fatherless have been broken.
	Job 29:11	When the ear heard [me], then it blessed me; and when the eye saw [me], it gave witness to me:
	Job 29:12	Because I delivered the poor that cried, and the fatherless, and [him that had] none to help him.
	Job 29:13	The blessing of him that was ready to perish came upon me: and I caused the widow's heart to sing for joy.
	Job 29:14	I put on righteousness, and it clothed me: my judgment [was] as a robe and a diadem.
	Job 29:15	I was eyes to the blind, and feet [was] I to the lame.
	Job 29:16	I [was] a father to the poor: and the cause [which] I knew not I searched out.
	Job 29:17	And I brake the jaws of the wicked, and plucked the spoil out of his teeth.
	Job 31:13	If I did despise the cause of my manservant or of my maidservant, when they contended with me;
	Job 31:14	What then shall I do when God riseth up? and when he visiteth, what shall I answer him?
	Job 31:15	Did not he that made me in the womb make him? and did not one fashion us in the womb?
	Job 31:16	If I have withheld the poor from [their] desire, or have caused the eyes of the widow to fail;
	Psa 82:3	Defend the poor and fatherless: do justice to the afflicted and needy.
	Psa 82:4	Deliver the poor and needy: rid [them] out of the hand of the wicked.
	Pro 22:22	Rob not the poor, because he [is] poor: neither oppress the afflicted in the gate:
	Pro 22:23	For the LORD will plead their cause, and spoil the soul of those that spoiled them.
	Jer 5:28	They are waxen fat, they shine: yea, they overpass the deeds of the wicked: they judge not the cause, the cause of the fatherless, yet they prosper; and the right of the needy do they not judge.
	Jer 5:29	Shall I not visit for these [things]? saith the LORD: shall not my soul be avenged on such a nation as this?
	Amo 5:11	Forasmuch therefore as your treading [is] upon the poor, and ye take from him burdens of wheat: ye have built houses of hewn stone, but ye shall not dwell in them; ye have planted pleasant vineyards, but ye shall not drink wine of them.
	Amo 5:12	For I know your manifold transgressions and your mighty sins: they afflict the just, they take a bribe, and they turn aside the poor in the gate [from their right].
	Mic 2:1	Woe to them that devise iniquity, and work evil upon their beds! when the morning is light, they practise it, because it is in the power of their hand.
	Mic 2:2	And they covet fields, and take [them] by violence; and houses, and take [them] away: so they oppress a man and his house, even a man and his heritage.
	Mic 2:3	Therefore thus saith the LORD; Behold, against this family do I devise an evil, from which ye shall not remove your necks; neither shall ye go haughtily: for this time [is] evil.
	Mic 3:1	And I said, Hear, I pray you, O heads of Jacob, and ye princes of the house of Israel; [Is it] not for you to know judgment?
	Mic 3:2	Who hate the good, and love the evil; who pluck off their skin from off them, and their flesh from off their bones;
	Mic 3:3	Who also eat the flesh of my people, and flay their skin from off them; and they break their bones, and chop them in pieces, as for the pot, and as flesh within the caldron.
	Mic 3:4	Then shall they cry unto the LORD, but he will not hear them: he will even hide his face from them at that time, as they have behaved themselves ill in their doings.
	Mic 7:3	That they may do evil with both hands earnestly, the prince asketh, and the judge [asketh] for a reward; and the great [man], he uttereth his mischievous desire: so they wrap it up.
	Mic 7:4	The best of them [is] as a brier: the most upright [is sharper] than a thorn hedge: the day of thy watchmen [and] thy visitation cometh; now shall be their perplexity.
	Jam 2:2	For if there come unto your assembly a man with a gold ring, in goodly apparel, and there come in also a poor man in vile raiment;
	Jam 2:3	And ye have respect to him that weareth the gay clothing, and say unto him, Sit thou here in a good place; and say to the poor, Stand thou there, or sit here under my footstool:
	Jam 2:4	Are ye not then partial in yourselves, and are become judges of evil thoughts?
	Jam 2:5	Hearken, my beloved brethren, Hath not God chosen the poor of this world rich in faith, and heirs of the kingdom which he hath promised to them that love him?

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