You make judgments in a purely human way; I pass judgment on no one.

"At that time I instructed them, 'Listen to the disputes that come up among your people. Judge every dispute fairly, whether it concerns only your own people or involves foreigners who live among you.

Show no partiality in your decisions; judge everyone on the same basis, no matter who they are. Do not be afraid of anyone, for the decisions you make come from God. If any case is too difficult for you, bring it to me, and I will decide it.'

"Appoint judges and other officials in every town that the LORD your God gives you. These men are to judge the people impartially.

They are not to be unjust or show partiality in their judgments; and they are not to accept bribes, for gifts blind the eyes even of wise and honest men, and cause them to give wrong decisions.

Do you rulers ever give a just decision? Do you judge everyone fairly?

No! You think only of the evil you can do, and commit crimes of violence in the land.

"You must stop judging unjustly; you must no longer be partial to the wicked!

You have nothing to do with corrupt judges, who make injustice legal,

who plot against good people and sentence the innocent to death.

Condemning the innocent or letting the wicked go---both are hateful to the LORD.

The wise have also said these things: It is wrong for judges to be prejudiced.

But for just a bribe you let the guilty go free, and you keep the innocent from getting justice.

and find pleasure in obeying him. He will not judge by appearance or hearsay;

he will judge the poor fairly and defend the rights of the helpless. At his command the people will be punished, and evil persons will die.

My friends, as believers in our Lord Jesus Christ, the Lord of glory, you must never treat people in different ways according to their outward appearance.

then you are guilty of creating distinctions among yourselves and of making judgments based on evil motives.

But if you treat people according to their outward appearance, you are guilty of sin, and the Law condemns you as a lawbreaker.