2 Chronicles 19:7
Hebrew Text— 2 Chronicles 19:7Now therefore let the fear of Yahweh be on you. Take heed and do it; for there is no iniquity with Yahweh our God, nor respect of persons, nor taking of bribes.”
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to show that Yahweh is upright. He is my rock, and there is no unrighteousness in him.
But Yahweh is the true God. He is the living God, and an everlasting King. At his wrath, the earth trembles. The nations aren’t able to withstand his indignation.
May it be far from you to do things like that, to kill the righteous with the wicked, so that the righteous should be like the wicked. May that be far from you. Shouldn’t the Judge of all the earth do right?”
“ ‘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.
Of the Rock who became your father, you are unmindful, and have forgotten God who gave you birth.
“The Mighty One, God, Yahweh, the Mighty One, God, Yahweh, he knows; and Israel shall know: if it was in rebellion, or if in trespass against Yahweh (don’t save us today),
As for God, his way is perfect. Yahweh’s word is tested. He is a shield to all those who take refuge in him.
Does God pervert justice? Or does the Almighty pervert righteousness?
As for God, his way is perfect. Yahweh’s word is tried. He is a shield to all those who take refuge in him.
Yahweh’s law is perfect, restoring the soul. Yahweh’s covenant is sure, making wise the simple.
Turn my eyes away from looking at worthless things. Revive me in your ways.
Give thanks to the God of gods; for his loving kindness endures forever.
The king answered to Daniel, and said, “Of a truth your God is the God of gods, and the Lord of kings, and a revealer of secrets, since you have been able to reveal this secret.”
which none of the rulers of this world has known. For had they known it, they wouldn’t have crucified the Lord of glory.
I have become foolish in boasting. You compelled me, for I ought to have been commended by you, for I am in no way inferior to the very best apostles, though I am nothing.
For am I now seeking the favor of men, or of God? Or am I striving to please men? For if I were still pleasing men, I wouldn’t be a servant of Christ.
Listen, my beloved brothers. Didn’t God choose those who are poor in this world to be rich in faith, and heirs of the Kingdom which he promised to those who love him?
But if you show partiality, you commit sin, being convicted by the law as transgressors.
These will war against the Lamb, and the Lamb will overcome them, for he is Lord of lords, and King of kings, and those who are with him are called chosen and faithful.”
He has on his garment and on his thigh a name written, “KING OF KINGS, AND LORD OF LORDS.”
No one is greater in this house than I am, and he has not kept back anything from me but you, because you are his wife. How then can I do this great wickedness, and sin against God?”
You shall not rule over him with harshness, but shall fear your God.
You shall not be scared of them; for Yahweh your God is among you, a great and awesome God.
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.
The Rock: his work is perfect, for all his ways are just. A God of faithfulness who does no wrong, just and right is he.
Now therefore, our God, the great, the mighty, and the awesome God, who keeps covenant and loving kindness, don’t let all the travail seem little before you, that has come on us, on our kings, on our princes, on our priests, on our prophets, on our fathers, and on all your people, since the time of the kings of Assyria to this day.
“Behold, God will not cast away a blameless man, neither will he uphold the evildoers.
Yes surely, God will not do wickedly, neither will the Almighty pervert justice.
They remembered that God was their rock, the Most High God, their redeemer.
He has made everything beautiful in its time. He has also set eternity in their hearts, yet so that man can’t find out the work that God has done from the beginning even to the end.
Surely extortion makes the wise man foolish; and a bribe destroys the understanding.
Your princes are rebellious and companions of thieves. Everyone loves bribes and follows after rewards. They don’t defend the fatherless, neither does the cause of the widow come to them.
Now I, Nebuchadnezzar, praise and extol and honor the King of heaven; for all his works are truth, and his ways justice; and those who walk in pride he is able to abase.
“The king will do according to his will. He will exalt himself, and magnify himself above every god, and will speak marvelous things against the God of gods. He will prosper until the indignation is accomplished; for that which is determined will be done.
Aren’t you from everlasting, Yahweh my God, my Holy One? We will not die. Yahweh, you have appointed him for judgment. You, Rock, have established him to punish.
Then you shall return and discern between the righteous and the wicked, between him who serves God and him who doesn’t serve him.
The Pharisees went out, and immediately conspired with the Herodians against him, how they might destroy him.
For there is no partiality with God.
“You shall take no bribe, for a bribe blinds those who have sight and perverts the words of the righteous.
For Yahweh your God, he is God of gods and Lord of lords, the great God, the mighty, and the awesome, who doesn’t respect persons or take bribes.
“Therefore listen to me, you men of understanding: far be it from God, that he should do wickedness, from the Almighty, that he should commit iniquity.
He doesn’t respect the persons of princes, nor respect the rich more than the poor; for they all are the work of his hands.
Peter opened his mouth and said, “Truly I perceive that God doesn’t show favoritism;
What shall we say then? Is there unrighteousness with God? May it never be!
But he who does wrong will receive again for the wrong that he has done, and there is no partiality.
My brothers, don’t hold the faith of our Lord Jesus Christ of glory with partiality.
But the former governors who were before me were supported by the people, and took bread and wine from them, plus forty shekels of silver; yes, even their servants ruled over the people; but I didn’t do so, because of the fear of God.
He who walks righteously and speaks blamelessly, he who despises the gain of oppressions, who gestures with his hands, refusing to take a bribe, who stops his ears from hearing of blood, and shuts his eyes from looking at evil—
Their hands are on that which is evil to do it diligently. The ruler and judge ask for a bribe; and the powerful man dictates the evil desire of his soul. Thus they conspire together.
They sent their disciples to him, along with the Herodians, saying, “Teacher, we know that you are honest, and teach the way of God in truth, no matter whom you teach, for you aren’t partial to anyone.
But from those who were reputed to be important—whatever they were, it makes no difference to me; God doesn’t show partiality to man—they, I say, who were respected imparted nothing to me,
subjecting yourselves to one another in the fear of Christ.
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.
Joseph said to them the third day, “Do this, and live, for I fear God.
“You shall not deny justice to your poor people in their lawsuits.
You shall not wrong one another, but you shall fear your God; for I am Yahweh your God.
Now the name of the man of Israel that was slain, who was slain with the Midianite woman, was Zimri, the son of Salu, a prince of a fathers’ house among the Simeonites.
He commanded them, saying, “You shall do this in the fear of Yahweh, faithfully, and with a perfect heart.
“How long will you judge unjustly, and show partiality to the wicked?”
These also are sayings of the wise. To show partiality in judgment is not good.
who acquit the guilty for a bribe, but deny justice for the innocent!
When they had come, they asked him, “Teacher, we know that you are honest, and don’t defer to anyone; for you aren’t partial to anyone, but truly teach the way of God. Is it lawful to pay taxes to Caesar, or not?
They asked him, “Teacher, we know that you say and teach what is right, and aren’t partial to anyone, but truly teach the way of God.
Meanwhile, he also hoped that money would be given to him by Paul, that he might release him. Therefore also he sent for him more often and talked with him.
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,