Acts 23:3

You shall not show partiality in judgment; you shall hear the small and the great alike. You shall not be afraid of the face of man, for the judgment is God’s. The case that is too hard for you, you shall bring to me, and I will hear it.”

Do horses run on the rocky crags? Does one plow there with oxen? But you have turned justice into poison, and the fruit of righteousness into bitterness;

“Woe to you, scribes and Pharisees, hypocrites! For you are like whitened tombs, which outwardly appear beautiful, but inwardly are full of dead men’s bones, and of all uncleanness.

Then Abishai the son of Zeruiah said to the king, “Why should this dead dog curse my lord the king? Please let me go over and take off his head.”

Please don’t let me respect any man’s person, neither will I give flattering titles to any man.

he who doesn’t lend out his money for usury, nor take a bribe against the innocent. He who does these things shall never be shaken.

He who answers before he hears, that is folly and shame to him.

Then I returned and saw all the oppressions that are done under the sun: and behold, the tears of those who were oppressed, and they had no comforter; and on the side of their oppressors there was power; but they had no comforter.

“Does our law judge a man, unless it first hears from him personally and knows what he does?”

and led him to Annas first, for he was father-in-law to Caiaphas, who was high priest that year.

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

“You shall not follow a crowd to do evil. You shall not testify in court to side with a multitude to pervert justice.

“You shall take no bribe, for a bribe blinds those who have sight and perverts the words of the righteous.

His sons didn’t walk in his ways, but turned away after dishonest gain, took bribes, and perverted justice.

But Abishai the son of Zeruiah answered, “Shouldn’t Shimei be put to death for this, because he cursed Yahweh’s anointed?”

Set two men, wicked fellows, before him, and let them testify against him, saying, ‘You cursed God and the king!’ Then carry him out, and stone him to death.”

No, in your heart you plot injustice. You measure out the violence of your hands in the earth.

To be partial to the faces of the wicked is not good, nor to deprive the innocent of justice.

Open your mouth, judge righteously, and serve justice to the poor and needy.”

Don’t curse the king, no, not in your thoughts; and don’t curse the rich in your bedroom: for a bird of the sky may carry your voice, and that which has wings may tell the matter.

“Woe to you, scribes and Pharisees, hypocrites! For you devour widows’ houses, and as a pretense you make long prayers. Therefore you will receive greater condemnation.

Paul said, “I didn’t know, brothers, that he was high priest. For it is written, ‘You shall not speak evil of a ruler of your people.’ ”

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

For every matter of trespass, whether it is for ox, for donkey, for sheep, for clothing, or for any kind of lost thing, about which one says, ‘This is mine,’ the cause of both parties shall come before God. He whom God condemns shall pay double to his neighbor.

“Whoever in the open field touches one who is slain with a sword, or a dead body, or a bone of a man, or a grave, shall be unclean seven days.

You shall not have in your bag diverse weights, one heavy and one light.

Here I am. Witness against me before Yahweh, and before his anointed. Whose ox have I taken? Whose donkey have I taken? Whom have I defrauded? Whom have I oppressed? Of whose hand have I taken a bribe to make me blind my eyes? I will restore it to you.”

When king David came to Bahurim, behold, a man of the family of Saul’s house came out, whose name was Shimei, the son of Gera. He came out and cursed as he came.

They don’t know, neither do they understand. They walk back and forth in darkness. All the foundations of the earth are shaken.

These also are sayings of the wise. To show partiality in judgment is not good.

If you see the oppression of the poor, and the violent taking away of justice and righteousness in a district, don’t marvel at the matter, for one official is eyed by a higher one, and there are officials over them.

Surely extortion makes the wise man foolish; and a bribe destroys the understanding.

Those who put far away the evil day, and cause the seat of violence to come near;

Then the chief priests, the scribes, and the elders of the people were gathered together in the court of the high priest, who was called Caiaphas.

in the high priesthood of Annas and Caiaphas, the word of God came to John, the son of Zacharias, in the wilderness.

For there is no partiality with God.

Or don’t you know that the unrighteous will not inherit God’s Kingdom? Don’t be deceived. Neither the sexually immoral, nor idolaters, nor adulterers, nor male prostitutes, nor homosexuals,

“Anyone who curses his father or his mother shall surely be put to death.

If the thief isn’t found, then the master of the house shall come near to God, to find out whether or not he has put his hand on his neighbor’s goods.

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

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.

You shall not deprive the foreigner or the fatherless of justice, nor take a widow’s clothing in pledge;

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.

‘Cursed is he who withholds justice from the foreigner, fatherless, and widow.’ All the people shall say, ‘Amen.’

God presides in the great assembly. He judges among the gods.

“How long will you judge unjustly, and show partiality to the wicked?”

A wicked man receives a bribe in secret, to pervert the ways of justice.

Also to punish the righteous is not good, nor to flog officials for their integrity.

Woe to those who decree unrighteous decrees, and to the writers who write oppressive decrees;

Yahweh says, “Record this man as childless, a man who will not prosper in his days; for no more will a man of his offspring prosper, sitting on David’s throne, and ruling in Judah.”

They make promises, swearing falsely in making covenants. Therefore judgment springs up like poisonous weeds in the furrows of the field.

those who have turned back from following Yahweh, and those who haven’t sought Yahweh nor inquired after him.

Don’t judge according to appearance, but judge righteous judgment.”

Therefore give everyone what you owe: if you owe taxes, pay taxes; if customs, then customs; if respect, then respect; if honor, then honor.

For the love of money is a root of all kinds of evil. Some have been led astray from the faith in their greed, and have pierced themselves through with many sorrows.

Yet in the same way, these also in their dreaming defile the flesh, despise authority, and slander celestial beings.

“You shall not blaspheme God, nor curse a ruler of your people.

“ ‘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.

“ ‘You shall do no unrighteousness in judgment, in measures of length, of weight, or of quantity.

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.

He said to his men, “Yahweh forbid that I should do this thing to my lord, Yahweh’s anointed, to stretch out my hand against him, since he is Yahweh’s anointed.”

David said to Abishai, “Don’t destroy him; for who can stretch out his hand against Yahweh’s anointed, and be guiltless?”

Who says to a king, ‘Vile!’ or to nobles, ‘Wicked!’?

Shall the throne of wickedness have fellowship with you, which brings about mischief by statute?

I will give you thanks with my whole heart. Before the gods, I will sing praises to you.

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

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

Don’t be a witness against your neighbor without cause. Don’t deceive with your lips.

Moreover I saw under the sun, in the place of justice, that wickedness was there; and in the place of righteousness, that wickedness was there.

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

They have grown fat. They shine; yes, they excel in deeds of wickedness. They don’t plead the cause, the cause of the fatherless, that they may prosper; and they don’t defend the rights of the needy.

In you have they taken bribes to shed blood. You have taken interest and increase, and you have greedily gained of your neighbors by oppression, and have forgotten me,” says the Lord Yahweh.

You who turn justice to wormwood, and cast down righteousness to the earth:

Listen now to what Yahweh says: “Arise, plead your case before the mountains, and let the hills hear what you have to say.

For with whatever judgment you judge, you will be judged; and with whatever measure you measure, it will be measured to you.

Woe to you, scribes and Pharisees, hypocrites! For you are like hidden graves, and the men who walk over them don’t know it.”

Annas sent him bound to Caiaphas, the high priest.

Peter opened his mouth and said, “Truly I perceive that God doesn’t show favoritism;

but chiefly those who walk after the flesh in the lust of defilement and despise authority. Daring, self-willed, they are not afraid to speak evil of dignitaries;