John 7:24

But Yahweh said to Samuel, “Don’t look on his face, or on the height of his stature, because I have rejected him; for I don’t see as man sees. For man looks at the outward appearance, but Yahweh looks at the heart.”

“I, Yahweh, search the mind. I try the heart, even to give every man according to his ways, according to the fruit of his doings.”

He said to them, “You are those who justify yourselves in the sight of men, but God knows your hearts. For that which is exalted among men is an abomination in the sight of God.

You, Solomon my son, know the God of your father, and serve him with a perfect heart and with a willing mind; for Yahweh searches all hearts, and understands all the imaginations of the thoughts. If you seek him, he will be found by you; but if you forsake him, he will cast you off forever.

then hear in heaven, your dwelling place, and forgive, and act, and give to every man according to all his ways, whose heart you know (for you, even you only, know the hearts of all the children of men);

All the ways of a man are clean in his own eyes; but Yahweh weighs the motives.

but in the hidden person of the heart, in the incorruptible adornment of a gentle and quiet spirit, which is very precious in the sight of God.

Behold, you desire truth in the inward parts. You teach me wisdom in the inmost place.

Charm is deceitful, and beauty is vain; but a woman who fears Yahweh, she shall be praised.

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.”

Every way of a man is right in his own eyes, but Yahweh weighs the hearts.

His delight will be in the fear of Yahweh. He will not judge by the sight of his eyes, neither decide by the hearing of his ears;

But Yahweh of Armies, who tests the righteous, who sees the heart and the mind, let me see your vengeance on them, for I have revealed my cause to you.

coming to him, a living stone, rejected indeed by men, but chosen by God, precious.

For Yahweh’s eyes run back and forth throughout the whole earth, to show himself strong in the behalf of them whose heart is perfect toward him. You have done foolishly in this; for from now on you will have wars.”

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

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

Woe to those who call evil good, and good evil; who put darkness for light, and light for darkness; who put bitter for sweet, and sweet for bitter!

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

which none of the rulers of this world has known. For had they known it, they wouldn’t have crucified the Lord of glory.

For we are not commending ourselves to you again, but speak as giving you occasion of boasting on our behalf, that you may have something to answer those who boast in appearance, and not in heart.

“Keep far from a false charge, and don’t kill the innocent and righteous; for I will not justify the wicked.

I commanded your judges at that time, saying, “Hear cases between your brothers and judge righteously between a man and his brother, and the foreigner who is living with him.

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.

Oh let the wickedness of the wicked come to an end, but establish the righteous; their minds and hearts are searched by the righteous God.

You know my sitting down and my rising up. You perceive my thoughts from afar.

Sheol and Abaddon are before Yahweh— how much more then the hearts of the children of men!

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

He who says to the wicked, “You are righteous,” peoples will curse him, and nations will abhor him—

Jesus answered them, “Do you think that these Galileans were worse sinners than all the other Galileans, because they suffered such things?

Or those eighteen, on whom the tower in Siloam fell and killed them; do you think that they were worse offenders than all the men who dwell in Jerusalem?

God is spirit, and those who worship him must worship in spirit and truth.”

You judge according to the flesh. I judge no one.

If anyone listens to my sayings, and doesn’t believe, I don’t judge him. For I came not to judge the world, but to save the world.

They prayed and said, “You, Lord, who know the hearts of all men, show which one of these two you have chosen

But Peter and the apostles answered, “We must obey God rather than men.

Therefore let’s not judge one another any more, but judge this rather, that no man put a stumbling block in his brother’s way, or an occasion for falling.

and you are Christ’s, and Christ is God’s.

If any man thinks himself to be a prophet, or spiritual, let him recognize the things which I write to you, that they are the commandment of the Lord.

Do you look at things only as they appear in front of your face? If anyone trusts in himself that he is Christ’s, let him consider this again with himself, that even as he is Christ’s, so we also are Christ’s.

Are they servants of Christ? (I speak as one beside himself.) I am more so: in labors more abundantly, in prisons more abundantly, in stripes above measure, and in deaths often.

I will kill her children with Death, and all the assemblies will know that I am he who searches the minds and hearts. I will give to each one of you according to your deeds.

Now in all Israel there was no one to be so much praised as Absalom for his beauty. From the sole of his foot even to the crown of his head there was no defect in him.

Do you have eyes of flesh? Or do you see as man sees?

They gather themselves together against the soul of the righteous, and condemn the innocent blood.

He doesn’t delight in the strength of the horse. He takes no pleasure in the legs of a man.

He who justifies the wicked, and he who condemns the righteous, both of them alike are an abomination to Yahweh.

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

If you say, “Behold, we didn’t know this,” doesn’t he who weighs the hearts consider it? He who keeps your soul, doesn’t he know it? Shall he not render to every man according to his work?

To show partiality is not good; yet a man will do wrong for a piece of bread.

to deprive the needy from justice, and to rob the poor among my people of their rights, that widows may be their plunder, and that they may make the fatherless their prey!

But, Yahweh of Armies, who judges righteously, who tests the heart and the mind, I will see your vengeance on them; for to you I have revealed my cause.

Then Jeremiah spoke to all the princes and to all the people, saying, “Yahweh sent me to prophesy against this house and against this city all the words that you have heard.

Therefore don’t be afraid of them, for there is nothing covered that will not be revealed; and hidden that will not be known.

She said, “No one, Lord.” Jesus said, “Neither do I condemn you. Go your way. From now on, sin no more.”

The natives showed us uncommon kindness; for they kindled a fire and received us all, because of the present rain and because of the cold.

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,

Am I not free? Am I not an apostle? Haven’t I seen Jesus Christ, our Lord? Aren’t you my work in the Lord?

For, “His letters”, they say, “are weighty and strong, but his bodily presence is weak, and his speech is despised.”

There is no creature that is hidden from his sight, but all things are naked and laid open before the eyes of him to whom we must give an account.

You have condemned and you have murdered the righteous one. He doesn’t resist you.

Beloved, don’t believe every spirit, but test the spirits, whether they are of God, because many false prophets have gone out into the world.

“ ‘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.

haven’t you shown partiality among yourselves, and become judges with evil thoughts?

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

then you shall inquire, investigate, and ask diligently. Behold, if it is true, and the thing certain, that such abomination was done among you,

Let us choose for us that which is right. Let us know among ourselves what is good.

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

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

who acquit the guilty for a bribe, but deny justice for the innocent!

Why don’t you judge for yourselves what is right?

But Peter and John answered them, “Whether it is right in the sight of God to listen to you rather than to God, judge for yourselves,

When the natives saw the creature hanging from his hand, they said to one another, “No doubt this man is a murderer, whom, though he has escaped from the sea, yet Justice has not allowed to live.”

But with me it is a very small thing that I should be judged by you, or by man’s judgment. Yes, I don’t judge my own self.

Judge for yourselves. Is it appropriate that a woman pray to God unveiled?

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

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