17Ye 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.
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From the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge
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.
And they judged the people at all seasons: the hard causes they brought unto Moses, but every small matter they judged themselves.
But if ye have respect to persons, ye commit sin, and are convinced of the law as transgressors.
These things also belong to the wise. It is not good to have respect of persons in judgment.
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.
Commentary
Matthew Henry’s Complete Commentary on the Bible (1710)
(vv. 9-18)Moses here reminds them of the happy constitution of their government, which was such as might make them all safe and easy if it was not their own fault. When good laws were given them good men were entrusted with the execution of them, which, as it was an instance of God’s goodness to them, so it was of the care of Moses concerning them; and, it should seem, he mentions it here to recommend himse…
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