15 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.
15 " 'Do not pervert justice; do not show partiality to the poor or favoritism to the great, but judge your neighbor fairly.
15 "You shall do no injustice in court. You shall not be partial to the poor or defer to the great, but in righteousness shall you judge your neighbor.
15 "Don't pervert justice. Don't show favoritism to either the poor or the great. Judge on the basis of what is right.
15 'You shall do no injustice in judgment. You shall not be partial to the poor, nor honor the person of the mighty. In righteousness you shall judge your neighbor.
15 "Do not twist justice in legal matters by favoring the poor or being partial to the rich and powerful. Always judge people fairly.
5 It is not good to accept the person of the wicked, to overthrow the righteous in judgment.
5 It is not good to be partial to the wicked and so deprive the innocent of justice.
5 It is not good to be partial to
5 It's not right to go easy on the guilty, or come down hard on the innocent.
5 It is not good to show partiality to the wicked, Or to overthrow the righteous in judgment.
5 It is not right to acquit the guilty or deny justice to the innocent.
(Read Proverbs 18:5)
The merits of a cause must be looked to, not the person.
Matthew Henry's Commentary on Leviticus 19:15
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laws.
There are some ceremonial precepts in this chapter, but most of these precepts are binding on us, for they are explanations of the ten commandments. It is required that Israel be a holy people, because the God of Israel is a holy God, verse 35. We must make conscience of obeying God's precepts. We are not to pick and choose our duty, but must aim at standing complete in all the will of God. And the nearer our lives and tempers are to the precepts of God's law, the happier shall we be, and the happier shall we make all around us, and the better shall we adorn the gospel.