Bible Verses About Respect of Persons

For ADONAI your God is God of gods and Lord of lords, the great, mighty and awesome God, who has no favorites and accepts no bribes.

Therefore, let the fear of ADONAI be upon you; be careful what you do; for ADONAI our God does not allow dishonesty, partiality or bribe-taking."

"If I ever rejected my slave or slave-girl's cause, when they brought legal action against me;

then what would I do if God stood up? Were he to intervene, what answer could I give?

Didn't he who made me in the womb make them too? Didn't the same one shape us both before our birth?

who is neither partial toward princes nor favors the rich over the poor, since they all are the work of his hands.

These also are sayings of the wise: Showing partiality in judgment is not good.

To show partiality is not good, though a person may do wrong for a crust of bread.

Then Kefa addressed them: “I now understand that God does not play favorites,

that is, he made no distinction between us and them, but cleansed their heart by trust.

For God does not show favoritism.

All who have sinned outside the framework of Torah will die outside the framework of Torah; and all who have sinned within the framework of Torah will be judged by Torah.

That means that there is no difference between Jew and Gentile — Adonai is the same for everyone, rich toward everyone who calls on him,

Remember that whoever does good work, whether he be a slave or a free man, will be rewarded by the Lord.

And masters, treat your slaves the same way. Don’t threaten them. Remember that in heaven both you and they have the same Master, and he has no favorites.

Don’t worry — whoever is doing wrong will be paid in kind for his wrong, and there is no favoritism shown.

My brothers, practice the faith of our Lord Yeshua, the glorious Messiah, without showing favoritism.

Suppose a man comes into your synagogue wearing gold rings and fancy clothes, and also a poor man comes in dressed in rags.

If you show more respect to the man wearing the fancy clothes and say to him, “Have this good seat here,” while to the poor man you say, “You, stand over there,” or, “Sit down on the floor by my feet,”

then aren’t you creating distinctions among yourselves, and haven’t you made yourselves into judges with evil motives?

Listen, my dear brothers, hasn’t God chosen the poor of the world to be rich in faith and to receive the Kingdom which he promised to those who love him?

But you despise the poor! Aren’t the rich the ones who oppress you and drag you into court?

Aren’t they the ones who insult the good name of Him to whom you belong?

If you truly attain the goal of Kingdom Torah, in conformity with the passage that says, “Love your neighbor as yourself,” you are doing well.

But if you show favoritism, your actions constitute sin, since you are convicted under the Torah as transgressors.