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It is not good to favor the guilty,
    nor to reject the claim of the just.(A)

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It is not good to be partial to the wicked(A)
    and so deprive the innocent of justice.(B)

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21 To show partiality is never good:(A)
    for even a morsel of bread one may do wrong.[a]

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Footnotes

  1. 28:21 Cf. 24:23. Verse 21b warns that even in a light matter one must remain impartial.

21 To show partiality(A) is not good(B)
    yet a person will do wrong for a piece of bread.(C)

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15 You shall not act dishonestly in rendering judgment. Show neither partiality to the weak nor deference to the mighty, but judge your neighbor justly.(A)

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15 “‘Do not pervert justice;(A) do not show partiality(B) to the poor or favoritism to the great,(C) but judge your neighbor fairly.(D)

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17 In rendering judgment, do not consider who a person is; give ear to the lowly and to the great alike, fearing no one, for the judgment is God’s. Any case that is too difficult for you bring to me and I will hear it.”

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17 Do not show partiality(A) in judging; hear both small and great alike. Do not be afraid of anyone,(B) for judgment belongs to God. Bring me any case too hard for you, and I will hear it.”(C)

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19 You must not distort justice: you shall not show partiality;(A) you shall not take a bribe, for a bribe blinds the eyes even of the wise and twists the words even of the just.

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19 Do not pervert justice(A) or show partiality.(B) Do not accept a bribe,(C) for a bribe blinds the eyes of the wise and twists the words of the innocent.

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