fairness

¹⁵You shall not do what is unjust, nor shall you judge unjustly. You shall not consider the reputation of the poor, nor shall you honor the countenance of the powerful. Judge your neighbor justly.

⁹Open your mouth, declare what is just, and do justice to the indigent and the poor.

³Blessed are those who keep judgment and who do justice at all times.

⁸I will reveal to you, O man, what is good, and what the Lord requires from you, and how to act with judgment, and to love mercy, and to walk carefully with your God.

¹My brothers, within the glorious faith of our Lord Jesus Christ, do not choose to show favoritism toward persons. ²For if a man has entered your assembly having a gold ring and splendid apparel, and if a poor man has also entered, in dirty clothing, ³and if you are then attentive to the one who is clothed in excellent apparel, so that you say to him, “You may sit in this good place,” but you say to the poor man, “You stand over there,” or, “Sit below my footstool,” ⁴are you not judging within yourselves, and have you not become judges with unjust thoughts? ⁵My most beloved brothers, listen. Has not God chosen the poor in this world to be rich in faith and heirs of the kingdom that God has promised to those who love him?

¹¹I turned myself toward another thing, and I saw that under the sun, the race is not to the swift, nor the battle to the strong, nor bread to the wise, nor wealth to the learned, nor grace to the skillful: but there is a time and an end for all these things.

¹⁵It is gladness for the just to do judgment; and it is dread for those who work iniquity.

¹¹Weights and scales are judgments of the Lord. And all the stones in the bag are his work.

⁹And you, lords, act similarly toward them, setting aside threats, knowing that the Lord of both you and them is in heaven. For with him there is no favoritism toward anyone.

¹⁰For God is not unjust, such that he would forget your work and the love that you have shown in his name. For you have ministered, and you continue to minister, to the saints.

¹My brothers, within the glorious faith of our Lord Jesus Christ, do not choose to show favoritism toward persons.

¹¹For there is no favoritism with God.

¹You masters, supply your servants with what is just and equitable, knowing that you, too, have a Master in heaven.

¹⁹and not so as to show favoritism to either side. You shall not accept a person’s reputation, nor gifts. For gifts blind the eyes of the wise and alter the words of the just. ²⁰You shall justly pursue what is just, so that you may live and possess the land, which the Lord your God will give to you.

¹A deceitful scale is an abomination with the Lord, and a fair weighing is his will.

¹⁶So then, the last shall be first, and the first shall be last. For many are called, but few are chosen.”

⁸And finally, may you all be of one mind: compassionate, loving brotherhood, merciful, meek, humble,

²⁸There is neither Jew nor Greek; there is neither servant nor free; there is neither male nor female. For you are all one in Christ Jesus.

¹⁷But within the wisdom that is from above, certainly, chastity is first, and next peacefulness, meekness, openness, consenting to what is good, a plenitude of mercy and good fruits, not judging, without falseness.

¹⁴The king who judges the poor in truth, his throne shall be secured in eternity.

¹⁷Learn to do good. Seek judgment, support the oppressed, judge for the orphan, defend the widow.