Respect of Persons

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Bible verses about “Respect of Persons”

The first verses cited, in the King James Version.

• Proverbs 24:23These things also belong to the wise. It is not good to have respect of persons in judgment.
• Proverbs 28:21To have respect of persons is not good: for for a piece of bread that man will transgress.
• James 2:1My brethren, have not the faith of our Lord Jesus Christ, the Lord of glory, with respect of persons.
• James 2:2For if there come unto your assembly a man with a gold ring, in goodly apparel, and there come in also a poor man in vile raiment;
• James 2:3And ye have respect to him that weareth the gay clothing, and say unto him, Sit thou here in a good place; and say to the poor, Stand thou there, or sit here under my footstool:
• James 2:4Are ye not then partial in yourselves, and are become judges of evil thoughts?
• James 2:5Hearken, my beloved brethren, Hath not God chosen the poor of this world rich in faith, and heirs of the kingdom which he hath promised to them that love him?
• James 2:6But ye have despised the poor. Do not rich men oppress you, and draw you before the judgment seats?
• James 2:7Do not they blaspheme that worthy name by the which ye are called?
• James 2:8If ye fulfil the royal law according to the scripture, Thou shalt love thy neighbour as thyself, ye do well:
• James 2:9But if ye have respect to persons, ye commit sin, and are convinced of the law as transgressors.
• Deuteronomy 10:17For the Lord your God is God of gods, and Lord of lords, a great God, a mighty, and a terrible, which regardeth not persons, nor taketh reward:
• 2 Chronicles 19:7Wherefore now let the fear of the Lord be upon you; take heed and do it: for there is no iniquity with the Lord our God, nor respect of persons, nor taking of gifts.
• Job 31:13If I did despise the cause of my manservant or of my maidservant, when they contended with me;
• Job 31:14What then shall I do when God riseth up? and when he visiteth, what shall I answer him?
• Job 31:15Did not he that made me in the womb make him? and did not one fashion us in the womb?
• Job 34:19How much less to him that accepteth not the persons of princes, nor regardeth the rich more than the poor? for they all are the work of his hands.
• Acts 10:34Then Peter opened his mouth, and said, Of a truth I perceive that God is no respecter of persons:
• Acts 15:9And put no difference between us and them, purifying their hearts by faith.
• Romans 2:11For there is no respect of persons with God.
• Romans 2:12For as many as have sinned without law shall also perish without law: and as many as have sinned in the law shall be judged by the law;
• Romans 10:12For there is no difference between the Jew and the Greek: for the same Lord over all is rich unto all that call upon him.
• Ephesians 6:8Knowing that whatsoever good thing any man doeth, the same shall he receive of the Lord, whether he be bond or free.
• Ephesians 6:9And, ye masters, do the same things unto them, forbearing threatening: knowing that your Master also is in heaven; neither is there respect of persons with him.
• Colossians 3:25But he that doeth wrong shall receive for the wrong which he hath done: and there is no respect of persons.
• 1 Peter 1:17And if ye call on the Father, who without respect of persons judgeth according to every man’s work, pass the time of your sojourning here in fear: