Deuteronomy 1:17

“Far be it from You to do such a thing, to put to death the righteous with the wicked, so that the righteous and the wicked are treated alike. Far be it from You! Shall not the Judge of all the earth do justice?”

“And they will judge the people at all times. And it will be that every major matter they will bring to you, but every minor matter they themselves will judge. So it will be easier for you, and they will bear the burden with you.

nor shall you be partial to a poor man in his case.

‘You shall do no injustice in judgment; you shall not be partial to the poor nor defer to the great, but you shall judge your neighbor in righteousness.

“For Yahweh your God is the God of gods and the Lord of lords, the great, the mighty, and the fearsome God who does not show partiality nor take a bribe.

“You shall not distort justice; you shall not be partial, and you shall not take a bribe, for a bribe blinds the eyes of the wise and perverts the words of the righteous.

“So the elders of that city shall take the man and chastise him,

“You shall not pervert the justice due a sojourner or an orphan, nor take a widow’s garment in pledge.

“If there is a dispute between men and they go to court for judgment, and the judges judge their case, and they justify the righteous and condemn the wicked,

“If one man sins against another, God will mediate for him; but if a man sins against Yahweh, who can pray for him?” But they would not listen to the voice of their father, for Yahweh desired to put them to death.

And he said to the judges, “Consider what you are doing, for you do not judge for man but for Yahweh who is with you when you render judgment.

How long will you judge unrighteously And show partiality to the wicked? Selah.

To show partiality to the wicked is not good, Nor to thrust aside the righteous in judgment.

“So I also have made you despised and low before all the people, just as you are not keeping My ways but are showing partiality in the instruction.