Deuteronomy 1: 17

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THE FIFTH BOOK OF MOSES CALLED
DEUTERONOMY

CHAPTER 1

17 Ye shall not ^arespect persons in ^bjudgment; but ye shall hear the small as well as the great; ye shall not be ^cafraid of the face of man; for the judgment is God’s: and the cause that is too hard for you, bring it unto me, and I will hear it.

Footnotes

17a	HEB acknowledge faces. The idiom means to favor some unjustifiably. Lev. 19: 15. 15 ¶ Ye shall do no ^aunrighteousness in ^bjudgment: thou shalt not ^crespect the person of the poor, nor honour the person of the mighty: but in ^drighteousness shalt thou judge thy neighbour. Prov. 24: 23. 23 These things also belong to the wise. It is not good to have ^arespect of persons in judgment. James 2: 9 (1-9) 9 But if ye have ^arespect to persons, ye commit sin, and are convinced of the law as transgressors. D&C 1: 35 (34-35) 35 For I am no ^arespecter of persons, and will that all men shall know that the ^bday speedily cometh; the hour is not yet, but is nigh at hand, when ^cpeace shall be taken from the earth, and the ^ddevil shall have power over his own dominion. D&C 38: 16. 16 And for your salvation I give unto you a commandment, for I have heard your ^aprayers, and the ^bpoor have complained before me, and the ^crich have I made, and all flesh is mine, and I am no ^drespecter of persons.
b	TG Judgment.
c	2 Ne. 8: 7. 7 Hearken unto me, ye that know righteousness, the people in whose heart I have written my law, ^afear ye not the ^breproach of men, neither be ye afraid of their ^crevilings.