Leviticus 19:15 (WEB)
“‘You shall do no injustice in judgment. You shall not be partial to the poor, nor show favoritism to the great; but you shall judge your neighbor in righteousness.
Catechism · 1
“"You shall not be partial to the poor or defer to the great, but in righteousness shall you judge your neighbor."” — Catechism footnote: Lev 19:15.
Fathers and councils · 3
Theodoret of Cyrus
“…the influence of my calumniators which imposes silence upon you, you must listen to the other law which says “Thou shalt not honour the person of the mighty” and “Judge righteous judgment” and “Thou shalt not follow a multitude to do evil” and “He that shutteth his eyes from seeing evil and stoppeth his ears from…” — editor's note: Leviticus xix. 15
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Jerome
“Clearly this will not be the opinion of any one who knows the commandment: “thou shalt not respect the person of the poor,” a precept given lest under pretext of shewing pity we should judge unjust judgment.” — editor's note: Lev. xix. 15.
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Tertullian
“It is “an accepting of person:” the more pitiable repentances thou hast left (unpitied) behind!” — editor's note: Job xxxii. 21; Lev. xix. 15, and the references there.
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Cross-references · 7
Cited together in On Modesty Chapter 5.
Cited together in Letters Letter 102.
Cited together in On Modesty Chapter 5.
Cited together in Letters Letter 102.
Cited together in Letters Letter 102.
Cited together in Catechism §1807.
Cited together in Letters Letter 102.