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John 7:24 ESV / 138 helpful votes Do not judge by appearances, but judge with right judgment.”1 Samuel 16:7 ESV / 123 helpful votes But the Lord said to Samuel, “Do not look on his appearance or on the height of his stature, because I have rejected him. For the Lord sees not as man sees: man looks on the outward appearance, but the Lord looks on the heart.”James 2:1-5 ESV / 50 helpful votes My brothers, show no partiality as you hold the faith in our Lord Jesus Christ, the Lord of glory. For if a man wearing a gold ring and fine clothing comes into your assembly, and a poor man in shabby clothing also comes in, and if you pay attention to the one who wears the fine clothing and say, “You sit here in a good place,” while you say to the poor man, “You stand over there,” or, “Sit down at my feet,” have you not then made distinctions among yourselves and become judges with evil thoughts? Listen, my beloved brothers, has not God chosen those who are poor in the world to be rich in faith and heirs of the kingdom, which he has promised to those who love him?Matthew 7:1 ESV / 36 helpful votes “Judge not, that you be not judged.Proverbs 31:9 ESV / 36 helpful votes Open your mouth, judge righteously, defend the rights of the poor and needy.Jeremiah 17:10 ESV / 19 helpful votes “I the Lord search the heart and test the mind, to give every man according to his ways, according to the fruit of his deeds.”Galatians 1:10 ESV / 17 helpful votes For am I now seeking the approval of man, or of God? Or am I trying to please man? If I were still trying to please man, I would not be a servant of Christ.Isaiah 53:2 ESV / 17 helpful votes For he grew up before him like a young plant, and like a root out of dry ground; he had no form or majesty that we should look at him, and no beauty that we should desire him.Leviticus 19:15 ESV / 16 helpful votes “You shall do no injustice in court. You shall not be partial to the poor or defer to the great, but in righteousness shall you judge your neighbor.Zechariah 7:9-10 ESV / 15 helpful votes “Thus says the Lord of hosts, Render true judgments, show kindness and mercy to one another, do not oppress the widow, the fatherless, the sojourner, or the poor, and let none of you devise evil against another in your heart.”Genesis 1:27 ESV / 14 helpful votes So God created man in his own image, in the image of God he created him; male and female he created them.Mark 12:14 ESV / 11 helpful votes And they came and said to him, “Teacher, we know that you are true and do not care about anyone’s opinion. For you are not swayed by appearances, but truly teach the way of God. Is it lawful to pay taxes to Caesar, or not? Should we pay them, or should we not?”Proverbs 2:1-2 ESV / 11 helpful votes My son, if you receive my words and treasure up my commandments with you, making your ear attentive to wisdom and inclining your heart to understanding;Colossians 2:23 ESV / 8 helpful votes These have indeed an appearance of wisdom in promoting self-made religion and asceticism and severity to the body, but they are of no value in stopping the indulgence of the flesh.
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