“You shall not render an unfair decision: do not favor the poor or show deference to the rich; judge your kinsman fairly.” (Leviticus 19:15)
“Judge the people with a just law,” and those judges should “not pervert the law [and] show any partiality.” (Deuteronomy 16:18-19).
“Justice, justice shall you pursue so that you may live” (Deuteronomy 16:20)
“Judges should not show favoritism even to those who appointed them....judges should judge all the people justly.” (Kli Yakar on Deut 16:18)
Love those who are like you (Leviticus 19:18)
Love those who are different from you (Leviticus 19:34)
Love the Eternal your God (Deuteronomy 6:5)
“For I have singled him (Abraham) out, that he may instruct his children and his posterity to keep the way of the Lord by doing what is just and right…” (Genesis 18:19)
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