Bible Verses About Fairness
Ranked by the OpenBible.info topical community
These are the Bible verses most often cited for fairness, ranked by the OpenBible.info topical community across 5,390 votes, led by Proverbs 31:9. Each passage links to its verse page or the interactive map; scripture is the King James Version.
Top verses about Fairness
Proverbs 31:9271 votes
Open thy mouth, judge righteously, and plead the cause of the poor and needy.
Leviticus 19:15270 votes
Ye shall do no unrighteousness in judgment: thou shalt not respect the person of the poor, nor honour the person of the mighty: but in righteousness shalt thou judge thy neighbour.
Psalms 106:3196 votes
Blessed are they that keep judgment, and he that doeth righteousness at all times.
James 2:1-5176 votes
My brethren, have not the faith of our Lord Jesus Christ, the Lord of glory, with respect of persons.
Micah 6:8174 votes
He hath shewed thee, O man, what is good; and what doth the Lord require of thee, but to do justly, and to love mercy, and to walk humbly with thy God?
Ecclesiastes 9:11173 votes
I returned, and saw under the sun, that the race is not to the swift, nor the battle to the strong, neither yet bread to the wise, nor yet riches to men of understanding, nor yet favour to men of skill; but time and chance happeneth to them all.
Proverbs 21:15154 votes
It is joy to the just to do judgment: but destruction shall be to the workers of iniquity.
Ephesians 6:9154 votes
And, ye masters, do the same things unto them, forbearing threatening: knowing that your Master also is in heaven; neither is there respect of persons with him.
Proverbs 16:11150 votes
A just weight and balance are the Lord’s: all the weights of the bag are his work.
Hebrews 6:10143 votes
For God is not unrighteous to forget your work and labour of love, which ye have shewed toward his name, in that ye have ministered to the saints, and do minister.
James 2:1136 votes
My brethren, have not the faith of our Lord Jesus Christ, the Lord of glory, with respect of persons.
Romans 2:11135 votes
For there is no respect of persons with God.
Colossians 4:1124 votes
Masters, give unto your servants that which is just and equal; knowing that ye also have a Master in heaven.
Deuteronomy 16:19-20120 votes
Thou shalt not wrest judgment; thou shalt not respect persons, neither take a gift: for a gift doth blind the eyes of the wise, and pervert the words of the righteous.
Proverbs 11:1118 votes
A false balance is abomination to the Lord: but a just weight is his delight.
Matthew 20:16113 votes
So the last shall be first, and the first last: for many be called, but few chosen.
1 Peter 3:8106 votes
Finally, be ye all of one mind, having compassion one of another, love as brethren, be pitiful, be courteous:
Proverbs 29:1496 votes
The king that faithfully judgeth the poor, his throne shall be established for ever.
Galatians 3:2894 votes
There is neither Jew nor Greek, there is neither bond nor free, there is neither male nor female: for ye are all one in Christ Jesus.
Isaiah 1:1792 votes
Learn to do well; seek judgment, relieve the oppressed, judge the fatherless, plead for the widow.
James 3:1791 votes
But the wisdom that is from above is first pure, then peaceable, gentle, and easy to be intreated, full of mercy and good fruits, without partiality, and without hypocrisy.
Isaiah 11:467 votes
But with righteousness shall he judge the poor, and reprove with equity for the meek of the earth: and he shall smite the earth with the rod of his mouth, and with the breath of his lips shall he slay the wicked.
Proverbs 22:22-2364 votes
Rob not the poor, because he is poor: neither oppress the afflicted in the gate:
Matthew 20:1-1664 votes
For the kingdom of heaven is like unto a man that is an householder, which went out early in the morning to hire labourers into his vineyard.
John 3:16-1763 votes
For God so loved the world, that he gave his only begotten Son, that whosoever believeth in him should not perish, but have everlasting life.
What does the Bible say about fairness?
Readers most often cite Proverbs 31:9 on the subject of fairness. Across 5,390 votes, 25 passages are commonly cited for this topic, including Leviticus 19:15, Psalms 106:3, James 2:1-5. This page lists all 25 in ranked order, quoted in the King James Version, with each linked to its cross-references.