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It's In The Bible?


 ‘Do not pervert justice; do not show partiality to the poor or favoritism to the great, but judge your neighbor fairly. (Leviticus 19:15) 

            This is a verse that I suspect most people would find hard to believe it's in the Bible. We hear all the time about how we must be kind to the poor, and that we shouldn't show preference for the rich or powerful. We're to judge them fairly. But in God's commandments to the Levites, who were to lead and teach the people God's ways, God includes this one, that we are not to pervert justice by showing partiality to the weak OR favoritism to the great.
            Today, of course, there are those who claim that the poor deserve special treatment to make up for their poor treatment. Can something make up for the pain someone has felt?  There are those who justify their mistreatment of the wealthy as giving justice to the poor even though there is no direct connection between the two. The wealthy must be guilty of some crime just because they're wealthy. They must be punished and the poor given justice on the assumption that the poor is a victim just because he is poor.
            God says that this is perverting  justice. Granted, He only said it once, and He repeated His concern for the poor many times, but that doesn't remove it from His Law. 

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