Psalm 15
A psalm of David.
1 LORD, who may dwell in your sanctuary?
Who may live on your holy hill?
2 He whose walk is blameless
and who does what is righteous,
who speaks the truth from his heart
3 and has no slander on his tongue,
who does his neighbor no wrong
and casts no slur on his fellowman,
Leviticus 19:16
Listen to this passage
16 " 'Do not go about spreading slander among your people.
" 'Do not do anything that endangers your neighbor's life. I am the LORD.
Fairness in the Bible:
Exodus 23:1-3;
In Exodus God, through Moses, lays out his law for the Hebrew people. In an effort towards fairness he tells them to not lie to protect a wicked man and to not "pervert the law" and follow the crowd.
He also says to not show favoritism to those who are poor in a lawsuit.
http://biblegateway.com/passage/?search=Exodus%2023:1-3&version=NIV
Mark 7:9-13 (New International Version)
9And he said to them: "You have a fine way of setting aside the commands of God in order to observe[a] your own traditions!
10For Moses said, 'Honor your father and your mother,'[b] and, 'Anyone who curses his father or mother must be put to death.'[c]
11But you say that if a man says to his father or mother: 'Whatever help you might otherwise have received from me is Corban' (that is, a gift devoted to God),
12then you no longer let him do anything for his father or mother.
13Thus you nullify the word of God by your tradition that you have handed down. And you do many things like that."
Footnotes:
a.Mark 7:9 Some manuscripts set up
b.Mark 7:10 Exodus 20:12; Deut. 5:16
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