23 Bible Verses about Affirmative Action (KJV)

Here are 23 Bible verses about affirmative action, curated from both the Old and New Testaments of the Holy Bible, King James Version, arranged from most to least relevant.

James 2:9 KJV

⁹But if ye have respect to persons, ye commit sin, and are convinced of the law as transgressors.

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James 2:4 KJV

⁴Are ye not then partial in yourselves, and are become judges of evil thoughts?

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Acts 17:26 KJV

²⁶And hath made of one blood all nations of men for to dwell on all the face of the earth, and hath determined the times before appointed, and the bounds of their habitation;

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James 3:17 KJV

¹⁷But 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.

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Colossians 3:11 KJV

¹¹Where there is neither Greek nor Jew, circumcision nor uncircumcision, Barbarian, Scythian, bond nor free: but Christ is all, and in all.

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Romans 10:12 KJV

¹²For there is no difference between the Jew and the Greek: for the same Lord over all is rich unto all that call upon him.

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Acts 10:34-35 KJV

³⁴Then Peter opened his mouth, and said, Of a truth I perceive that God is no respecter of persons: ³⁵But in every nation he that feareth him, and worketh righteousness, is accepted with him.

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Exodus 23:1-3 KJV

¹Thou shalt not raise a false report: put not thine hand with the wicked to be an unrighteous witness. ²Thou shalt not follow a multitude to do evil; neither shalt thou speak in a cause to decline after many to wrest judgment: ³Neither shalt thou countenance a poor man in his cause.

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Numbers 15:15-16 KJV

¹⁵One ordinance shall be both for you of the congregation, and also for the stranger that sojourneth with you, an ordinance for ever in your generations: as ye are, so shall the stranger be before the Lord. ¹⁶One law and one manner shall be for you, and for the stranger that sojourneth with you.

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Leviticus 19:15 KJV

¹⁵Ye shall do no unrighteousness in judgment: thou shalt not respect the person of the poor, nor honor the person of the mighty: but in righteousness shalt thou judge thy neighbour.

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James 2:1 KJV

¹My brethren, have not the faith of our Lord Jesus Christ, the Lord of glory, with respect of persons.

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Colossians 3:25 KJV

²⁵But he that doeth wrong shall receive for the wrong which he hath done: and there is no respect of persons.

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Galatians 3:28 KJV

²⁸There 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.

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Romans 2:11 KJV

¹¹For there is no respect of persons with God.

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Proverbs 24:23 KJV

²³These things also belong to the wise. It is not good to have respect of persons in judgment.

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Deuteronomy 16:19 KJV

¹⁹Thou 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.

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Deuteronomy 10:17 KJV

¹⁷For the Lord your God is God of gods, and Lord of lords, a great God, a mighty, and a terrible, which regardeth not persons, nor taketh reward:

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Deuteronomy 1:16-17 KJV

¹⁶And I charged your judges at that time, saying, Hear the causes between your brethren, and judge righteously between every man and his brother, and the stranger that is with him. ¹⁷Ye shall not respect persons in judgment; but ye shall hear the small as well as the great; ye shall not be afraid of the face of man; for the judgment is God’s: and the cause that is too hard for you, bring it unto me, and I will hear it.

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Leviticus 24:22 KJV

²²Ye shall have one manner of law, as well for the stranger, as for one of your own country: for I am the Lord your God.

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Ezekiel 18:20 KJV

²⁰The soul that sinneth, it shall die. The son shall not bear the iniquity of the father, neither shall the father bear the iniquity of the son: the righteousness of the righteous shall be upon him, and the wickedness of the wicked shall be upon him.

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Ezekiel 18:19 KJV

¹⁹Yet say ye, Why? doth not the son bear the iniquity of the father? When the son hath done that which is lawful and right, and hath kept all my statutes, and hath done them, he shall surely live.

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Matthew 6:1 KJV

¹Take heed that ye do not your alms before men, to be seen of them: otherwise ye have no reward of your Father which is in heaven.

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Matthew 5:37 KJV

³⁷But let your communication be, Yea, yea; Nay, nay: for whatsoever is more than these cometh of evil.

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