Men-Pleasing (Partiality)

“My brethren, do not hold the faith of our Lord Jesus Christ, the Lord of glory, with partiality. For if there should come into your assembly a man with gold rings, in fine apparel, and there should also come in a poor man in filthy clothes, and you pay attention to the one wearing the fine clothes and say to him, ‘You sit here in a good place,’ and say to the poor man, ‘You stand there,’ or, ‘Sit here at my footstool,’ have you not shown partiality among yourselves, and become judges with evil thoughts? ... If you really fulfill the royal law according to the Scripture, ‘You shall love your neighbor as yourself,’ you do well; but if you show partiality, you commit sin, and are convicted by the law as transgressors” (James. 2:1-4,8-9)

“Bondservants, obey in all things your masters according to the flesh, not with eyeservice, as men-pleasers, but in sincerity of heart, fearing God” (Col. 3:22)

“Bondservants, be obedient to those who are your masters according to the flesh, with fear and trembling, in sincerity of heart, as to Christ; not with eyeservice, as men-pleasers, but as bondservants of Christ, doing the will of God from the heart, with goodwill doing service, as to the Lord, and not to men” (Eph. 6:5-7)

“There they are in great fear where no fear was, for God has scattered the bones of men-pleasers; they were put to shame, for God has despised them” (Ps. 52:5 LXX) (translated from the Greek: ὁ θεὸς διεσκόρπισεν ὀστᾶ ἀνθρωπαρέσκων)

“How long will you judge unjustly, and show partiality to the wicked?” (Ps. 82:2)

“You shall do no injustice in judgment. You shall not be partial to the poor, nor honor the person of the mighty. In righteousness you shall judge your neighbor” (Lev. 19:15)

“These things also belong to the wise: It is not good to show partiality in judgment” (Prov. 24:23)

“To show partiality is not good, because for a piece of bread a man will transgress” (Prov. 28:21)

“he will put on righteousness as a breastplate, and wear impartial justice as a helmet” (Wis. 5:18)

“Of the following things do not be ashamed, and do not sin to save face: Do not be ashamed of the law of the Most High and his covenant, and of rendering judgment to acquit the ungodly” (Sir. 42:1-2) (Greek: μὴ λάβῃς πρόσωπον τοῦ ἁμαρτάνειν — “do not show partiality so as to sin”)

“Therefore I also have made you contemptible and base before all the people, because you have not kept My ways but have shown partiality in the law” (Mal. 2:9)

“These are grumblers, complainers, walking according to their own lusts; and they mouth great swelling words, flattering people to gain advantage” (Jude. 1:16) (Greek: θαυμάζοντες πρόσωπα ὠφελείας χάριν — “admiring persons for the sake of gain”)