Leviticus 19:15 (YLT)

Passage

`Ye do not do perversity in judgment; thou dost not lift up the face of the poor, nor honour the face of the great; in righteousness thou dost judge thy fellow.

Nearby Context

Leviticus 19:13 `Thou dost not oppress thy neighbour, nor take plunder; the wages of the hireling doth not remain with thee till morning.

Leviticus 19:14 `Thou dost not revile the deaf; and before the blind thou dost not put a stumbling block; and thou hast been afraid of thy God; I <FI>am<Fi> Jehovah.

Leviticus 19:15 `Ye do not do perversity in judgment; thou dost not lift up the face of the poor, nor honour the face of the great; in righteousness thou dost judge thy fellow.

Leviticus 19:16 `Thou dost not go slandering among thy people; thou dost not stand against the blood of thy neighbour; I <FI>am<Fi> Jehovah.

Leviticus 19:17 `Thou dost not hate thy brother in thy heart; thou dost certainly reprove thy fellow, and not suffer sin on him.

Study Lenses

The verse centers on "perversity", "judgment", "thou", "dost", "lift", "face", "poor", and "honour". It is saying that the verse draws attention to "perversity" and "judgment", so its meaning should be read from those terms before moving to application.

The nearby context moves from verse 14's "Thou dost not revile the deaf and..." into verse 16's "Thou dost not go slandering among thy...", so "perversity" and "judgment" belong inside that flow. In Leviticus context, the local focus is covenant, worship, and faithfulness.

A plain takeaway is to answer the verse's own emphasis on "perversity" and "judgment" with trust shaped by these words, not by a vague optimism outside the passage.