Fairness
What sorrow for those who are heroes at drinking wine
and boast about all the alcohol they can hold.
They take bribes to let the wicked go free,
and they punish the innocent. ~ Isaiah 5:22-23 (NLT)
For you will be treated as you treat others. The standard you use in judging is the standard by which you will be judged. ~ Matthew 7:2 (NLT)
KEY IDEA:
Be an honest and empathetic judge in your dealing with others and you will be treated fairly, too.
PRAYER:
Lord, you are totally fair. I don't always understand your fairness and sometimes wish you'd make things different. But I trust you and ask that you would help me to be
fairer and less reactive in my dealings with others. Amen.
TRANSLATIONS
ABP = Authorized Boydston Paraphrase — my own freestyle biblical adaptation — somewhere between paraphrase, commentary, and sermon
CEB = Common English Bible (©2011, the Common English Bible)
CEV = Contemporary English Version (©1995, American Bible Society)
MSG = The Message (©1993, 1994, 1995, 1996, 2000, 2001, 2002 by Eugene H. Peterson)
NIRV = New International Reader's Version (©1996, 1998, Biblica)
NIV = New International Version (©1973, 1978, 1984, 2011, Biblica)
NLT = New Living Translation (©1996, 2004, 2007, 2013, Tyndale House Foundation)
