Scripture warns against the sin of unfairness, emphasizing the importance of treating others with justice and compassion. In James 4:17, believers are reminded that knowing what is right and failing to do it is a form of sin. The letters of John, such as 1 John 4:1 and 2 John 1:11, caution against condoning or participating in unrighteous behavior, while 1 John 2:4 notes that those who claim to know God must demonstrate their faith through obedient actions. The book of Romans, specifically Romans 1:29-32, lists unfairness among the vices that characterize those who have turned away from God.
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Anyone, then, who knows the right thing to do, yet fails to do it, is guilty of sin.
Beloved, do not believe every spirit, but test the spirits to see whether they are from God. For many false prophets have gone out into the world.
They have become filled with every kind of wickedness, evil, greed, and depravity. They are full of envy, murder, strife, deceit, and malice. They are gossips, slanderers, God-haters, insolent, arrogant, and boastful. They invent new forms of evil; they disobey their parents. They are senseless, faithless, heartless, merciless. Although they know God’s righteous decree that those who do such things are worthy of death, they not only continue to do these things, but also approve of those who practice them.
If anyone says, “I know Him,” but does not keep His commandments, he is a liar, and the truth is not in him.