Proverbs 18:5

How Fools Live

⁴ The words of a man’s mouth are deep waters;
The fountain of wisdom is a bubbling brook.
⁵ To show partiality to the wicked is not good,
Nor to thrust aside the righteous in judgment.
⁶ A fool’s lips bring strife,
And his mouth calls for blows.

Righteous Man

Show Partiality

Turn Aside

Be Partial

Leviticus 19:15

‘You shall do no injustice in judgment; you shall not be partial to the poor nor defer to the great, but you are to judge your neighbor fairly.

Proverbs 24:23

These also are sayings of the wise.
To show partiality in judgment is not good.

Proverbs 28:21

To show partiality is not good,
Because for a piece of bread a man will transgress.

Deuteronomy 16:19

You shall not distort justice; you shall not be partial, and you shall not take a bribe, for a bribe blinds the eyes of the wise and perverts the words of the righteous.

Psalm 82:2

How long will you judge unjustly
And show partiality to the wicked? Selah.

Proverbs 17:15

He who justifies the wicked and he who condemns the righteous,
Both of them alike are an abomination to the Lord.

Deuteronomy 1:16-17

“Then I charged your judges at that time, saying, ‘Hear the cases between your fellow countrymen, and judge righteously between a man and his fellow countryman, or the alien who is with him.

1 Kings 21:9-14

Now she wrote in the letters, saying, “Proclaim a fast and seat Naboth at the head of the people;

Job 13:7-8

“Will you speak what is unjust for God,
And speak what is deceitful for Him?

Job 34:19

Who shows no partiality to princes
Nor regards the rich above the poor,
For they all are the work of His hands?

Isaiah 5:23

Who justify the wicked for a bribe,
And take away the rights of the ones who are in the right!

Isaiah 59:14

Justice is turned back,
And righteousness stands far away;
For truth has stumbled in the street,
And uprightness cannot enter.

Micah 7:3

Concerning evil, both hands do it well.
The prince asks, also the judge, for a bribe,
And a great man speaks the desire of his soul;
So they weave it together.

Matthew 22:16

And they *sent their disciples to Him, along with the Herodians, saying, “Teacher, we know that You are truthful and teach the way of God in truth, and defer to no one; for You are not partial to any.