Treasury of Scripture Knowledge
Summary
It is not good to accept the person of the wicked, to overthrow the righteous in judgment.
Not
To overthrow
General references
Bible References
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Proverbs 24:23
These [sayings] are also for the wise: {Partiality} in judgment is not good.
Proverbs 28:21
{Showing partiality} [is] not good, and over a morsel of bread, a strong man will do wrong.
Leviticus 19:15
" 'You shall not do injustice in judgment; {you shall not show partiality to the powerless}; you shall not give preference {to the powerful}; you shall judge your fellow citizen with justice.
Deuteronomy 1:16
And at that time I instructed your judges, saying, '{hear out your fellow men}, and [then] judge fairly between a man and between his brother and between {his opponent who is a resident alien}.
Deuteronomy 16:19
You shall not subvert justice; you shall not {show partiality}; and you shall not take a bribe, for the bribe makes blind [the] eyes of [the] wise and misrepresents [the] words of [the] righteous.
Job 13:7
"Will you speak falsely for God? And will you speak deceitfully for him?
Job 34:19
who {shows no partiality to officials} and [who] {does not take note of the noble more than of the insignificant}, for all of them [are] the work of his hands?
Matthew 22:16
And they sent their disciples to him with the Herodians, saying, "Teacher, we know that you are truthful and teach the way of God in truth, and {you do not care what anyone thinks}, {because you do not regard the opinion of people}.
To overthrow
1 Kings 21:9
She had written in the letters, saying, "Call a fast and seat Naboth at the head of the people.
Isaiah 5:23
Those who acquit the guilty because of a bribe and remove [the] justice of [the] innocent from him.
Isaiah 59:14
And justice is pushed back, and righteousness stands afar; for truth stumbles in the public square, and straightforwardness is unable to enter,
Micah 7:3
Their hands [are] upon evil, to do [it] well; the official and the judge ask for the bribe, and the great [man] utters the evil desire of his soul; and they weave [it] together.
General references
Leviticus 19:15
" 'You shall not do injustice in judgment; {you shall not show partiality to the powerless}; you shall not give preference {to the powerful}; you shall judge your fellow citizen with justice.