Proverbs 18:5

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Summary

Proverbs 18:5

It is not good to accept the person of the wicked, to overthrow the righteous in judgment.

Not

To overthrow

General references

Leviticus 19:15

Bible References

Not

These also are sayings of the wise.
To

show partiality in judgment is not good.

show partiality is not good,

Because for a piece of bread a man will transgress.

‘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.

“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.

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.

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

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

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.

To overthrow

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

Who justify the wicked for a bribe,

And take away the rights of the ones who are in the right!

Justice is turned back,

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

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.

General references

‘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.