Proverbs 24:23

More Sayings Of The Wise

²² For their downfall will come suddenly; and who has knowledge of the destruction of those in high positions? ²³ These are more sayings of the wise: To have respect for a person's position when judging is not good. ²⁴ He who says to the evil-doer, You are upright, will be cursed by peoples and hated by nations.

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Proverbs 18:5

To have respect for the person of the evil-doer is not good, or to give a wrong decision against the upright.

Proverbs 28:21

It is not good to have respect for a man's position: for a man will do wrong for a bit of bread.

Leviticus 19:15

Do no wrong in your judging: do not give thought to the position of the poor, or honour to the position of the great; but be a judge to your neighbour in righteousness.

Proverbs 1:6

To get the sense of wise sayings and secrets, and of the words of the wise and their dark sayings.

Deuteronomy 1:17

In judging, do not let a man's position have any weight with you; give hearing equally to small and great; have no fear of any man, for it is God who is judge: and any cause in which you are not able to give a decision, you are to put before me and I will give it a hearing.

Deuteronomy 16:19

You are not to be moved in your judging by a man's position, you are not to take rewards; for rewards make the eyes of the wise man blind, and the decisions of the upright false.

2 Chronicles 19:7

So now let the fear of the Lord be in you; do your work with care; for in the Lord our God there is no evil, or respect for high position, or taking of payment to do wrong.

Psalm 107:43

Let the wise give thought to these things, and see the mercies of the Lord.

Proverbs 22:17

Let your ear be bent down for hearing my words, and let your heart give thought to knowledge.

Ecclesiastes 8:1-5

Who is like the wise man? and to whom is the sense of anything clear? A man's wisdom makes his face shining, and his hard face will be changed.

Hosea 14:9

He who is wise will see these things; he who has good sense will have knowledge of them. For the ways of the Lord are straight, and the upright will go in them, but sinners will be falling in them.

John 7:24

Let not your decisions be based on what you see, but on righteousness.

1 Timothy 5:20-21

Say sharp words to sinners when all are present, so that the rest may be in fear.

James 2:4-6

Is there not a division in your minds? have you not become judges with evil thoughts?

James 3:17

But the wisdom which is from heaven is first holy, then gentle, readily giving way in argument, full of peace and mercy and good works, not doubting, not seeming other than it is.

1 Peter 1:17

And if you give the name of Father to him who, judging every man by his acts, has no respect for a man's position, then go in fear while you are on this earth: