Proverbs 24:23 - New Revised Standard Version Updated Edition 2021

²³ These also are sayings of the wise: Partiality in judging is not good.

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King James Version (Oxford) 1769

²³ These things also belong to the wise. It is not good to have respect of persons in judgment.

Amplified Bible - Classic Edition

²³ These also are sayings of the wise: To discriminate and show partiality, having respect of persons in judging, is not good.

American Standard Version (1901)

²³ These also are sayings of the wise. To have respect of persons in judgment is not good.

Common English Bible

²³ These are also the sayings of the wise: Partiality in judgment isn’t good.

Catholic Public Domain Version

²³ Likewise, these things are for the wise. It is not good to base judgment on knowledge of character.

Proverbs 24:23 Cross References

Proverbs 28:21

To show partiality is not good, yet for a piece of bread a person may do wrong.

Proverbs 18:5

It is not right to be partial to the guilty or to subvert the innocent in judgment.

Psalm 107:43

Let those who are wise pay attention to these things and consider the steadfast love of the Lord.

Leviticus 19:15

“You shall not render an unjust judgment; you shall not be partial to the poor or defer to the great: with justice you shall judge your neighbor.

1 Peter 1:17

If you invoke as Father the one who judges impartially according to each person’s work, live in fear during the time of your exile.

James 3:17

But the wisdom from above is first pure, then peaceable, gentle, willing to yield, full of mercy and good fruits, without a trace of partiality or hypocrisy.

John 7:24

Do not judge by appearances, but judge with right judgment.”

Hosea 14:9

Those who are wise understand these things; those who are discerning know them. For the ways of the Lord are right, and the upright walk in them, but transgressors stumble in them.

Proverbs 1:6

to understand a proverb and a figure, the words of the wise and their riddles.

2 Chronicles 19:7

Now, let the fear of the Lord be upon you; take care what you do, for there is no perversion of justice with the Lord our God or partiality or taking of bribes.”

Deuteronomy 16:19

You must not distort justice; you must not show partiality; and you must not accept a bribe, for a bribe blinds the eyes of the wise and subverts the cause of those who are in the right.

Deuteronomy 1:17

You must not be partial in judging: hear out the small and the great alike; you shall not be intimidated by anyone, for the judgment is God’s. Any case that is too hard for you, bring to me, and I will hear it.’

Proverbs 22:17

The words of the wise: Incline your ear and hear my words and apply your mind to my teaching,

Job 13:8

Will you show partiality toward him; will you plead the case for God?