Proverbs 24:23 - Revised Standard Version (RSV-CI)

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.

Douay-Rheims version of The Bible - 1752 version

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

Proverbs 24:23 Cross References

2 Chronicles 19:7

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

Job 13:8

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

Psalm 107:43

Whoever is wise, let him give heed to these things; let men consider the steadfast love of the Lord.

Proverbs 1:6

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

Proverbs 18:5

It is not good to be partial to a wicked man, or to deprive a righteous man of justice.

Proverbs 22:17

Incline your ear, and hear the words of the wise, and apply your mind to my knowledge;

Proverbs 28:21

To show partiality is not good; but for a piece of bread a man will do wrong.

Hosea 14:9

Whoever is wise, let him understand these things; whoever is discerning, let him know them; for the ways of the Lord are right, and the upright walk in them, but transgressors stumble in them.

Leviticus 19:15

“You shall do no injustice in judgment; you shall not be partial to the poor or defer to the great, but in righteousness shall you judge your neighbor.

John 7:24

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

Deuteronomy 1:17

You shall not be partial in judgment; you shall hear the small and the great alike; you shall not be afraid of the face of man, for the judgment is God's; and the case that is too hard for you, you shall bring to me, and I will hear it.’

Deuteronomy 16:19

You shall not pervert justice; you shall not show partiality; and you shall not take a bribe, for a bribe blinds the eyes of the wise and subverts the cause of the righteous.

James 3:17

But the wisdom from above is first pure, then peaceable, gentle, open to reason, full of mercy and good fruits, without uncertainty or insincerity.

1 Peter 1:17

And if you invoke as Father him who judges each one impartially according to his deeds, conduct yourselves with fear throughout the time of your exile.