Proverbs 18:5

Catholic Public Domain Version

It is not good to accept the character of the impious, so as to turn away from true judgment.

Cross References

Job 34:19

He does not accept the reputation of leaders; nor does he recognize the tyrant as he contends against the poor. For all are the work of his hands.

Psalm 82:2

O God, who will ever be like you? Do not be silent, and do not be unmoved, O God.

Exodus 23:2

You shall not follow the crowd in doing evil. Neither shall you go astray in judgment, by agreeing with the majority opinion, apart from the truth.

Exodus 23:3

Likewise, you shall not show pity in judgment of the poor.

Exodus 23:6

You shall not deviate in judgment of the poor.

Proverbs 17:15

Those who justify the impious, and those who condemn the just, both are abominable with God.

Proverbs 17:26

It is not good to inflict damage on the just, nor to strike the leader who judges uprightly.

Proverbs 24:23

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

Proverbs 28:21

Whoever shows favoritism in judgment does not do well; even if it is for a morsel of bread, he forsakes the truth.

Proverbs 31:5

And perhaps they may drink and forget judgments, and alter the case of the sons of the poor.

Isaiah 5:23

For you justify an impious man in exchange for bribes, and you carry away the justice of a just man from him.

Isaiah 59:14

And judgment has been turned backwards, and justice has stood far away. For truth has fallen down in the street, and fairness was not able to enter.

Leviticus 19:15

You shall not do what is unjust, nor shall you judge unjustly. You shall not consider the reputation of the poor, nor shall you honor the countenance of the powerful. Judge your neighbor justly.

Micah 3:9

Hear this, leaders of the house of Jacob and judges of the house of Israel, you who abominate judgment and who pervert all that is right.

Micah 7:3

The evil of their hands, they call good. The leader is demanding, and the judge is yielding, and the great is speaking the desire of his soul, and they have confused it.

Matthew 22:16

And they sent their disciples to him, with the Herodians, saying: "Teacher, we know that you are truthful, and that you teach the way of God in truth, and that the influence of others is nothing to you. For you do not consider the reputation of men.

Deuteronomy 16:19

and not so as to show favoritism to either side. You shall not accept a person's reputation, nor gifts. For gifts blind the eyes of the wise and alter the words of the just.