Proverbs 18:5

King James Version (Oxford) 1769

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

Cross References

Leviticus 19:15

Ye shall do no unrighteousness in judgment: thou shalt not respect the person of the poor, nor honour the person of the mighty: but in righteousness shalt thou judge thy neighbour.

Proverbs 28:21

To have respect of persons is not good: For for a piece of bread that man will transgress.

Deuteronomy 16:19

Thou shalt not wrest judgment; thou shalt not respect persons, neither take a gift: for a gift doth blind the eyes of the wise, and pervert the words of the righteous.

Psalm 82:2

How long will ye judge unjustly, And accept the persons of the wicked? Selah.

Proverbs 24:23

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

Proverbs 17:15

He that justifieth the wicked, and he that condemneth the just, Even they both are abomination to the LORD.

Matthew 22:16

And they sent out unto him their disciples with the Herodians, saying, Master, we know that thou art true, and teachest the way of God in truth, neither carest thou for any man: for thou regardest not the person of men.

Isaiah 5:23

which justify the wicked for reward, and take away the righteousness of the righteous from him!

Job 34:19

How much less to him that accepteth not the persons of princes, Nor regardeth the rich more than the poor? For they all are the work of his hands.

Micah 7:3

That they may do evil with both hands earnestly, the prince asketh, and the judge asketh for a reward; and the great man, he uttereth his mischievous desire: so they wrap it up.

Isaiah 59:14

And judgment is turned away backward, and justice standeth afar off: for truth is fallen in the street, and equity cannot enter.

Exodus 23:2

Thou shalt not follow a multitude to do evil; neither shalt thou speak in a cause to decline after many to wrest judgment:

Exodus 23:6

Thou shalt not wrest the judgment of thy poor in his cause.

Proverbs 17:26

Also to punish the just is not good, Nor to strike princes for equity.

Proverbs 31:5

Lest they drink, and forget the law, And pervert the judgment of any of the afflicted.

Micah 3:9

Hear this, I pray you, ye heads of the house of Jacob, and princes of the house of Israel, that abhor judgment, and pervert all equity.

Exodus 23:3

neither shalt thou countenance a poor man in his cause.