Proverbs 18:5

Modern King James Version

It is not good to favor the person of the wicked, nor to overthrow the righteous in judgment.

Cross References

Job 34:19

How much less to Him who does not lift up the face of rulers, nor regard the rich before the poor? For all of them are the work of His hands.

Psalm 82:2

How long will you judge unjustly and lift up the faces of the wicked? Selah.

Exodus 23:2

You shall not follow a multitude to do evil. Neither shall you speak in a cause in order to follow many in order to wrest judgment.

Exodus 23:3

And you should not favor a poor man in his cause.

Exodus 23:6

You shall not pervert the judgment of your poor in his cause.

Proverbs 17:15

He who justifies the wicked, and he who condemns the just, even both of them are hateful to Jehovah.

Proverbs 17:26

And it is not good to punish the just, nor to strike princes for uprightness.

Proverbs 24:23

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

Proverbs 28:21

To have respect of persons is not good; yea, for a piece of bread a man will transgress.

Proverbs 31:5

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

Isaiah 5:23

who justify the wicked for a bribe, and take away the righteousness of the righteous from him!

Isaiah 59:14

And justice is driven back, and justice stands afar off; for truth has fallen in the street, and right cannot enter.

Leviticus 19:15

You shall do no unrighteousness in judgment. You shall not respect the person of the poor, nor honor the person of the mighty; but you shall judge your neighbor in righteousness.

Micah 3:9

Please hear this, heads of the house of Jacob, and magistrates of the house of Israel, who hate justice and pervert all equity.

Micah 7:3

Both hands are on evil, to do it well. The ruler asks for a bribe, and the judge also; and the great man speaks the evil desire of his soul. So they weave it together.

Matthew 22:16

And they sent their disciples out to Him along with the Herodians, saying, Master, we know that you are true, and that you teach the way of God in truth. Nor do you care for anyone, for you do not regard the person of men.

Deuteronomy 16:19

You shall not pervert judgment; you shall not respect persons, nor take a gift. For a bribe blinds the eyes of the wise and perverts the words of the righteous.