Proverbs 18:5

New Century Version

It is not good to honor the wicked or to be unfair to the innocent.

Cross References

Job 34:19

He is not nicer to princes than other people, nor kinder to rich people than poor people, because he made them all with his own hands.

Psalm 82:2

He says, “How long will you defend evil people? How long will you show greater kindness to the wicked?Selah

Exodus 23:2

“You must not do wrong just because everyone else is doing it. If you are a witness in court, you must not ruin a fair trial. You must not tell lies just because everyone else is.

Exodus 23:3

If a poor person is in court, you must not take his side just because he is poor.

Exodus 23:6

“You must not be unfair to a poor person when he is in court.

Proverbs 17:15

The Lord hates both of these things: freeing the guilty and punishing the innocent.

Proverbs 17:26

It is not good to punish the innocent or to beat leaders for being honest.

Proverbs 24:23

These are also sayings of the wise: It is not good to take sides when you are the judge.

Proverbs 28:21

It is not good for a judge to take sides, but some will sin for only a piece of bread.

Proverbs 31:5

If they drink, they might forget the law and keep the needy from getting their rights.

Isaiah 5:23

They take money to set the guilty free and don’t allow good people to be judged fairly.

Isaiah 59:14

So we have driven away justice, and we have kept away from what is right. Truth is not spoken in the streets; what is honest is not allowed to enter the city.

Leviticus 19:15

“ ‘Be fair in your judging. You must not show special favor to poor people or great people, but be fair when you judge your neighbor.

Micah 3:9

Leaders of Jacob and rulers of Israel, listen to me, you who hate fairness and twist what is right.

Micah 7:3

With both hands they are doing evil. Rulers ask for money, and judges’ decisions are bought for a price. Rich people tell what they want, and they get it.

Matthew 22:16

They sent some of their own followers and some people from the group called Herodians. They said, “Teacher, we know that you are an honest man and that you teach the truth about God’s way. You are not afraid of what other people think about you, because you pay no attention to who they are.

Deuteronomy 16:19

Do not judge unfairly or take sides. Do not let people pay you to make wrong decisions, because that kind of payment makes wise people seem blind, and it changes the words of good people.