Proverbs 18:5

New Messianic Version Bible

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

Cross References

Leviticus 19:15

You2f shall do no unrighteousness in judgment: youi shall not respect the person of the poor, nor honour the person of the mighty: [but] in righteousness shall youi judge youi neighbour.

Proverbs 28:21

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

Deuteronomy 16:19

youi shall not wrest judgment; youi shall not respect persons, neither take a gift: for a gift does blind the eyes of the wise, and pervert the words of the righteous.

Psalm 82:2

How long will you2f judge unjustly, and accept the persons of the wicked? Selah [stop and diligently consider what was just said].

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 justifies the wicked, and he that condemns the just, even they both [are] abomination to the Lord-Yehōvah [Messiah Pre-Incarnate].

Matthew 22:16

They sent him some of their disciples, with violent men from Herod [heroic] saying: ‘Rabbi, we know that you are faithful, you faithfully study the way of Elohim (The Many Powered) [The Living Word of God], you fear nothing, and are impartial’.

Isaiah 5:23

Which justify the wicked for bribe, and take away the rights of those who are right! (deny justice to the righteous!)

Job 34:19

[How much less to him] that accepts not the persons of princes, nor regards 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 asks, and the judge [asks] for a reward; and the great [man], he utters his mischievous desire: so they wrap it up.

Isaiah 59:14

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

Exodus 23:2

youi shall not follow a multitude to [do] evil; neither shall youi speak in a cause to decline after many to wrest [judgment]:

Exodus 23:6

youi shall not wrest the judgment of youi 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, you2f heads of the house of Ya’akov [Heal of God], and princes of the house of Yisra’el [He Holds Onto The Heel Of God], that abhor judgment, and pervert all equity.

Exodus 23:3

Neither shall youi Countenance (Face, appearance; show favor) a poor man in his cause.