Proverbs 18:5

The Message

It’s not right to go easy on the guilty, or come down hard on the innocent.

Cross References

Psalm 82:2

“Enough! You’ve corrupted justice long enough, you’ve let the wicked get away with murder. You’re here to defend the defenseless, to make sure that underdogs get a fair break; Your job is to stand up for the powerless, and prosecute all those who exploit them.”

Exodus 23:6

“When there is a dispute concerning your poor, don’t tamper with the justice due them.

Proverbs 17:15

Whitewashing bad people and throwing mud on good people are equally abhorrent to God.

Proverbs 17:26

It’s wrong to penalize good behavior, or make good citizens pay for the crimes of others.

Proverbs 24:23

It’s wrong, very wrong, to go along with injustice.

Proverbs 28:21

Playing favorites is always a bad thing; you can do great harm in seemingly harmless ways.

Leviticus 19:15

“Don’t pervert justice. Don’t show favoritism to either the poor or the great. Judge on the basis of what is right.

Micah 3:9

The leaders of Jacob and the leaders of Israel are Leaders contemptuous of justice, who twist and distort right living, Leaders who build Zion by killing people, who expand Jerusalem by committing crimes. Judges sell verdicts to the highest bidder, priests mass-market their teaching, prophets preach for high fees, All the while posturing and pretending dependence on God: “We’ve got God on our side. He’ll protect us from disaster.” Because of people like you, Zion will be turned back into farmland, Jerusalem end up as a pile of rubble, and instead of the Temple on the mountain, a few scraggly scrub pines.