Proverbs 18:5

Wycliffe's Bible with Modern Spelling

It is not good to take the person of a wicked man in doom, that thou bow away from the truth of doom.

Cross References

Job 34:19

He accepteth not the persons of princes, neither he knoweth a tyrant to spare him, when he striveth against a poor man; for all men be the work of his hands.

Psalm 82:2

How long deem ye with wicked-ness; and take the faces of sinners?

Exodus 23:2

Thou shalt not follow a company to do evil, neither thou shalt assent to the sentence of full many men in doom, that thou go away from truth.

Exodus 23:3

Also thou shalt not have mercy of a poor man in a cause, or doom.

Exodus 23:6

Thou shalt not bow [away] from truth in the doom of a poor man.

Proverbs 17:15

Both he that justifieth a wicked man, and he that condemneth a just [or rightwise] man, ever either is abominable to God.

Proverbs 17:26

It is not good to bring in harm to a just [or rightwise] man; neither to smite the prince that deemeth rightfully.

Proverbs 24:23

Also these things that pursue be to wise men. It is not good to know a person in doom.

Proverbs 28:21

He that knoweth a face in doom, doeth not well; this man forsaketh truth, yea, for a morsel of bread.

Proverbs 31:5

Lest peradventure they drink, and forget dooms, and change the cause of the sons of a poor man.

Isaiah 5:23

and ye justify a wicked man for gifts, and ye take away the rightful-ness [or rightwiseness] of a just [or rightwise] man from him.

Isaiah 59:14

and doom was turned aback, and rightfulness [or rightwiseness] stood [a] far; for why truth fell down in the street, and equity, either evenness, might not enter.

Leviticus 19:15

Thou shalt not do that, that is wicked, neither thou shalt deem unjustly; behold thou not the person of a poor man, neither honour thou the face of a mighty man; deem thou justly to thy neighbour.

Micah 3:9

Hear these things, ye princes of the house of Jacob, and doomsmen of the house of Israel, which loathe doom, and pervert all right things;

Micah 7:3

The evil of their hands they say good; the prince asketh, and the doomsman is in yielding; and a great man spake the desire of his soul, and they troubled altogether it.

Matthew 22:16

And they send to him their disciples, with Herodians, and said, Master, we know, that thou art soothfast, and thou teachest in truth the way of God, and thou chargest not [or there is no care to thee] of any man, for thou beholdest not the person of men.

Deuteronomy 16:19

and bow they not into the other part for favour, either gift. Thou shalt not take a person, neither gifts, for why gifts blind the eyes of wise men, and change the words of just [or rightwise] men.