Proverbs 18:5 - Revised Standard Version CI

⁵ It is not good to be partial to a wicked man, or to deprive a righteous man of justice.

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King James Version (Oxford) 1769

⁵ It is not good to accept the person of the wicked, To overthrow the righteous in judgment.

Amplified Bible - Classic Edition

⁵ To respect the person of the wicked and be partial to him, so as to deprive the [consistently] righteous of justice, is not good.

American Standard Version (1901)

⁵ To respect the person of the wicked is not good, Nor to turn aside the righteous in judgment.

Common English Bible

⁵ Favoring the wicked isn’t good; it denies justice to the righteous.

Catholic Public Domain Version

⁵ It is not good to accept the character of the impious, so as to turn away from true judgment.

Douay-Rheims version of The Bible - 1752 version

⁵ It is not good to accept the person of the wicked, to decline from the truth of judgment.

Proverbs 18:5 Tagairtí Cros

Job 34:19

who shows no partiality to princes, nor regards the rich more than the poor, for they are all the work of his hands?

Psalm 82:2

“How long will you judge unjustly and show partiality to the wicked? Selah

Exodus 23:2

You shall not follow a multitude to do evil; nor shall you bear witness in a suit, turning aside after a multitude, so as to pervert justice;

Exodus 23:3

nor shall you be partial to a poor man in his suit.

Exodus 23:6

“You shall not pervert the justice due to your poor in his suit.

Proverbs 17:15

He who justifies the wicked and he who condemns the righteous are both alike an abomination to the Lord.

Proverbs 17:26

To impose a fine on a righteous man is not good; to flog noble men is wrong.

Proverbs 24:23

These also are sayings of the wise. Partiality in judging is not good.

Proverbs 28:21

To show partiality is not good; but for a piece of bread a man will do wrong.

Proverbs 31:5

lest they drink and forget what has been decreed, and pervert the rights of all the afflicted.

Isaiah 5:23

who acquit the guilty for a bribe, and deprive the innocent of his right!

Isaiah 59:14

Justice is turned back, and righteousness stands afar off; for truth has fallen in the public squares, and uprightness cannot enter.

Leviticus 19:15

“You shall do no injustice in judgment; you shall not be partial to the poor or defer to the great, but in righteousness shall you judge your neighbor.

Micah 3:9

Hear this, you heads of the house of Jacob and rulers of the house of Israel, who abhor justice and pervert all equity,

Micah 7:3

Their hands are upon what is evil, to do it diligently; the prince and the judge ask for a bribe, and the great man utters the evil desire of his soul; thus they weave it together.

Matthew 22:16

And they sent their disciples to him, along with the Herodi-ans, saying, “Teacher, we know that you are true, and teach the way of God truthfully, and care for no man; for you do not regard the position of men.

Deuteronomy 16:19

You shall not pervert justice; you shall not show partiality; and you shall not take a bribe, for a bribe blinds the eyes of the wise and subverts the cause of the righteous.