Proverbs 18:5
3 When the wicked cometh, then cometh also contempt, and with ignominy reproach.
4 The words of a man’s mouth are as deep waters, and the wellspring of wisdom as a flowing brook.
It is not good to accept the person of the wicked, to overthrow the righteous in judgment.
6 A fool’s lips enter into contention, and his mouth calleth for strokes.
7 A fool’s mouth is his destruction, and his lips are the snare of his soul.
Do read the surrounding verses too, because the context often says more than a single verse.
Compare
- BSB
- Showing partiality to the wicked is not good, nor is depriving the innocent of justice.
- KJV
- It is not good to accept the person of the wicked, to overthrow the righteous in judgment.
- WEB
- To be partial to the faces of the wicked is not good, nor to deprive the innocent of justice.
- ASV
- To respect the person of the wicked is not good, [Nor] to turn aside the righteous in judgment.
- DARBY
- It is not good to accept the person of the wicked, to wrong the righteous in judgment.
- BLB
- To lift up the face to a wicked one [is] not good—to overthrow a righteous one in the judgment.
- ÅB
- Det er ille å gi den skyldige medhold, å bøye retten for den rettferdige.
- OTB
- Det er ikke godt å vise favorisering til de onde eller å nekte rettferdighet for de rettferdige.
- B1930
- Det er ille å gi den skyldige medhold, å bøie retten for den rettferdige.
Study notes (Tyndale)
Original text and word study
Cross references
Leviticus 19:15
Ye shall do no unrighteousness in judgment: thou shalt not respect the person of the poor, nor honour the person of the mighty: but in righteousness shalt thou judge thy neighbour.
Read in contextDeuteronomy 16:19
Thou shalt not wrest judgment; thou shalt not respect persons, neither take a gift: for a gift doth blind the eyes of the wise, and pervert the words of the righteous.
Read in contextProverbs 28:21
To have respect of persons is not good: for for a piece of bread that man will transgress.
Read in contextPsalms 82:2
How long will ye judge unjustly, and accept the persons of the wicked? Selah.
Read in contextProverbs 17:15
He that justifieth the wicked, and he that condemneth the just, even they both are abomination to the LORD.
Read in contextProverbs 24:23
These things also belong to the wise. It is not good to have respect of persons in judgment.
Read in contextIsaiah 5:23
Which justify the wicked for reward, and take away the righteousness of the righteous from him!
Read in contextMatthew 22:16
And they sent out unto him their disciples with the Herodians, saying, Master, we know that thou art true, and teachest the way of God in truth, neither carest thou for any man: for thou regardest not the person of men.
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