Proverbs 18:5
Good News Translation
It is not right to favor the guilty and keep the innocent from receiving justice.

New Revised Standard Version
It is not right to be partial to the guilty, or to subvert the innocent in judgment.

Contemporary English Version
It's wrong to favor the guilty and keep the innocent from getting justice.

New American Bible
It is not good to favor the guilty, nor to reject the claim of the just.

Douay-Rheims Bible
It is not good to accept the person of the wicked, to decline from the truth of judgment.

Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

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

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Proverbs 24:23 These things also to the wise: It is not good to have respect to persons in judgment.

Proverbs 28:21 He that hath respect to a person in judgment, doth not well: such a man even for a morsel of bread forsaketh the truth.

Leviticus 19:15 Thou shalt not do that which is unjust, nor judge unjustly. Respect not the person of the poor: nor honour the countenance of the mighty. But judge thy neighbour according to justice.

Deuteronomy 1:16,17 And I commanded them, saying: Hear them, and judge that which is just: whether he be one of your country, or a stranger. . . .

Deuteronomy 16:19 And not go aside to either part. Thou shalt not accept person nor gifts: for gifts blind the eyes of the wise, and change the words of the just.

Job 13:7,8 Hath God any need of your lie, that you should speak deceitfully for him? . . .

Job 34:19 Who accepteth not the persons of princes: nor hath regarded the tyrant, when he contended against the poor man: for all are the work of his hands.

Matthew 22:16 And they sent to him their disciples with the Herodians, saying: Master, we know that thou art a true speaker and teachest the way of God in truth. Neither carest thou for any man: for thou dost not regard the person of men.

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1 Kings 21:9-14 And this was the tenor of the letters: Proclaim a fast, and make Naboth sit among the chief of the people; . . .

Isaiah 5:23 That justify the wicked for gifts, and take away the justice of the just from him.

Isaiah 59:14 And judgment is turned away backward, and justice hath stood far off: because truth hath fallen down in the street, and equity could not come in.

Micah 7:3 The evil of their hands they call good: the prince requireth, and the judge is for giving: and the great man hath uttered the desire of his soul, and they have troubled it.

Context
The Selfishness of the Unfriendly
4Words from the mouth of a man are as deep water: and the fountain of wisdom is an overflowing stream. 5It is not good to accept the person of the wicked, to decline from the truth of judgment.6The lips of a fool intermeddle with strife: and his mouth provoketh quarrels.…
Cross References
Exodus 23:2
Thou shalt not follow the multitude to do evil: neither shalt thou yield in judgment, to the opinion of the most part, to stray from the truth.

Exodus 23:6
Thou shalt not go aside in the poor man's judgment.

Leviticus 19:15
Thou shalt not do that which is unjust, nor judge unjustly. Respect not the person of the poor: nor honour the countenance of the mighty. But judge thy neighbour according to justice.

Deuteronomy 1:17
There shall be no difference of persons, you shall hear the little as well as the great: neither shall you respect any man's person, because it is the judgment of God. And if any thing seem hard to you, refer it to me, and I will hear it.

Deuteronomy 16:19
And not go aside to either part. Thou shalt not accept person nor gifts: for gifts blind the eyes of the wise, and change the words of the just.

Psalm 82:2
How long will you judge unjustly: and accept the persons of the wicked?

Proverbs 17:15
He that justifieth the wicked, and he that condemneth the just, both are abominable before God.

Proverbs 17:26
It is no good thing to do hurt to the just: nor to strike the prince, who judgeth right.

Proverbs 24:23
These things also to the wise: It is not good to have respect to persons in judgment.

Proverbs 28:21
He that hath respect to a person in judgment, doth not well: such a man even for a morsel of bread forsaketh the truth.

Proverbs 31:5
And lest they drink and forget judgments, and pervert the cause of the children of the poor.

Micah 3:9
But yet I am filled with the strength of the spirit of the Lord, with judgment and power: to declare unto Jacob his wickedness and to Israel his sin.

Proverbs 18:4
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