Proverbs 18:5
Showing partiality to the wicked is not good, nor is depriving the innocent of justice.
Cross References
Exodus 23:2
You shall not follow a crowd in wrongdoing. When you testify in a lawsuit, do not pervert justice by siding with a crowd.

Exodus 23:6
You shall not deny justice to the poor in their lawsuits.

Leviticus 19:15
"You must not pervert justice; you must not show partiality to the poor or favoritism to the rich; you are to judge your neighbor fairly.

Deuteronomy 1:17
Show no partiality in judging; hear both small and great alike. Do not be intimidated by anyone, for judgment belongs to God. And bring to me any case too difficult for you, and I will hear it."

Deuteronomy 16:19
Do not deny justice or show partiality. Do not accept any bribes, for a bribe blinds the eyes of the wise and twists the words of the righteous.

Psalm 82:2
"How long will you judge unjustly and show partiality to the wicked? Selah

Proverbs 17:15
Acquitting the guilty and condemning the righteous--both are detestable to the LORD.

Proverbs 17:26
It is surely not good to punish the innocent or to beat a noble for his honesty.

Proverbs 24:23
These also are sayings of the wise: To show partiality in judgment is not good.

Proverbs 28:21
To show partiality is not good, because a man may sin for a piece of bread.

Proverbs 31:5
lest they drink and forget what is decreed, and deprive all the oppressed of justice.

Micah 3:9
Now hear this, O leaders of the house of Jacob and rulers of the house of Israel, who despise justice and pervert all that is right,

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Proverbs 24:23
These also are sayings of the wise: To show partiality in judgment is not good.

Proverbs 28:21
To show partiality is not good, because a man may sin for a piece of bread.

Leviticus 19:15
"You must not pervert justice; you must not show partiality to the poor or favoritism to the rich; you are to judge your neighbor fairly.

Deuteronomy 1:16, 17
At that time I charged your judges: "Hear the disputes between your brothers, and judge fairly between a man and his brother or a foreign resident. . . .

Deuteronomy 16:19
Do not deny justice or show partiality. Do not accept any bribes, for a bribe blinds the eyes of the wise and twists the words of the righteous.

Job 13:7, 8
Will you speak wickedly on God's behalf or speak deceitfully for Him? . . .

Job 34:19
who is not partial to princes and does not favor rich over poor? For they are all the work of His hands.

Matthew 22:16
They sent their disciples to Him along with the Herodians. "Teacher, " they said, "we know that You are honest and that You teach the way of God in accordance with the truth. You defer to no one, because You pay no attention to external appearance.

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1 Kings 21:9-14
In the letters she wrote: "Proclaim a fast and give Naboth a seat of honor among the people. . . .

Isaiah 5:23
who acquit the guilty for a bribe, and deprive the innocent of justice.

Isaiah 59:14
So justice is turned away, and righteousness stands at a distance. For truth has stumbled in the public square, and honesty cannot enter.

Micah 7:3
Both hands are skilled at evil; the prince and the judge demand a bribe; when the powerful utters his evil desire, they all conspire together.

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