Verse 5
To respect{H5375} the person{H6440} of the wicked{H7563} is not good,{H2896} [Nor] to turn aside{H5186} the righteous{H6662} in judgment.{H4941}
Referenced Verses
- Lev 19:15 : 15 Ye shall do{H6213} no unrighteousness{H5766} in judgment:{H4941} thou shalt not respect{H5375} the person{H6440} of the poor,{H1800} nor honor{H1921} the person{H6440} of the mighty;{H1419} but in righteousness{H6664} shalt thou judge{H8199} thy neighbor.{H5997}
- Prov 24:23 : 23 These also are [sayings] of the wise.{H2450} To have respect{H5234} of persons{H6440} in judgment{H4941} is not good.{H2896}
- Prov 28:21 : 21 To have respect{H5234} of persons{H6440} is not good;{H2896} Neither that a man{H1397} should transgress{H6586} for a piece{H6595} of bread.{H3899}
- Ps 82:2 : 2 How long will ye judge{H8199} unjustly,{H5766} And respect{H5375} the persons{H6440} of the wicked?{H7563} Selah{H5542}
- Prov 17:15 : 15 He that justifieth{H6663} the wicked,{H7563} and he that condemneth{H7561} the righteous,{H6662} Both{H8147} of them alike are an abomination{H8441} to Jehovah.{H3068}
- Deut 16:19 : 19 Thou shalt not wrest{H5186} justice:{H4941} thou shalt not respect{H5234} persons;{H6440} neither shalt thou take{H3947} a bribe;{H7810} for a bribe{H7810} doth blind{H5786} the eyes{H5869} of the wise,{H2450} and pervert{H5557} the words{H1697} of the righteous.{H6662}
- 1 Kgs 21:9-9 : 9 And she wrote{H3789} in the letters,{H5612} saying,{H559} Proclaim{H7121} a fast,{H6685} and set{H3427} Naboth{H5022} on high{H7218} among the people:{H5971} 10 and set{H3427} two{H8147} men,{H582} base{H1100} fellows,{H1121} before him, and let them bear witness{H5749} against him, saying,{H559} Thou didst curse{H1288} God{H430} and the king.{H4428} And then carry him out,{H3318} and stone{H5619} him to death.{H4191} 11 And the men{H582} of his city,{H5892} even the elders{H2205} and the nobles{H2715} who dwelt{H3427} in his city,{H5892} did{H6213} as Jezebel{H348} had sent{H7971} unto them, according as it was written{H3789} in the letters{H5612} which she had sent{H7971} unto them. 12 They proclaimed{H7121} a fast,{H6685} and set{H3427} Naboth{H5022} on high{H7218} among the people.{H5971} 13 And the two{H8147} men,{H582} the base{H1100} fellows,{H1121} came{H935} in and sat{H3427} before him: and the base{H1100} fellows{H582} bare witness{H5749} against him, even against Naboth,{H5022} in the presence of the people,{H5971} saying,{H559} Naboth{H5022} did curse{H1288} God{H430} and the king.{H4428} Then they carried him forth{H3318} out{H2351} of the city,{H5892} and stoned{H5619} him to death{H4191} with stones.{H68} 14 Then they sent{H7971} to Jezebel,{H348} saying,{H559} Naboth{H5022} is stoned,{H5619} and is dead.{H4191}
- Job 13:7-8 : 7 Will ye speak{H1696} unrighteously{H5766} for God,{H410} And talk{H1696} deceitfully{H7423} for him? 8 Will ye show{H5375} partiality{H6440} to him? Will ye contend{H7378} for God?{H410}
- Job 34:19 : 19 That respecteth{H5375} not the persons{H6440} of princes,{H8269} Nor regardeth{H5234} the rich{H7771} more than{H6440} the poor;{H1800} For they all are the work{H4639} of his hands.{H3027}
- Deut 1:16-17 : 16 And I charged{H6680} your judges{H8199} at that time,{H6256} saying,{H559} Hear{H8085} [the causes] between your brethren,{H251} and judge{H8199} righteously{H6664} between a man{H376} and his brother,{H251} and the sojourner{H1616} that is with him. 17 Ye shall not respect{H5234} persons{H6440} in judgment;{H4941} ye shall hear{H8085} the small{H6996} and the great{H1419} alike; ye shall not be afraid{H1481} of the face{H6440} of man;{H376} for the judgment{H4941} is God's:{H430} and the cause{H1697} that is too hard{H7185} for you ye shall bring{H7126} unto me, and I will hear{H8085} it.
- Isa 5:23 : 23 that justify{H6663} the wicked{H7563} for{H6118} a bribe,{H7810} and take away{H5493} the righteousness{H6666} of the righteous{H6662} from him!
- Isa 59:14 : 14 And justice{H4941} is turned away{H5253} backward,{H268} and righteousness{H6666} standeth{H5975} afar off;{H7350} for truth{H571} is fallen{H3782} in the street,{H7339} and uprightness{H5229} cannot{H3201} enter.{H935}
- Mic 7:3 : 3 Their hands{H3709} are upon that which is evil{H7451} to do it diligently;{H3190} the prince{H8269} asketh,{H7592} and the judge{H8199} [is ready] for a reward;{H7966} and the great{H1419} man, he uttereth{H1696} the evil{H1942} desire{H5315} of his soul: thus they weave{H5686} it together.
- Matt 22:16 : 16 And{G2532} they send to{G649} him{G846} their{G846} disciples,{G3101} with{G3326} the Herodians,{G2265} saying,{G3004} Teacher,{G1320} we know{G1492} that{G3754} thou art{G1488} true,{G227} and{G2532} teachest{G1321} the way{G3598} of God{G2316} in{G1722} truth,{G2532} and carest{G3199} not{G3756} for{G4012} any{G3762} one: for{G4012} thou{G4671} regardest{G991} not{G3756} the person{G4383} of men.{G444}