Verse 23

These are more sayings of the wise: To have respect for a person's position when judging is not good.

Referenced Verses

  • Prov 18:5 : 5 To have respect for the person of the evil-doer is not good, or to give a wrong decision against the upright.
  • Prov 28:21 : 21 It is not good to have respect for a man's position: for a man will do wrong for a bit of bread.
  • Ps 107:43 : 43 Let the wise give thought to these things, and see the mercies of the Lord.
  • Prov 1:6 : 6 To get the sense of wise sayings and secrets, and of the words of the wise and their dark sayings.
  • Lev 19:15 : 15 Do no wrong in your judging: do not give thought to the position of the poor, or honour to the position of the great; but be a judge to your neighbour in righteousness.
  • Deut 1:17 : 17 In judging, do not let a man's position have any weight with you; give hearing equally to small and great; have no fear of any man, for it is God who is judge: and any cause in which you are not able to give a decision, you are to put before me and I will give it a hearing.
  • Deut 16:19 : 19 You are not to be moved in your judging by a man's position, you are not to take rewards; for rewards make the eyes of the wise man blind, and the decisions of the upright false.
  • 2 Chr 19:7 : 7 So now let the fear of the Lord be in you; do your work with care; for in the Lord our God there is no evil, or respect for high position, or taking of payment to do wrong.
  • Ps 82:2-4 : 2 How long will you go on judging falsely, having respect for the persons of evil-doers? (Selah.) 3 Give ear to the cause of the poor and the children without fathers; let those who are troubled and in need have their rights. 4 Be the saviour of the poor and those who have nothing: take them out of the hand of the evil-doers.
  • Prov 22:17 : 17 Let your ear be bent down for hearing my words, and let your heart give thought to knowledge.
  • Eccl 8:1-5 : 1 Who is like the wise man? and to whom is the sense of anything clear? A man's wisdom makes his face shining, and his hard face will be changed. 2 I say to you, Keep the king's law, from respect for the oath of God. 3 Be not quick to go from before him. Be not fixed in an evil design, because he does whatever is pleasing to him. 4 The word of a king has authority; and who may say to him, What is this you are doing? 5 Whoever keeps the law will come to no evil: and a wise man's heart has knowledge of time and of decision.
  • Hos 14:9 : 9 As for Ephraim, what has he to do with false gods any longer? I have given an answer and I will keep watch over him; I am like a branching fir-tree, from me comes your fruit.
  • John 7:24 : 24 Let not your decisions be based on what you see, but on righteousness.
  • 1 Tim 5:20-21 : 20 Say sharp words to sinners when all are present, so that the rest may be in fear. 21 I give you orders before God and Christ Jesus and the angels of God's selection, to keep these orders without giving thought to one side more than another.
  • Jas 2:4-6 : 4 Is there not a division in your minds? have you not become judges with evil thoughts? 5 Give ear, my dear brothers; are not those who are poor in the things of this world marked out by God to have faith as their wealth, and for their heritage the kingdom which he has said he will give to those who have love for him? 6 But you have put the poor man to shame. Are not the men of wealth rulers over you? do they not take you by force before their judges?
  • Jas 3:17 : 17 But the wisdom which is from heaven is first holy, then gentle, readily giving way in argument, full of peace and mercy and good works, not doubting, not seeming other than it is.
  • 1 Pet 1:17 : 17 And if you give the name of Father to him who, judging every man by his acts, has no respect for a man's position, then go in fear while you are on this earth: