Verse 5

It is not good to regarde ye personne of the vngodly, or to put backe ye righteous in iudgmet.

Referenced Verses

  • Lev 19:15 : 15 Ye shall not deale wrongeously in iudgment, nether shal ye accepte the personne of the poore, ner honoure the parsonne of the greate, but thou shalt iudge thy neghboure righteously.
  • Prov 24:23 : 23 These are also ye saieges of ye wyse. It is not good, to haue respecte of any personne in iudgmet.
  • Prov 28:21 : 21 To haue respecte of personnes in iudgment is not good: And why? he will do wronge, yee euen for a pece of bred.
  • Ps 82:2 : 2 How longe wil ye geue wroge iudgment, & accepte the personnes of the vngodly?
  • Prov 17:15 : 15 The LORDE hateth as well him yt iustifieth ye vngodly, as him yt condempneth the innocet.
  • Deut 16:19 : 19 Thou shalt not wrest the lawe. Thou shalt knowe no personne also, ner take giftes. For giftes blynde the eyes of ye wyse, & peruerte ye righteous causes.
  • 1 Kgs 21:9-9 : 9 and wrote thus in ye letter: Proclame a fast, and set Naboth aboue in the people, 10 and set two men of Belial before him, to testifye and saye: Thou hast blasphemed God and the kynge. And brynge him forth, and stone him to death. 11 And the Elders and rulers of his cyte, which dwelt in his cite, dyd as Iesabel had commaunded them, acordynge as she had wrytten in the letter that she sent vnto them 12 and they proclamed a fast, and caused Naboth to syt aboue amonge the people. 13 Then came the two men of Belial, and stode before him, and testyfyed agaynst Naboth in ye presence of the people, and sayde: Naboth hath blasphemed God and the kynge. Then broughte they him out of the cite, and stoned him to death. 14 And they sent Iesabel worde, sayenge: Naboth is stoned & put to death.
  • Job 13:7-8 : 7 Will ye make answere for God with lyes, and mateyne him with disceate? 8 Wil ye accepte ye personne of God, and intreate for him?
  • Job 34:19 : 19 Vngodly men are ye He hath no respecte vnto the personnes of ye lordly, & regardeth not the rich more the poore. For they be all the worke of his hondes.
  • Deut 1:16-17 : 16 And I charged your iudges at ye same tyme, & sayde: Heare youre brethre, & iudge righteously betwene euery man and his brother, and the straunger. 17 Ye shall knowe no personne in iudgment, but shall heare the small as well as the greate, and be afrayed of no man: for the Iudgment is Gods. But yf eny cause be to harde for you, let it be broughte vnto me, yt I maye heare it.
  • Isa 5:23 : 23 These gyue sentence with the vngodly for rewardes, but condemne the iust cause of the rightuous.
  • Isa 59:14 : 14 And therfore is equyte gone asyde, & righteousnes stodeth farre of: treuth is fallen downe in the strete, and the thinge that is playne and open, maye not be shewed.
  • Mic 7:3 : 3 yet they saye they do well, when they do euell. As the prince wil, so sayeth the iudge: yt he maye do him a pleasure agayne. The greate ma speaketh what his herte desyreth, & ye hearers alowe him.
  • Matt 22:16 : 16 and sent vnto him their disciples with Herodes officers, and sayde: Master, we knowe that thou art true, and teachest the waye of God truly, and carest for no ma: for thou regardest not the outwarde appearaunce of me.