Proverbs 18:5

Bible in Basic English (1941)

To have respect for the person of the evil-doer is not good, or to give a wrong decision against the upright.

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Referenced Verses

  • 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.
  • Prov 24:23 : 23 These are more sayings of the wise: To have respect for a person's position when judging is not good.
  • 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 82:2 : 2 How long will you go on judging falsely, having respect for the persons of evil-doers? (Selah.)
  • Prov 17:15 : 15 He who gives a decision for the evil-doer and he who gives a decision against the upright, are equally disgusting to the Lord.
  • 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.
  • 1 Kgs 21:9-9 : 9 And in the letter she said, Let a time of public sorrow be fixed, and put Naboth at the head of the people; 10 And get two good-for-nothing persons to come before him and give witness that he has been cursing God and the king. Then take him out and have him stoned to death. 11 So the responsible men and the chiefs who were in authority in his town, did as Jezebel had said in the letter she sent them. 12 They gave orders for a day of public sorrow, and put Naboth at the head of the people. 13 And the two good-for-nothing persons came in and took their seats before him and gave witness against Naboth, in front of the people, saying, Naboth has been cursing God and the king. Then they took him outside the town and had him stoned to death. 14 And they sent word to Jezebel, saying, Naboth has been stoned and is dead.
  • Job 13:7-8 : 7 Will you say in God's name what is not right, and put false words into his mouth? 8 Will you have respect for God's person in this cause, and put yourselves forward as his supporters?
  • Job 34:19 : 19 Who has no respect for rulers, and who gives no more attention to those who have wealth than to the poor, for they are all the work of his hands.
  • Deut 1:16-17 : 16 And at that time I gave orders to your judges, saying, Let all questions between your brothers come before you for hearing, and give decisions uprightly between a man and his brother or one from another nation who is with him. 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.
  • Isa 5:23 : 23 Who for a reward give support to the cause of the sinner, and who take away the righteousness of the upright from him.
  • Isa 59:14 : 14 And the right is turned back, and righteousness is far away: for good faith is not to be seen in the public places, and upright behaviour may not come into the town.
  • Mic 7:3 : 3 Their hands are made ready to do evil; the ruler makes requests for money, and the judge is looking for a reward; and the great man gives decisions at his pleasure, and the right is twisted.
  • Matt 22:16 : 16 And they sent to him their disciples, with the Herodians, saying, Master, we see that you are true, and that you are teaching the true way of God, and have no fear of anyone, because you have no respect for a man's position.

Similar Verses (AI)

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  • Prov 24:23-24
    2 verses
    83%

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

    24 He who says to the evil-doer, You are upright, will be cursed by peoples and hated by nations.

  • Prov 28:21
    79%

    21 It is not good to have respect for a man's position: for a man will do wrong for a bit of bread.

  • Deut 16:19
    78%

    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.

  • Prov 17:26
    78%

    26 To give punishment to the upright is not good, or to give blows to the noble for their righteousness.

  • Lev 19:15
    76%

    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.

  • Prov 17:23
    75%

    23 A sinner takes an offering out of his robe, to get a decision for himself in a cause.

  • Prov 29:27
    75%

    27 An evil man is disgusting to the upright, and he who is upright is disgusting to evil-doers.

  • Exod 23:6-8
    3 verses
    74%

    6 Let no wrong decisions be given in the poor man's cause.

    7 Keep yourselves far from any false business; never let the upright or him who has done no wrong be put to death: for I will make the evil-doer responsible for his sin.

    8 Take no rewards in a cause: for rewards make blind those who have eyes to see, and make the decisions of the upright false.

  • Exod 23:1-3
    3 verses
    74%

    1 Do not let a false statement go further; do not make an agreement with evil-doers to be a false witness.

    2 Do not be moved to do wrong by the general opinion, or give the support of your words to a wrong decision:

    3 But, on the other hand, do not be turned from what is right in order to give support to a poor man's cause.

  • Lam 3:35-36
    2 verses
    74%

    35 In his turning away the right of a man before the face of the Most High.

    36 In his doing wrong to a man in his cause, the Lord has no pleasure.

  • Job 13:10
    73%

    10 He will certainly put you right, if you have respect for persons in secret.

  • Job 34:18-19
    2 verses
    73%

    18 He who says to a king, You are an evil-doer; and to rulers, You are sinners;

    19 Who has no respect for rulers, and who gives no more attention to those who have wealth than to the poor, for they are all the work of his hands.

  • Prov 24:15
    73%

    15 Do not keep a secret watch, O evil-doer, against the fields of the upright man, or send destruction on his resting-place:

  • Prov 14:19
    73%

    19 The knees of the evil are bent before the good; and sinners go down in the dust at the doors of the upright.

  • Prov 17:15
    73%

    15 He who gives a decision for the evil-doer and he who gives a decision against the upright, are equally disgusting to the Lord.

  • Ps 1:5
    73%

    5 For this cause there will be no mercy for sinners when they are judged, and the evil-doers will have no place among the upright,

  • Ps 82:2
    73%

    2 How long will you go on judging falsely, having respect for the persons of evil-doers? (Selah.)

  • Isa 5:23
    73%

    23 Who for a reward give support to the cause of the sinner, and who take away the righteousness of the upright from him.

  • Prov 19:28
    73%

    28 A good-for-nothing witness makes sport of the judge's decision: and the mouth of evil-doers sends out evil like a stream.

  • Prov 3:31
    72%

    31 Have no envy of the violent man, or take any of his ways as an example.

  • Prov 21:12
    72%

    12 The Upright One, looking on the house of the evil-doer, lets sinners be overturned to their destruction.

  • Prov 21:7
    72%

    7 By their violent acts the evil-doers will be pulled away, because they have no desire to do what is right.

  • Prov 25:26
    72%

    26 Like a troubled fountain and a dirty spring, is an upright man who has to give way before evil-doers.

  • Prov 16:12
    72%

    12 Evil-doing is disgusting to kings: for the seat of the ruler is based on righteousness.

  • Deut 25:1
    72%

    1 If there is an argument between men and they go to law with one another, let the judges give their decision for the upright, and against the wrongdoer.

  • Prov 12:2
    72%

    2 A good man has grace in the eyes of the Lord; but the man of evil designs gets punishment from him.

  • Prov 29:7
    72%

    7 The upright man gives attention to the cause of the poor: the evil-doer gives no thought to it.

  • Deut 1:17
    72%

    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.

  • Gen 18:25
    71%

    25 Let such a thing be far from you, to put the upright to death with the sinner: will not the judge of all the earth do right?

  • Prov 12:26
    71%

    26 The upright man is a guide to his neighbour, but the way of evil-doers is a cause of error to them.

  • Job 36:6
    71%

    6 His eyes are ever on the upright, and he gives to the crushed their right;

  • Job 32:21
    71%

    21 Let me not give respect to any man, or give names of honour to any living.

  • Prov 13:6
    71%

    6 Righteousness keeps safe him whose way is without error, but evil-doers are overturned by sin.

  • Prov 12:7
    71%

    7 Evil-doers are overturned and never seen again, but the house of upright men will keep its place.

  • Ps 28:3
    71%

    3 Do not take me away with the sinners and the workers of evil, who say words of peace to their neighbours, but evil is in their hearts.

  • Ps 101:4
    71%

    4 The false heart I will send away from me: I will not have an evil-doer for a friend.

  • Prov 25:5
    71%

    5 Take away evil-doers from before the king, and the seat of his power will be made strong in righteousness.

  • Prov 4:14
    71%

    14 Do not go in the road of sinners, or be walking in the way of evil men.

  • Prov 10:32
    71%

    32 The lips of the upright man have knowledge of what is pleasing, but twisted are the mouths of evil-doers.

  • Prov 24:18
    71%

    18 For fear that the Lord may see it, and it may be evil in his eyes, and his wrath may be turned away from him.

  • Hab 1:4
    71%

    4 For this reason the law is feeble and decisions are not effected: for the upright man is circled round by evil-doers; because of which right is twisted.

  • Ps 140:11
    71%

    11 Let not a man of evil tongue be safe on earth: let destruction overtake the violent man with blow on blow.

  • Col 3:25
    71%

    25 For the wrongdoer will have punishment for the wrong he has done, without respect for any man's position.