Proverbs 24:23

Bible in Basic English (1941)

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

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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:

Similar Verses (AI)

These verses are found using AI-powered semantic similarity based on meaning and context. Results may occasionally include unexpected connections.

  • Prov 18:5
    83%

    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
    82%

    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.

  • Job 34:18-19
    2 verses
    77%

    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.

  • Deut 1:17
    76%

    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.

  • 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 24:24
    76%

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

  • Rom 2:11
    75%

    11 For one man is not different from another before God.

  • Exod 23:2-3
    2 verses
    74%

    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.

  • Job 13:10
    74%

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

  • Exod 23:6
    73%

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

  • Prov 17:26
    73%

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

  • Deut 25:1
    73%

    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.

  • Col 3:25
    73%

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

  • 2 Chr 19:6-7
    2 verses
    73%

    6 And said to the judges, Take care what you do, for you are judging not for man but for the Lord, and he is with you in the decisions you give.

    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.

  • Jas 2:9
    73%

    9 But if you take a man's position into account, you do evil, and are judged as evil-doers by the law.

  • Ps 82:2
    72%

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

  • Job 34:23
    72%

    23 For he does not give man a fixed time to come before him to be judged.

  • Jas 2:4
    71%

    4 Is there not a division in your minds? have you not become judges with evil thoughts?

  • Prov 17:23
    71%

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

  • Prov 24:22
    71%

    22 For their downfall will come suddenly; and who has knowledge of the destruction of those in high positions?

  • Prov 29:26-27
    2 verses
    71%

    26 The approval of a ruler is desired by great numbers: but the decision in a man's cause comes from the Lord.

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

  • Job 37:24
    71%

    24 For this cause men go in fear of him; he has no respect for any who are wise in heart.

  • Eccl 5:8
    71%

    8 It is good generally for a country where the land is worked to have a king.

  • Prov 24:29
    71%

    29 Say not, I will do to him as he has done to me; I will give the man the reward of his work.

  • Eccl 8:5
    70%

    5 Whoever keeps the law will come to no evil: and a wise man's heart has knowledge of time and of decision.

  • John 7:24
    70%

    24 Let not your decisions be based on what you see, but on righteousness.

  • Deut 24:17
    70%

    17 Be upright in judging the cause of the man from a strange country and of him who has no father; do not take a widow's clothing on account of a debt:

  • Exod 23:8
    70%

    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.

  • Prov 24:18-19
    2 verses
    70%

    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.

    19 Do not be troubled because of evil-doers, or have envy of sinners:

  • Prov 20:23
    70%

    23 Unequal weights are disgusting to the Lord, and false scales are not good.

  • Prov 29:7
    69%

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

  • Eccl 3:16-17
    2 verses
    69%

    16 And again, I saw under the sun, in the place of the judges, that evil was there; and in the place of righteousness, that evil was there.

    17 I said in my heart, God will be judge of the good and of the bad; because a time for every purpose and for every work has been fixed by him.

  • Jer 22:16
    69%

    16 He was judge in the cause of the poor and those in need; then it was well. Was not this to have knowledge of me? says the Lord.

  • Prov 24:1
    69%

    1 Have no envy for evil men, or any desire to be with them:

  • Job 32:9
    69%

    9 It is not the old who are wise, and those who are full of years have not the knowledge of what is right.

  • Prov 25:6
    69%

    6 Do not take glory for yourself before the king, and do not put yourself in the place of the great:

  • Prov 19:1
    69%

    1 Better is the poor man whose ways are upright, than the man of wealth whose ways are twisted.

  • Luke 18:2
    68%

    2 Saying, There was a judge in a certain town, who had no fear of God or respect for man:

  • Job 32:21
    68%

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

  • Eccl 8:14
    68%

    14 There is a thing which is to no purpose done on the earth: that there are good men to whom is given the same punishment as those who are evil, and there are evil men who get the reward of the good. I say that this again is to no purpose.

  • Lam 3:35
    68%

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

  • Isa 31:2
    68%

    2 Though he is wise, and able to send evil, and his purpose will not be changed; but he will go against the house of the evil-doers, and against those to whom they are looking for help.

  • Prov 31:9
    68%

    9 Let your mouth be open, judging rightly, and give right decisions in the cause of the poor and those in need.