Proverbs 18:5

Bishops' Bible (1568)

It is not good to regarde the person of the vngodly, to ouerthrowe the righteous in iudgement.

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Referenced Verses

  • Lev 19:15 : 15 Ye shall do no vnrighteousnesse in iudgement, thou shalt not fauour the person poore, nor honour the person mightie, but in righteousnes shalt thou iudge thy neighbour.
  • Prov 24:23 : 23 It is not good to haue respect of any person in iudgement.
  • Prov 28:21 : 21 To haue respect of persons in iudgement is not good, for that man wyll do wrong, yea euen for a peece of bread.
  • Ps 82:2 : 2 Howe long wyll ye geue wrong iudgement: and accept the persons of the vngodly? Selah.
  • Prov 17:15 : 15 The Lorde hateth as well hym that iustifieth the vngodly, as him that condempneth the innocent.
  • Deut 16:19 : 19 Wrest not thou the lawe, nor knowe any person, neither take any rewarde: for giftes do blinde the eyes of the wise, & peruert the wordes of the righteous.
  • 1 Kgs 21:9-9 : 9 And she wrote in the letter, saying: Proclayme a fast, and set Naboth on hye among the people: 10 And set two vnthriftes before him, to beare witnesse against him, saying, Thou dyddest blaspheme God and the king: And then carie him out, and stone him to death. 11 And the men of his citie, euen the elders and gouernours whiche dwelt in his citie, dyd as Iezabel had sent vnto them, and as it was written in the letter whiche she had sent vnto them. 12 They proclaymed a fast, and set Naboth among the chiefe of the people. 13 And there came in two men the children of Belial, and sate before him: And the two vnthriftie persons witnessed against Naboth in the presence of the people, saying: Naboth dyd blaspheme God and the king. And they caried him out of the citie, & stoned him with stones, that he died. 14 And then they sent to Iezabel, saying: Naboth is stoned to death.
  • Job 13:7-8 : 7 Wyll you speake wickedlie for gods defence and talke deceitfully for his cause? 8 Wyll ye accept the person of him? or wyll ye contende for God?
  • Job 34:19 : 19 God hath no respect vnto the persons of the lordly, and regardeth not the riche more then the poore: for they be al the worke of his handes.
  • Deut 1:16-17 : 16 And I charged your Iudges that same tyme, saying: Heare the cause of your brethren, and iudge righteously betweene euery man and his brother, and the straunger that is with hym. 17 Ye shall haue no respect of any person in iudgement, but you shall heare the small aswell as the great: You shall not feare the face of any man, for the iudgement is Gods. And the cause that is to harde for you, referre it vnto me, and I wyll heare it.
  • Isa 5:23 : 23 Wo be vnto them that geue sentence with the vngodly for rewardes, but condempne the iust cause of the ryghteous.
  • Isa 59:14 : 14 And therefore is equitie gone aside, and righteousnesse standeth farre of, trueth is fallen downe in the streete, and the thing that is playne and open, may not be shewed.
  • Mic 7:3 : 3 Yet they say they do wel, when they do euyll: the prince asketh, and the iudge iudgeth for a rewarde, therfore the great man speaketh out of the corruption of his soule, and so they wrappe it vp.
  • Matt 22:16 : 16 And they sent out vnto hym their disciples, with the Herodians seruauntes, saying: Maister, we knowe that thou art true, and teachest the way of God truely, neither carest thou for any man: for thou doest not respect mens persons.

Similar Verses (AI)

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

  • Prov 24:23-24
    2 verses
    83%

    23It is not good to haue respect of any person in iudgement.

    24He that saith to the vngodly thou art righteous, hym shall the people curse, yea the comminaltie shall abhorre him:

  • Prov 28:21
    79%

    21To haue respect of persons in iudgement is not good, for that man wyll do wrong, yea euen for a peece of bread.

  • Deut 16:19
    78%

    19Wrest not thou the lawe, nor knowe any person, neither take any rewarde: for giftes do blinde the eyes of the wise, & peruert the wordes of the righteous.

  • Prov 17:26
    78%

    26Certaynely to condempne the iust is not good: nor to strike the gouernours whiche iudge rightly.

  • Lev 19:15
    76%

    15Ye shall do no vnrighteousnesse in iudgement, thou shalt not fauour the person poore, nor honour the person mightie, but in righteousnes shalt thou iudge thy neighbour.

  • Prov 17:23
    75%

    23The vngodly taketh gyftes out of the bosome, to wrest the wayes of iudgement.

  • Prov 29:27
    75%

    27The righteous abhorreth the vngodlye: and the wicked hateth hym that is in the ryght way.

  • Exod 23:6-8
    3 verses
    74%

    6Thou shalt not hinder the right of thy poore in his suite.

    7Kepe thee farre from a false matter, and the innocent and righteous see thou slay not: for I wyll not iustifie the wicked.

    8Thou shalt take no gyftes: for gyftes blinde the seyng, and peruert the wordes of the righteous.

  • Exod 23:1-3
    3 verses
    74%

    1Thou shalt not haue to do with any false report, neither shalt thou put thine hand with the wicked, to be an vnrighteous witnesse.

    2Thou shalt not folow a multitude to do euill, neither shalt thou speake in a matter of iustice according to the greater number, for to peruert iudgement.

    3Neither shalt thou esteeme a poore man in his cause.

  • Lam 3:35-36
    2 verses
    74%

    35To moue the iudgement of man before the most highest,

    36To condemne a man in his cause: the Lord hath not pleasure in such thinges.

  • Job 13:10
    73%

    10He shall punishe you, and reproue you, if ye do secretly accept any person.

  • Job 34:18-19
    2 verses
    73%

    18Is it reason that thou shouldest say to the king, Thou art wicked, or thou art vngodly, and that before the princes?

    19God hath no respect vnto the persons of the lordly, and regardeth not the riche more then the poore: for they be al the worke of his handes.

  • Prov 24:15
    73%

    15Laye no priuie wayte (O wicked man) against the house of the righteous, and spoyle not his resting place.

  • Prov 14:19
    73%

    19The euyll shall bowe them selues before the good: and the vngodly shall wayte at the gates of the ryghteous.

  • Prov 17:15
    73%

    15The Lorde hateth as well hym that iustifieth the vngodly, as him that condempneth the innocent.

  • Ps 1:5
    73%

    5Therefore the vngodly shall not be able to stande in the iudgement: neither the sinners in the congregation of the righteous.

  • Ps 82:2
    73%

    2Howe long wyll ye geue wrong iudgement: and accept the persons of the vngodly? Selah.

  • Isa 5:23
    73%

    23Wo be vnto them that geue sentence with the vngodly for rewardes, but condempne the iust cause of the ryghteous.

  • Prov 19:28
    73%

    28A wicked witnesse mocketh iudgement: and the mouth of the vngodly deuoureth wickednesse.

  • Prov 3:31
    72%

    31Folowe not a wicked man, and chose none of his wayes:

  • Prov 21:12
    72%

    12The righteous man wysely considereth the house of the wicked, and for their wickednesse God ouerthroweth the vngodly.

  • Prov 21:7
    72%

    7The robberies of the vngodly shalbe their owne destruction: for they wyll not do the thing that is right.

  • Prov 25:26
    72%

    26A righteous man fallyng downe before the vngodly, is like a troubled wel, and a spring that is corrupted.

  • Prov 16:12
    72%

    12Wicked doers are an abhomination to the kyng, for a kynges seate shoulde be holden vp with ryghteousnesse.

  • Deut 25:1
    72%

    1If there be strife betweene men, they shall come vnto the lawe, and let the Iudges geue sentence betwene them: and iustifie the righteous, & condemne the vngodly.

  • Prov 12:2
    72%

    2A good man is acceptable vnto the Lorde: but the wicked imaginer wyll he condempne.

  • Prov 29:7
    72%

    7The righteous considereth the cause of the poore: but the vngodly regardeth no vnderstandyng.

  • Deut 1:17
    72%

    17Ye shall haue no respect of any person in iudgement, but you shall heare the small aswell as the great: You shall not feare the face of any man, for the iudgement is Gods. And the cause that is to harde for you, referre it vnto me, and I wyll heare it.

  • Gen 18:25
    71%

    25That be farre from thee that thou shouldest do after this maner, and slaye the ryghteous with the wicked, & that the ryghteous should be as the wicked, that be farre from thee: Shall not the iudge of all the worlde do accordyng to ryght?

  • Prov 12:26
    71%

    26The ryghteous excelleth his neyghbour: but the way of the vngodly wyll deceaue them selues.

  • Job 36:6
    71%

    6As for the vngodly he shall not preserue him, but shall helpe the poore to their right.

  • Job 32:21
    71%

    21I will regarde no maner of person, no man will I spare.

  • Prov 13:6
    71%

    6Ryghteousnesse kepeth the innocent in the way: but vngodlinesse doth ouerthrowe the sinner.

  • Prov 12:7
    71%

    7God ouerturneth the estate of the wicked, and they stande not: but the house of the ryghteous shall stande.

  • Ps 28:3
    71%

    3Take me not away with the vngodlye, and with the workers of iniquitie: whiche speake of peace to their neighbours, but mischiefe is in their heartes.

  • Ps 101:4
    71%

    4A frowarde heart shall depart from me: I wyll not once knowe any euyll.

  • Prov 25:5
    71%

    5Take away the vngodly from the kyng: and his seate shalbe stablished with righteousnesse.

  • Prov 4:14
    71%

    14Come not in the pathe of the vngodlye, and walke not in the way of the wicked:

  • Prov 10:32
    71%

    32The lippes of the ryghteous vtter that which is acceptable: but the mouth of the vngodly speaketh frowarde thynges.

  • Prov 24:18
    71%

    18Lest the Lorde when he seeth it be angry, and turne his wrath from hym vnto thee.

  • Hab 1:4
    71%

    4Therfore the law is dissolued, & iudgement doth neuer go foorth: for the wicked doth compasse about the righteous, therfore wrong iudgement proceedeth.

  • Ps 140:11
    71%

    11A man full of tongue can not prosper vpon the earth: euyll shall hunt the outragious person to ouerthrowe him.

  • Col 3:25
    71%

    25But he that doth wrong, shall receaue for the wrong he hath done: And there is no respect of persons.