Proverbs 24:23

Bishops' Bible (1568)

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

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  • Prov 18:5 : 5 It is not good to regarde the person of the vngodly, to ouerthrowe the righteous 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 107:43 : 43 Whosoeuer is wyse, he wyll both obserue these thinges: and also well consider the louing kindnesse of God.
  • Prov 1:6 : 6 To vnderstande a parable, and the interpretation therof, the wordes of the wise, and their darke speaches.
  • 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.
  • Deut 1:17 : 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.
  • 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.
  • 2 Chr 19:7 : 7 Wherfore now let the feare of the Lord be vpon you, and take heede, & be doyng the thing that pleaseth hym for there is no vnrighteousnes with the Lorde our God, that he shoulde haue any respect of persons, or take rewardes.
  • Ps 82:2-4 : 2 Howe long wyll ye geue wrong iudgement: and accept the persons of the vngodly? Selah. 3 Iudge ryght vnto the poore and fatherlesse: dispatch according to iustice suche as be afflicted and in necessitie. 4 Deliuer the poore and outcast: saue them from the hande of the vngodly.
  • Prov 22:17 : 17 Bowe downe thyne eare, and heare the wordes of the wise: applie thy mind vnto my doctrine:
  • Eccl 8:1-5 : 1 Who is wise? who hath knowledge to make an aunswere? A mans wysdome maketh his face to shine: but vnshamefastnes putteth it out of fauour. 2 Kepe the kynges commaundement, namely for the oth that thou hast made vnto God for the same. 3 Be not hastie to go out of his sight, and see thou continue in no euyll thing: for whatsoeuer it pleaseth hym, that doth he. 4 Like as when a king geueth a charge, his commaundement is mightie: Euen so, who may say vnto him, what doest thou? 5 Who so kepeth the commaundement, shall feele no harme: but a wyse mans heart discerneth the tyme and iudgement.
  • Hos 14:9 : 9 Who so is wise, shall vnderstande these thinges, and he that is right instruct wyll regarde them: for the wayes of the Lorde are righteous, such as be godly wyll walke in them: as for the wicked, they shall stumble therin.
  • John 7:24 : 24 Iudge not after the vtter appearaunce, but iudge with a ryghteous iudgement.
  • 1 Tim 5:20-21 : 20 Them that sinne, rebuke before all, that other also may feare. 21 I testifie before God, and the Lorde Iesus Christe, and the elect angels, that thou obserue these thinges without hastynesse of iudgement, and do nothyng after parcialitie.
  • Jas 2:4-6 : 4 Are ye not partiall in your selues, and are made iudges of euyll thoughtes? 5 Hearken my deare beloued brethren. Hath not God chosen the poore of this worlde, such as are riche in fayth, and heyres of the kyngdome, which he promised to them that loue hym? 6 But ye haue despised the poore. Do not riche men oppresse you by tirannie, and drawe you before the iudgementes seates?
  • Jas 3:17 : 17 But the wisdome that is from aboue, is first pure, then peaseable, gentle, and easie to be entreated, full of mercie and good fruites, without iudgyng, without simulation:
  • 1 Pet 1:17 : 17 And yf so be that ye call on the father, which without respect of person iudgeeth accordyng to euery mans worke, see that ye passe the tyme of your dwellyng here, in feare:

Similar Verses (AI)

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  • 5It is not good to regarde the person of the vngodly, to ouerthrowe the righteous in iudgement.

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

  • 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.

  • Job 34:18-19
    2 verses
    77%

    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.

  • 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.

  • 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.

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

  • 11For there is no respect of persos with God.

  • Exod 23:2-3
    2 verses
    74%

    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.

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

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

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

  • 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.

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

  • 2 Chr 19:6-7
    2 verses
    73%

    6And sayde to the iudges, Take heede what ye do: for ye execute not the iudgementes of man, but of God, whiche is with you in the iudgement.

    7Wherfore now let the feare of the Lord be vpon you, and take heede, & be doyng the thing that pleaseth hym for there is no vnrighteousnes with the Lorde our God, that he shoulde haue any respect of persons, or take rewardes.

  • 9But yf ye regarde one person more then another, ye commit sinne, and are rebuked of the lawe, as transgressours.

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

  • 23For God wil not lay vpon man more then he hath sinned, that he should enter into iudgement with him.

  • 4Are ye not partiall in your selues, and are made iudges of euyll thoughtes?

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

  • 22For their destruction shall rise sodainlye: and who knoweth the aduersitie that may come from them both?

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    26Many there be that seke the princes fauour: but euery mans iudgement commeth from the Lorde.

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

  • 24Let men therefore feare him: for there shall no man see him that is wyse in his owne conceit.

  • 8If thou seest the poore to be oppressed, and wrongfully dealt withall, so that equitie and right of the lawe is wrested in the lande, maruayle not thou at such a thyng: for he that is higher then the hyghest regardeth, and there be hygher then they.

  • 29Say not, I wyll handle hym euen as he hath dealt with me: and wyll rewarde euery man according to his deedes.

  • 5Who so kepeth the commaundement, shall feele no harme: but a wyse mans heart discerneth the tyme and iudgement.

  • 24Iudge not after the vtter appearaunce, but iudge with a ryghteous iudgement.

  • 17Thou shalt not peruert the ryght of the strauger, nor of the fatherlesse, nor take a wydowes rayment to pledge:

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

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

    19Fret not thy selfe because of the malitious, neither be enuious at the wicked:

  • 23Diuers wayghtes are an abhomination vnto the Lord, and a false balaunce is not good.

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

  • Eccl 3:16-17
    2 verses
    69%

    16Moreouer, I sawe vnder the sunne vngodlynes in the steade of iudgement, & iniquitie in steade of righteousnesse.

    17Then thought I in my mynde, God shall separate the ryghteous from the vngodly: and then shalbe the tyme and iudgement of all counsayles & workes.

  • 16Yea, when he helped the oppressed and poore to their right, then prospered he well: From whence came this, but onlye because he knewe me, saith the Lorde?

  • 1Be not thou enuious to folow wicked men, and desire not to be among them:

  • 9Great men are not alway wyse, neither doth euery aged man vnderstande the thing that is lawfull:

  • 6Put not foorth thy selfe in the presence of the king, and preasse not into the place of great men:

  • 1Better is the poore that liueth godly, then he that abuseth his lippes, and is a foole.

  • 2Saying: There was in a certayne citie, a iudge, whiche feared not God, neither regarded man.

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

  • 14Yet is there a vanitie vpon earth: There be iust men vnto whom it happeneth as though they had the workes of the vngodly: Againe, there be vngodly, with whom it goeth as though they had the workes of the righteous: This haue I called also a vayne thing.

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

  • 2And he neuerthelesse is wise, and will plague the wicked, and goeth not from his worde, he wyll aryse against the housholde of the frowarde, and against the helpe of euyll doers.

  • 9Open thy mouth, defende the thyng that is lawfull and ryght, and the cause of the poore and helpelesse.