Proverbs 18:5

Authorized King James Version (1611)

¶ [It is] not good to accept the person of the wicked, to overthrow the righteous in judgment.

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Referenced Verses

  • Lev 19:15 : 15 Ye shall do no unrighteousness in judgment: thou shalt not respect the person of the poor, nor honour the person of the mighty: [but] in righteousness shalt thou judge thy neighbour.
  • Prov 24:23 : 23 ¶ These [things] also [belong] to the wise. [It is] not good to have respect of persons in judgment.
  • Prov 28:21 : 21 ¶ To have respect of persons [is] not good: for for a piece of bread [that] man will transgress.
  • Ps 82:2 : 2 How long will ye judge unjustly, and accept the persons of the wicked? Selah.
  • Prov 17:15 : 15 ¶ He that justifieth the wicked, and he that condemneth the just, even they both [are] abomination to the LORD.
  • Deut 16:19 : 19 Thou shalt not wrest judgment; thou shalt not respect persons, neither take a gift: for a gift doth blind the eyes of the wise, and pervert the words of the righteous.
  • 1 Kgs 21:9-9 : 9 And she wrote in the letters, saying, Proclaim a fast, and set Naboth on high among the people: 10 And set two men, sons of Belial, before him, to bear witness against him, saying, Thou didst blaspheme God and the king. And [then] carry him out, and stone him, that he may die. 11 And the men of his city, [even] the elders and the nobles who were the inhabitants in his city, did as Jezebel had sent unto them, [and] as it [was] written in the letters which she had sent unto them. 12 They proclaimed a fast, and set Naboth on high among the people. 13 And there came in two men, children of Belial, and sat before him: and the men of Belial witnessed against him, [even] against Naboth, in the presence of the people, saying, Naboth did blaspheme God and the king. Then they carried him forth out of the city, and stoned him with stones, that he died. 14 Then they sent to Jezebel, saying, Naboth is stoned, and is dead.
  • Job 13:7-8 : 7 Will ye speak wickedly for God? and talk deceitfully for him? 8 Will ye accept his person? will ye contend for God?
  • Job 34:19 : 19 [How much less to him] that accepteth not the persons of princes, nor regardeth the rich more than the poor? for they all [are] the work of his hands.
  • Deut 1:16-17 : 16 And I charged your judges at that time, saying, Hear [the causes] between your brethren, and judge righteously between [every] man and his brother, and the stranger [that is] with him. 17 Ye shall not respect persons in judgment; [but] ye shall hear the small as well as the great; ye shall not be afraid of the face of man; for the judgment [is] God's: and the cause that is too hard for you, bring [it] unto me, and I will hear it.
  • Isa 5:23 : 23 Which justify the wicked for reward, and take away the righteousness of the righteous from him!
  • Isa 59:14 : 14 And judgment is turned away backward, and justice standeth afar off: for truth is fallen in the street, and equity cannot enter.
  • Mic 7:3 : 3 That they may do evil with both hands earnestly, the prince asketh, and the judge [asketh] for a reward; and the great [man], he uttereth his mischievous desire: so they wrap it up.
  • Matt 22:16 : 16 And they sent out unto him their disciples with the Herodians, saying, Master, we know that thou art true, and teachest the way of God in truth, neither carest thou for any [man]: for thou regardest not the person of men.

Similar Verses (AI)

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    23 ¶ These [things] also [belong] to the wise. [It is] not good to have respect of persons in judgment.

    24 He that saith unto the wicked, Thou [art] righteous; him shall the people curse, nations shall abhor him:

  • Prov 28:21
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    21 ¶ To have respect of persons [is] not good: for for a piece of bread [that] man will transgress.

  • Deut 16:19
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    19 Thou shalt not wrest judgment; thou shalt not respect persons, neither take a gift: for a gift doth blind the eyes of the wise, and pervert the words of the righteous.

  • Prov 17:26
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    26 ¶ Also to punish the just [is] not good, [nor] to strike princes for equity.

  • Lev 19:15
    76%

    15 Ye shall do no unrighteousness in judgment: thou shalt not respect the person of the poor, nor honour the person of the mighty: [but] in righteousness shalt thou judge thy neighbour.

  • Prov 17:23
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    23 ¶ A wicked [man] taketh a gift out of the bosom to pervert the ways of judgment.

  • Prov 29:27
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    27 ¶ An unjust man [is] an abomination to the just: and [he that is] upright in the way [is] abomination to the wicked.

  • Exod 23:6-8
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    6 Thou shalt not wrest the judgment of thy poor in his cause.

    7 Keep thee far from a false matter; and the innocent and righteous slay thou not: for I will not justify the wicked.

    8 And thou shalt take no gift: for the gift blindeth the wise, and perverteth the words of the righteous.

  • Exod 23:1-3
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    74%

    1 ¶ Thou shalt not raise a false report: put not thine hand with the wicked to be an unrighteous witness.

    2 Thou shalt not follow a multitude to [do] evil; neither shalt thou speak in a cause to decline after many to wrest [judgment]:

    3 Neither shalt thou countenance a poor man in his cause.

  • Lam 3:35-36
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    74%

    35 To turn aside the right of a man before the face of the most High,

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  • Job 13:10
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    10 He will surely reprove you, if ye do secretly accept persons.

  • Job 34:18-19
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    18 [Is it fit] to say to a king, [Thou art] wicked? [and] to princes, [Ye are] ungodly?

    19 [How much less to him] that accepteth not the persons of princes, nor regardeth the rich more than the poor? for they all [are] the work of his hands.

  • Prov 24:15
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    15 ¶ Lay not wait, O wicked [man], against the dwelling of the righteous; spoil not his resting place:

  • Prov 14:19
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    19 ¶ The evil bow before the good; and the wicked at the gates of the righteous.

  • Prov 17:15
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    15 ¶ He that justifieth the wicked, and he that condemneth the just, even they both [are] abomination to the LORD.

  • Ps 1:5
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    5 Therefore the ungodly shall not stand in the judgment, nor sinners in the congregation of the righteous.

  • Ps 82:2
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    2 How long will ye judge unjustly, and accept the persons of the wicked? Selah.

  • Isa 5:23
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    23 Which justify the wicked for reward, and take away the righteousness of the righteous from him!

  • Prov 19:28
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    28 ¶ An ungodly witness scorneth judgment: and the mouth of the wicked devoureth iniquity.

  • Prov 3:31
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    31 Envy thou not the oppressor, and choose none of his ways.

  • Prov 21:12
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    12 ¶ The righteous [man] wisely considereth the house of the wicked: [but God] overthroweth the wicked for [their] wickedness.

  • Prov 21:7
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    7 ¶ The robbery of the wicked shall destroy them; because they refuse to do judgment.

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  • Prov 16:12
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    12 ¶ [It is] an abomination to kings to commit wickedness: for the throne is established by righteousness.

  • Deut 25:1
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    1 ¶ If there be a controversy between men, and they come unto judgment, that [the judges] may judge them; then they shall justify the righteous, and condemn the wicked.

  • Prov 12:2
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    2 ¶ A good [man] obtaineth favour of the LORD: but a man of wicked devices will he condemn.

  • Prov 29:7
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    7 ¶ The righteous considereth the cause of the poor: [but] the wicked regardeth not to know [it].

  • Deut 1:17
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    17 Ye shall not respect persons in judgment; [but] ye shall hear the small as well as the great; ye shall not be afraid of the face of man; for the judgment [is] God's: and the cause that is too hard for you, bring [it] unto me, and I will hear it.

  • Gen 18:25
    71%

    25 That be far from thee to do after this manner, to slay the righteous with the wicked: and that the righteous should be as the wicked, that be far from thee: Shall not the Judge of all the earth do right?

  • Prov 12:26
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    26 ¶ The righteous [is] more excellent than his neighbour: but the way of the wicked seduceth them.

  • Job 36:6
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    6 He preserveth not the life of the wicked: but giveth right to the poor.

  • Job 32:21
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    21 Let me not, I pray you, accept any man's person, neither let me give flattering titles unto man.

  • Prov 13:6
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    6 ¶ Righteousness keepeth [him that is] upright in the way: but wickedness overthroweth the sinner.

  • Prov 12:7
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    3 Draw me not away with the wicked, and with the workers of iniquity, which speak peace to their neighbours, but mischief [is] in their hearts.

  • Ps 101:4
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    4 A froward heart shall depart from me: I will not know a wicked [person].

  • Prov 25:5
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    5 Take away the wicked [from] before the king, and his throne shall be established in righteousness.

  • Prov 4:14
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    14 ¶ Enter not into the path of the wicked, and go not in the way of evil [men].

  • Prov 10:32
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    32 The lips of the righteous know what is acceptable: but the mouth of the wicked [speaketh] frowardness.

  • Prov 24:18
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    18 Lest the LORD see [it], and it displease him, and he turn away his wrath from him.

  • Hab 1:4
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    4 Therefore the law is slacked, and judgment doth never go forth: for the wicked doth compass about the righteous; therefore wrong judgment proceedeth.

  • Ps 140:11
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    11 Let not an evil speaker be established in the earth: evil shall hunt the violent man to overthrow [him].

  • Col 3:25
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    25 But he that doeth wrong shall receive for the wrong which he hath done: and there is no respect of persons.