Proverbs 18:5

KJV1611 – Modern English

It is not good to show partiality to the wicked, to overthrow the righteous in judgment.

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  • Lev 19:15 : 15 You shall do no unrighteousness in judgment: you shall not respect the person of the poor, nor honor the person of the mighty: but in righteousness you shall judge your neighbor.
  • Prov 24:23 : 23 These sayings also belong to the wise: It is not good to show partiality in judgment.
  • Prov 28:21 : 21 To show partiality is not good; for a piece of bread that man will transgress.
  • Ps 82:2 : 2 How long will you judge unjustly and show partiality to the wicked? Selah.
  • Prov 17:15 : 15 He who justifies the wicked, and he who condemns the just, both of them are an abomination to the LORD.
  • Deut 16:19 : 19 You shall not pervert justice; you shall not show partiality, nor take a bribe: for a bribe blinds the eyes of the wise, and perverts 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, worthless fellows, before him to bear witness against him, saying, You blasphemed 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 of his city, did as Jezebel had sent to them, and as it was written in the letters she had sent to them. 12 They proclaimed a fast, and set Naboth on high among the people. 13 And two men, worthless fellows, came in and sat before him; and the men bore witness against him, even against Naboth, in the presence of the people, saying, Naboth blasphemed God and the king. Then they carried him out of the city and stoned him with stones, so that he died. 14 Then they sent to Jezebel, saying, Naboth is stoned, and is dead.
  • Job 13:7-8 : 7 Will you speak wickedly for God? and talk deceitfully for him? 8 Will you accept his person? will you contend for God?
  • Job 34:19 : 19 How much less to Him who does not respect the persons of princes nor regard the rich more than the poor? For they all are the work of His hands.
  • Deut 1:16-17 : 16 And I commanded your judges at that time, saying, Hear the cases between your brethren, and judge righteously between every man and his brother, and the stranger who is with him. 17 You shall not show partiality in judgment; you shall hear the small as well as the great; you shall not be afraid of anyone, for the judgment is God's. The case that is too difficult for you, bring to me, and I will hear it.
  • Isa 5:23 : 23 Who justify the wicked for a reward, and take away the righteousness of the righteous from him!
  • Isa 59:14 : 14 And judgment is turned backward, and justice stands far off: for truth has fallen in the street, and equity cannot enter.
  • Mic 7:3 : 3 That they may do evil with both hands earnestly, the prince asks, and the judge asks for a reward; and the great man utters his mischievous desire: so they wrap it up.
  • Matt 22:16 : 16 And they sent out to him their disciples with the Herodians, saying, Teacher, we know that you are true, and teach the way of God in truth, nor do you care about anyone, for you do not regard the person of men.

Similar Verses (AI)

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  • Prov 24:23-24
    2 verses
    83%

    23These sayings also belong to the wise: It is not good to show partiality in judgment.

    24He who says to the wicked, You are righteous; him the people shall curse, nations shall abhor him.

  • Prov 28:21
    79%

    21To show partiality is not good; for a piece of bread that man will transgress.

  • Deut 16:19
    78%

    19You shall not pervert justice; you shall not show partiality, nor take a bribe: for a bribe blinds the eyes of the wise, and perverts the words of the righteous.

  • Prov 17:26
    78%

    26Also, to punish the just is not good, nor to strike princes for their uprightness.

  • Lev 19:15
    76%

    15You shall do no unrighteousness in judgment: you shall not respect the person of the poor, nor honor the person of the mighty: but in righteousness you shall judge your neighbor.

  • Prov 17:23
    75%

    23A wicked man takes a bribe out of the bosom, to pervert the ways of justice.

  • Prov 29:27
    75%

    27An unjust man is an abomination to the just; and he who is upright in the way is an abomination to the wicked.

  • Exod 23:6-8
    3 verses
    74%

    6You shall not pervert the justice due to your poor in his dispute.

    7Keep far from a false matter, and do not kill the innocent and righteous, for I will not acquit the wicked.

    8And you shall take no bribe, for a bribe blinds the discerning and perverts the words of the righteous.

  • Exod 23:1-3
    3 verses
    74%

    1You shall not spread a false report; do not join hands with the wicked to be a dishonest witness.

    2You shall not follow a crowd to do evil; nor shall you testify in a dispute so as to pervert justice by following the majority.

    3Nor shall you show favoritism to a poor man in his dispute.

  • Lam 3:35-36
    2 verses
    74%

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

    36To subvert a man in his cause, the Lord does not approve.

  • Job 13:10
    73%

    10He will surely reprove you, if you secretly show partiality.

  • Job 34:18-19
    2 verses
    73%

    18Is it fit to say to a king, You are wicked? And to princes, You are ungodly?

    19How much less to Him who does not respect the persons of princes nor regard the rich more than the poor? For they all are the work of His hands.

  • Prov 24:15
    73%

    15Do not lie in wait, O wicked man, against the dwelling of the righteous; do not spoil his resting place.

  • Prov 14:19
    73%

    19The evil will bow before the good, and the wicked at the gates of the righteous.

  • Prov 17:15
    73%

    15He who justifies the wicked, and he who condemns the just, both of them are an abomination to the LORD.

  • Ps 1:5
    73%

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

  • Ps 82:2
    73%

    2How long will you judge unjustly and show partiality to the wicked? Selah.

  • Isa 5:23
    73%

    23Who justify the wicked for a reward, and take away the righteousness of the righteous from him!

  • Prov 19:28
    73%

    28An ungodly witness scorns judgment, and the mouth of the wicked devours iniquity.

  • Prov 3:31
    72%

    31Do not envy the oppressor, and choose none of his ways.

  • Prov 21:12
    72%

    12The righteous man wisely considers the house of the wicked, but God overthrows the wicked for their wickedness.

  • Prov 21:7
    72%

    7The robbery of the wicked will destroy them, because they refuse to do justice.

  • Prov 25:26
    72%

    26A righteous man who falters before the wicked is like a troubled fountain and a corrupt spring.

  • Prov 16:12
    72%

    12It is an abomination for kings to commit wickedness, for the throne is established by righteousness.

  • Deut 25:1
    72%

    1If there is a dispute between men, and they come to judgment, that the judges may judge them; then they shall justify the righteous, and condemn the wicked.

  • Prov 12:2
    72%

    2A good man obtains favor from the LORD, but a man of wicked plans will He condemn.

  • Prov 29:7
    72%

    7The righteous consider the cause of the poor; but the wicked do not understand to know it.

  • Deut 1:17
    72%

    17You shall not show partiality in judgment; you shall hear the small as well as the great; you shall not be afraid of anyone, for the judgment is God's. The case that is too difficult for you, bring to me, and I will hear it.

  • Gen 18:25
    71%

    25Far be it from you to do such a thing, to slay the righteous with the wicked, so that the righteous should be as the wicked; far be it from you! Shall not the Judge of all the earth do right?

  • Prov 12:26
    71%

    26The righteous is more excellent than his neighbor, but the way of the wicked leads them astray.

  • Job 36:6
    71%

    6He does not preserve the life of the wicked, but gives justice to the poor.

  • Job 32:21
    71%

    21Let me not, I pray you, accept any man's person, nor let me give flattering titles to man.

  • Prov 13:6
    71%

    6Righteousness guards him who is upright in the way, but wickedness overthrows the sinner.

  • Prov 12:7
    71%

    7The wicked are overthrown and are no more, but the house of the righteous will stand.

  • Ps 28:3
    71%

    3Do not draw me away with the wicked, and with the workers of iniquity, who speak peace to their neighbors, but mischief is in their hearts.

  • Ps 101:4
    71%

    4A perverse heart shall depart from me: I will not know a wicked person.

  • Prov 25:5
    71%

    5Remove the wicked from before the king, and his throne will be established in righteousness.

  • Prov 4:14
    71%

    14Do not enter the path of the wicked, and do not walk in the way of evil men.

  • Prov 10:32
    71%

    32The lips of the righteous know what is acceptable, but the mouth of the wicked speaks perversity.

  • Prov 24:18
    71%

    18Lest the LORD see it, and it displease him, and he turn away his wrath from him.

  • Hab 1:4
    71%

    4Therefore the law is powerless, and justice never goes forth, for the wicked surround the righteous; therefore perverse judgment proceeds.

  • Ps 140:11
    71%

    11Let not an evil speaker be established in the earth; evil shall hunt the violent man to overthrow him.

  • Col 3:25
    71%

    25But he who does wrong shall receive for the wrong which he has done, and there is no partiality.