Proverbs 24:23

KJV1611 – Modern English

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

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  • Prov 18:5 : 5 It is not good to show partiality to the wicked, to overthrow the righteous in judgment.
  • Prov 28:21 : 21 To show partiality is not good; for a piece of bread that man will transgress.
  • Ps 107:43 : 43 Whoever is wise, and will observe these things, even they shall understand the lovingkindness of the LORD.
  • Prov 1:6 : 6 To understand a proverb and the interpretation, the words of the wise and their riddles.
  • 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.
  • Deut 1:17 : 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.
  • 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.
  • 2 Chr 19:7 : 7 Therefore now let the fear of the LORD be upon you; take heed and do it, for there is no iniquity with the LORD our God, nor respect of persons, nor taking of gifts.
  • Ps 82:2-4 : 2 How long will you judge unjustly and show partiality to the wicked? Selah. 3 Defend the poor and fatherless; do justice to the afflicted and needy. 4 Deliver the poor and needy; rescue them from the hand of the wicked.
  • Prov 22:17 : 17 Incline your ear and hear the words of the wise, and apply your heart to my knowledge.
  • Eccl 8:1-5 : 1 Who is like the wise man? And who knows the interpretation of a thing? A man's wisdom makes his face shine, and the sternness of his face shall be changed. 2 I counsel you to keep the king's commandment, and that in regard to the oath of God. 3 Do not be hasty to go out of his presence; do not stand in an evil thing, for he does whatever pleases him. 4 Where the word of a king is, there is power; and who can say to him, 'What are you doing?' 5 Whoever keeps the commandment shall feel no evil thing; and a wise man's heart discerns both time and judgment.
  • Hos 14:9 : 9 Who is wise, and he shall understand these things? prudent, and he shall know them? for the ways of the LORD are right, and the just shall walk in them: but the transgressors shall fall therein.
  • John 7:24 : 24 Judge not according to appearance, but judge with righteous judgment.
  • 1 Tim 5:20-21 : 20 Those who sin rebuke in the presence of all, that the rest also may fear. 21 I charge you before God, and the Lord Jesus Christ, and the elect angels, that you observe these things without prejudice, doing nothing with partiality.
  • Jas 2:4-6 : 4 are you not then partial among yourselves, and become judges with evil thoughts? 5 Listen, my beloved brothers, has not God chosen the poor of this world to be rich in faith and heirs of the kingdom which He promised to those who love Him? 6 But you have despised the poor. Do not rich men oppress you, and haul you into the courts?
  • Jas 3:17 : 17 But the wisdom from above is first pure, then peaceable, gentle, open to reason, full of mercy and good fruits, without partiality and without hypocrisy.
  • 1 Pet 1:17 : 17 And if you call on the Father, who without respect of persons judges according to each one's work, conduct yourselves throughout the time of your stay here in reverent fear;

Similar Verses (AI)

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  • Prov 18:5
    83%

    5It is not good to show partiality to the wicked, to overthrow the righteous in judgment.

  • Prov 28:21
    82%

    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.

  • Job 34:18-19
    2 verses
    77%

    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.

  • Deut 1:17
    76%

    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.

  • 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 24:24
    76%

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

  • Rom 2:11
    75%

    11For there is no partiality with God.

  • Exod 23:2-3
    2 verses
    74%

    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.

  • Job 13:10
    74%

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

  • Exod 23:6
    73%

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

  • Prov 17:26
    73%

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

  • Deut 25:1
    73%

    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.

  • Col 3:25
    73%

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

  • 2 Chr 19:6-7
    2 verses
    73%

    6And said to the judges, Take heed what you do, for you judge not for man but for the LORD, who is with you in the judgment.

    7Therefore now let the fear of the LORD be upon you; take heed and do it, for there is no iniquity with the LORD our God, nor respect of persons, nor taking of gifts.

  • Jas 2:9
    73%

    9But if you show partiality, you commit sin, and are convicted by the law as transgressors.

  • Ps 82:2
    72%

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

  • Job 34:23
    72%

    23For He will not lay upon man more than right, that he should enter into judgment with God.

  • Jas 2:4
    71%

    4are you not then partial among yourselves, and become judges with evil thoughts?

  • Prov 17:23
    71%

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

  • Prov 24:22
    71%

    22For their calamity shall rise suddenly; and who knows the ruin of them both?

  • Prov 29:26-27
    2 verses
    71%

    26Many seek the ruler's favor; but every man's judgment comes from the LORD.

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

  • Job 37:24
    71%

    24Therefore men fear him; he does not regard any who are wise of heart.

  • Eccl 5:8
    71%

    8If you see the oppression of the poor and the violent perversion of judgment and justice in a province, do not marvel at the matter; for He who is higher than the highest regards, and there are higher than they.

  • Prov 24:29
    71%

    29Do not say, I will do to him as he has done to me; I will pay the man back for his work.

  • Eccl 8:5
    70%

    5Whoever keeps the commandment shall feel no evil thing; and a wise man's heart discerns both time and judgment.

  • John 7:24
    70%

    24Judge not according to appearance, but judge with righteous judgment.

  • Deut 24:17
    70%

    17You shall not pervert the judgment of the stranger, nor of the fatherless; nor take a widow's clothing as a pledge:

  • Exod 23:8
    70%

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

  • Prov 24:18-19
    2 verses
    70%

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

    19Do not fret because of evil men, neither be envious of the wicked.

  • Prov 20:23
    70%

    23Diverse weights are an abomination to the LORD, and a false balance is not good.

  • Prov 29:7
    69%

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

  • Eccl 3:16-17
    2 verses
    69%

    16Moreover I saw under the sun the place of judgment, that wickedness was there; and the place of righteousness, that iniquity was there.

    17I said in my heart, God shall judge the righteous and the wicked: for there is a time for every purpose and for every work.

  • Jer 22:16
    69%

    16He judged the cause of the poor and needy; then it was well with him: was not this to know me? says the LORD.

  • Prov 24:1
    69%

    1Do not be envious of evil men, nor desire to be with them.

  • Job 32:9
    69%

    9Great men are not always wise, nor do the aged understand judgment.

  • Prov 25:6
    69%

    6Do not exalt yourself in the presence of the king, and do not stand in the place of great men;

  • Prov 19:1
    69%

    1Better is the poor who walks in his integrity, than he who is perverse in his lips, and is a fool.

  • Luke 18:2
    68%

    2Saying, There was in a city a judge who did not fear God, nor regard man:

  • Job 32:21
    68%

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

  • Eccl 8:14
    68%

    14There is a vanity which is done upon the earth: there are just men to whom it happens according to the work of the wicked; again, there are wicked men to whom it happens according to the work of the righteous. I said that this also is vanity.

  • Lam 3:35
    68%

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

  • Isa 31:2
    68%

    2Yet He also is wise, and will bring disaster, and will not call back His words: but will rise against the house of the evildoers, and against the help of those who practice iniquity.

  • Prov 31:9
    68%

    9Open your mouth, judge righteously, and plead the cause of the poor and needy.