Proverbs 18:5

World English Bible (2000)

To be partial to the faces of the wicked is not good, nor to deprive the innocent of justice.

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Referenced Verses

  • Lev 19:15 : 15 "'You shall do no injustice in judgment: you shall not be partial to the poor, nor show favoritism to the great; but you shall judge your neighbor in righteousness.
  • Prov 24:23 : 23 These also are sayings of the wise. To show partiality in judgment is not good.
  • Prov 28:21 : 21 To show partiality is not good; yet a man will do wrong for a piece of bread.
  • 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 righteous, both of them alike are an abomination to Yahweh.
  • Deut 16:19 : 19 You shall not wrest justice: you shall not respect persons; neither shall you take a bribe; for a bribe does blind the eyes of the wise, and pervert the words of the righteous.
  • 1 Kgs 21:9-9 : 9 She wrote in the letters, saying, "Proclaim a fast, and set Naboth on high among the people. 10 Set two men, base fellows, before him, and let them testify against him, saying, 'You cursed God and the king!' Then carry him out, and stone him to death." 11 The men of his city, even the elders and the nobles who lived in his city, did as Jezebel had sent to them, according as it was written in the letters which she had sent to them. 12 They proclaimed a fast, and set Naboth on high among the people. 13 The two men, the base fellows, came in and sat before him. The base fellows testified against him, even against Naboth, in the presence of the people, saying, "Naboth cursed God and the king!" Then they carried him out of the city, and stoned him to death with stones. 14 Then they sent to Jezebel, saying, "Naboth has been stoned, and is dead."
  • Job 13:7-8 : 7 Will you speak unrighteously for God, and talk deceitfully for him? 8 Will you show partiality to him? Will you contend for God?
  • Job 34:19 : 19 Who doesn't respect the persons of princes, nor respects the rich more than the poor; for they all are the work of his hands.
  • Deut 1:16-17 : 16 I commanded your judges at that time, saying, Hear [the causes] between your brothers, and judge righteously between a man and his brother, and the foreigner who is living with him. 17 You shall not show partiality in judgment; you shall hear the small and the great alike; you shall not be afraid of the face of man; for the judgment is God's: and the cause that is too hard for you, you shall bring to me, and I will hear it.
  • Isa 5:23 : 23 who acquit the guilty for a bribe, but deny justice for the innocent!
  • Isa 59:14 : 14 Justice is turned away backward, and righteousness stands afar off; for truth is fallen in the street, and uprightness can't enter.
  • Mic 7:3 : 3 Their hands are on that which is evil to do it diligently. The ruler and judge ask for a bribe; and the powerful man dictates the evil desire of his soul. Thus they conspire together.
  • Matt 22:16 : 16 They sent their disciples to him, along with the Herodians, saying, "Teacher, we know that you are honest, and teach the way of God in truth, no matter who you teach, for you aren't partial to anyone.

Similar Verses (AI)

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  • Prov 24:23-24
    2 verses
    83%

    23 These also are sayings of the wise. To show partiality in judgment is not good.

    24 He who says to the wicked, "You are righteous;" peoples shall curse him, and nations shall abhor him--

  • Prov 28:21
    79%

    21 To show partiality is not good; yet a man will do wrong for a piece of bread.

  • Deut 16:19
    78%

    19 You shall not wrest justice: you shall not respect persons; neither shall you take a bribe; for a bribe does blind the eyes of the wise, and pervert the words of the righteous.

  • Prov 17:26
    78%

    26 Also to punish the righteous is not good, nor to flog officials for their integrity.

  • Lev 19:15
    76%

    15 "'You shall do no injustice in judgment: you shall not be partial to the poor, nor show favoritism to the great; but you shall judge your neighbor in righteousness.

  • Prov 17:23
    75%

    23 A wicked man receives a bribe in secret, to pervert the ways of justice.

  • Prov 29:27
    75%

    27 A dishonest man detests the righteous, and the upright in their ways detest the wicked.

  • Exod 23:6-8
    3 verses
    74%

    6 "You shall not deny justice to your poor people in their lawsuits.

    7 "Keep far from a false charge, and don't kill the innocent and righteous: for I will not justify the wicked.

    8 "You shall take no bribe, for a bribe blinds those who have sight and perverts the words of the righteous.

  • Exod 23:1-3
    3 verses
    74%

    1 "You shall not spread a false report. Don't join your hand with the wicked to be a malicious witness.

    2 "You shall not follow a crowd to do evil; neither shall you testify in court to side with a multitude to pervert justice;

    3 neither shall you favor a poor man in his cause.

  • Lam 3:35-36
    2 verses
    74%

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

    36 To subvert a man in his cause, the Lord doesn't approve.

  • Job 13:10
    73%

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

  • Job 34:18-19
    2 verses
    73%

    18 Who says to a king, 'Vile!' or to nobles, 'Wicked!'?

    19 Who doesn't respect the persons of princes, nor respects the rich more than the poor; for they all are the work of his hands.

  • Prov 24:15
    73%

    15 Don't lay in wait, wicked man, against the habitation of the righteous. Don't destroy his resting place:

  • Prov 14:19
    73%

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

  • Prov 17:15
    73%

    15 He who justifies the wicked, and he who condemns the righteous, both of them alike are an abomination to Yahweh.

  • Ps 1:5
    73%

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

  • Ps 82:2
    73%

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

  • Isa 5:23
    73%

    23 who acquit the guilty for a bribe, but deny justice for the innocent!

  • Prov 19:28
    73%

    28 A corrupt witness mocks justice, and the mouth of the wicked gulps down iniquity.

  • Prov 3:31
    72%

    31 Don't envy the man of violence. Choose none of his ways.

  • Prov 21:12
    72%

    12 The Righteous One considers the house of the wicked, and brings the wicked to ruin.

  • Prov 21:7
    72%

    7 The violence of the wicked will drive them away, because they refuse to do what is right.

  • Prov 25:26
    72%

    26 Like a muddied spring, and a polluted well, so is a righteous man who gives way before the wicked.

  • Prov 16:12
    72%

    12 It is an abomination for kings to do wrong, for the throne is established by righteousness.

  • Deut 25:1
    72%

    1 If there be a controversy between men, and they come to judgment, and [the judges] judge them; then they shall justify the righteous, and condemn the wicked;

  • Prov 12:2
    72%

    2 A good man shall obtain favor from Yahweh, but he will condemn a man of wicked devices.

  • Prov 29:7
    72%

    7 The righteous care about justice for the poor. The wicked aren't concerned about knowledge.

  • Deut 1:17
    72%

    17 You shall not show partiality in judgment; you shall hear the small and the great alike; you shall not be afraid of the face of man; for the judgment is God's: and the cause that is too hard for you, you shall bring to me, and I will hear it.

  • Gen 18:25
    71%

    25 Be it far from you to do things like that, to kill the righteous with the wicked, so that the righteous should be like the wicked. May that be far from you. Shouldn't the Judge of all the earth do right?"

  • Prov 12:26
    71%

    26 A righteous person is cautious in friendship, but the way of the wicked leads them astray.

  • Job 36:6
    71%

    6 He doesn't preserve the life of the wicked, but gives to the afflicted their right.

  • Job 32:21
    71%

    21 Please don't let me respect any man's person, neither will I give flattering titles to any man.

  • Prov 13:6
    71%

    6 Righteousness guards the way of integrity, but wickedness overthrows the sinner.

  • Prov 12:7
    71%

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

  • Ps 28:3
    71%

    3 Don't draw me away with the wicked, with the workers of iniquity who speak peace with their neighbors, but mischief is in their hearts.

  • Ps 101:4
    71%

    4 A perverse heart will be far from me. I will have nothing to do with evil.

  • Prov 25:5
    71%

    5 Take away the wicked from the king's presence, and his throne will be established in righteousness.

  • Prov 4:14
    71%

    14 Don't enter into the path of the wicked. Don't walk in the way of evil men.

  • Prov 10:32
    71%

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

  • Prov 24:18
    71%

    18 lest Yahweh see it, and it displease him, and he turn away his wrath from him.

  • Hab 1:4
    71%

    4 Therefore the law is paralyzed, and justice never goes forth; for the wicked surround the righteous; therefore justice goes forth perverted.

  • Ps 140:11
    71%

    11 An evil speaker won't be established in the earth. Evil will hunt the violent man to overthrow him.

  • Col 3:25
    71%

    25 But he who does wrong will receive again for the wrong that he has done, and there is no partiality.