Proverbs 24:23

World English Bible (2000)

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

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Referenced Verses

  • Prov 18:5 : 5 To be partial to the faces of the wicked is not good, nor to deprive the innocent of justice.
  • Prov 28:21 : 21 To show partiality is not good; yet a man will do wrong for a piece of bread.
  • Ps 107:43 : 43 Whoever is wise will pay attention to these things. They will consider the loving kindnesses of Yahweh. A Song. A Psalm by David.
  • Prov 1:6 : 6 to understand a proverb, and parables, the words and riddles of the wise.
  • 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.
  • Deut 1:17 : 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.
  • 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.
  • 2 Chr 19:7 : 7 Now therefore let the fear of Yahweh be on you. Take heed and do it: for there is no iniquity with Yahweh our God, nor respect of persons, nor taking of bribes."
  • Ps 82:2-4 : 2 "How long will you judge unjustly, and show partiality to the wicked?" Selah. 3 "Defend the weak, the poor, and the fatherless. Maintain the rights of the poor and oppressed. 4 Rescue the weak and needy. Deliver them out of the hand of the wicked."
  • Prov 22:17 : 17 Turn your ear, and listen to the words of the wise. Apply your heart to my teaching.
  • 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 hardness of his face is changed. 2 I say, "Keep the king's command!" because of the oath to God. 3 Don't be hasty to go out of his presence. Don't persist in an evil thing, for he does whatever pleases him, 4 for the king's word is supreme. Who can say to him, "What are you doing?" 5 Whoever keeps the commandment shall not come to harm, and his wise heart will know the time and procedure.
  • Hos 14:9 : 9 Who is wise, that he may understand these things? Who is prudent, that he may know them? For the ways of Yahweh are right, and the righteous walk in them; But the rebellious stumble in them.
  • John 7:24 : 24 Don't judge according to appearance, but judge righteous judgment."
  • 1 Tim 5:20-21 : 20 Those who sin, reprove in the sight of all, that the rest also may be in fear. 21 I command you in the sight of God, and Christ Jesus, and the chosen angels, that you observe these things without prejudice, doing nothing by partiality.
  • Jas 2:4-6 : 4 haven't you shown partiality among yourselves, and become judges with evil thoughts? 5 Listen, my beloved brothers. Didn't God choose those who are poor in this world to be rich in faith, and heirs of the Kingdom which he promised to those who love him? 6 But you have dishonored the poor man. Don't the rich oppress you, and personally drag you before the courts?
  • Jas 3:17 : 17 But the wisdom that is from above is first pure, then peaceful, gentle, reasonable, full of mercy and good fruits, without partiality, and without hypocrisy.
  • 1 Pet 1:17 : 17 If you call on him as Father, who without respect of persons judges according to each man's work, pass the time of your living as foreigners here in reverent fear:

Similar Verses (AI)

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  • Prov 18:5
    83%

    5To be partial to the faces of the wicked is not good, nor to deprive the innocent of justice.

  • Prov 28:21
    82%

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

  • Deut 16:19
    78%

    19You 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.

  • Job 34:18-19
    2 verses
    77%

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

    19Who 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 1:17
    76%

    17You 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.

  • 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 24:24
    76%

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

  • Rom 2:11
    75%

    11For there is no partiality with God.

  • Exod 23:2-3
    2 verses
    74%

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

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

  • Job 13:10
    74%

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

  • Exod 23:6
    73%

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

  • Prov 17:26
    73%

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

  • Deut 25:1
    73%

    1If 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;

  • Col 3:25
    73%

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

  • 2 Chr 19:6-7
    2 verses
    73%

    6and said to the judges, "Consider what you do: for you don't judge for man, but for Yahweh; and [he is] with you in the judgment.

    7Now therefore let the fear of Yahweh be on you. Take heed and do it: for there is no iniquity with Yahweh our God, nor respect of persons, nor taking of bribes."

  • Jas 2:9
    73%

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

  • Ps 82:2
    72%

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

  • Job 34:23
    72%

    23For he doesn't need to consider a man further, that he should go before God in judgment.

  • Jas 2:4
    71%

    4haven't you shown partiality among yourselves, and become judges with evil thoughts?

  • Prov 17:23
    71%

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

  • Prov 24:22
    71%

    22for their calamity will rise suddenly; the destruction from them both--who knows?

  • Prov 29:26-27
    2 verses
    71%

    26Many seek the ruler's favor, but a man's justice comes from Yahweh.

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

  • Job 37:24
    71%

    24Therefore men revere him. He doesn't regard any who are wise of heart."

  • Eccl 5:8
    71%

    8If you see the oppression of the poor, and the violent taking away of justice and righteousness in a district, don't marvel at the matter: for one official is eyed by a higher one; and there are officials over them.

  • Prov 24:29
    71%

    29Don't say, "I will do to him as he has done to me; I will render to the man according to his work."

  • Eccl 8:5
    70%

    5Whoever keeps the commandment shall not come to harm, and his wise heart will know the time and procedure.

  • John 7:24
    70%

    24Don't judge according to appearance, but judge righteous judgment."

  • Deut 24:17
    70%

    17You shall not wrest the justice [due] to the foreigner, [or] to the fatherless, nor take the widow's clothing to pledge;

  • Exod 23:8
    70%

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

  • Prov 24:18-19
    2 verses
    70%

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

    19Don't fret yourself because of evildoers; neither be envious of the wicked:

  • Prov 20:23
    70%

    23Yahweh detests differing weights, and dishonest scales are not pleasing.

  • Prov 29:7
    69%

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

  • Eccl 3:16-17
    2 verses
    69%

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

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

  • Jer 22:16
    69%

    16He judged the cause of the poor and needy; then it was well. Wasn't this to know me? says Yahweh.

  • Prov 24:1
    69%

    1Don't be envious of evil men; neither desire to be with them:

  • Job 32:9
    69%

    9It is not the great who are wise, nor the aged who understand justice.

  • Prov 25:6
    69%

    6Don't exalt yourself in the presence of the king, or claim a place among 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 a judge in a certain city who didn't fear God, and didn't respect man.

  • Job 32:21
    68%

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

  • Eccl 8:14
    68%

    14There is a vanity which is done on the earth, that there are righteous 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 arise against the house of the evildoers, and against the help of those who work iniquity.

  • Prov 31:9
    68%

    9Open your mouth, judge righteously, and serve justice to the poor and needy."