Proverbs 18:5

Young's Literal Translation (1862/1898)

Acceptance of the face of the wicked `is' not good, To turn aside the righteous in judgment.

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Referenced Verses

  • Lev 19:15 : 15 `Ye do not do perversity in judgment; thou dost not lift up the face of the poor, nor honour the face of the great; in righteousness thou dost judge thy fellow.
  • Prov 24:23 : 23 These also are for the wise: -- To discern faces in judgment is not good.
  • Prov 28:21 : 21 To discern faces is not good, And for a piece of bread doth a man transgress.
  • Ps 82:2 : 2 Till when do ye judge perversely? And the face of the wicked lift up? Selah.
  • Prov 17:15 : 15 Whoso is justifying the wicked, And condemning the righteous, Even both of these `are' an abomination to Jehovah.
  • Deut 16:19 : 19 Thou dost not turn aside judgment; thou dost not discern faces, nor take a bribe, for the bribe blindeth the eyes of the wise, and perverteth the words of the righteous.
  • 1 Kgs 21:9-9 : 9 and she writeth in the letters, saying, `Proclaim a fast, and cause Naboth to sit at the head of the people, 10 and cause two men -- sons of worthlessness -- to sit over-against him, and they testify of him, saying, Thou hast blessed God and Melech; and they have brought him out, and stoned him, and he dieth.' 11 And the men of his city, the elders and the freemen who are dwelling in his city, do as Jezebel hath sent unto them, as written in the letters that she sent unto them, 12 they have proclaimed a fast, and caused Naboth to sit at the head of the people, 13 and two men -- sons of worthlessness -- come in, and sit over-against him, and the men of worthlessness testify of him, even Naboth, before the people, saying, `Naboth blessed God and Melech;' and they take him out to the outside of the city, and stone him with stones, and he dieth; 14 and they send unto Jezebel, saying, `Naboth was stoned, and is dead.'
  • Job 13:7-8 : 7 For God do ye speak perverseness? And for Him do ye speak deceit? 8 His face do ye accept, if for God ye strive?
  • Job 34:19 : 19 That hath not accepted the person of princes, Nor hath known the rich before the poor, For a work of His hands `are' all of them.
  • Deut 1:16-17 : 16 And I command your judges at that time, saying, Hearkening between your brethren -- then ye have judged righteousness between a man, and his brother, and his sojourner; 17 ye do not discern faces in judgment; as the little so the great ye do hear; ye are not afraid of the face of any, for the judgment is God's, and the thing which is too hard for you, ye bring near unto me, and I have heard it;
  • Isa 5:23 : 23 Declaring righteous the wicked for a bribe, And the righteousness of the righteous They turn aside from him.
  • Isa 59:14 : 14 And removed backward is judgment, And righteousness afar off standeth, For truth hath been feeble in the street, And straightforwardness is not able to enter,
  • Mic 7:3 : 3 On the evil `are' both hands to do `it' well, The prince is asking -- also the judge -- for recompence, And the great -- he is speaking the mischief of his soul, And they wrap it up.
  • Matt 22:16 : 16 and they send to him their disciples with the Herodians, saying, `Teacher, we have known that thou art true, and the way of God in truth thou dost teach, and thou art not caring for any one, for thou dost not look to the face of men;

Similar Verses (AI)

These verses are found using AI-powered semantic similarity based on meaning and context. Results may occasionally include unexpected connections.

  • Prov 24:23-24
    2 verses
    83%

    23These also are for the wise: -- To discern faces in judgment is not good.

    24Whoso is saying to the wicked, `Thou `art' righteous,' Peoples execrate him -- nations abhor him.

  • Prov 28:21
    79%

    21To discern faces is not good, And for a piece of bread doth a man transgress.

  • Deut 16:19
    78%

    19Thou dost not turn aside judgment; thou dost not discern faces, nor take a bribe, for the bribe blindeth the eyes of the wise, and perverteth the words of the righteous.

  • Prov 17:26
    78%

    26Also, to fine the righteous is not good, To smite nobles for uprightness.

  • Lev 19:15
    76%

    15`Ye do not do perversity in judgment; thou dost not lift up the face of the poor, nor honour the face of the great; in righteousness thou dost judge thy fellow.

  • Prov 17:23
    75%

    23A bribe from the bosom the wicked taketh, To turn aside the paths of judgment.

  • Prov 29:27
    75%

    27An abomination to the righteous `is' the perverse man, And an abomination to the wicked `is' the upright in the way!

  • Exod 23:6-8
    3 verses
    74%

    6`Thou dost not turn aside the judgment of thy needy one in his strife;

    7from a false matter thou dost keep far off, and an innocent and righteous man thou dost not slay; for I do not justify a wicked man.

    8`And a bribe thou dost not take; for the bribe bindeth the open-`eyed', and perverteth the words of the righteous.

  • Exod 23:1-3
    3 verses
    74%

    1`Thou dost not lift up a vain report; thou dost not put thy hand with a wicked man to be a violent witness.

    2`Thou art not after many to evil, nor dost thou testify concerning a strife, to turn aside after many to cause `others' to turn aside;

    3and a poor man thou dost not honour in his strife.

  • Lam 3:35-36
    2 verses
    74%

    35To turn aside the judgment of a man, Over-against the face of the Most High,

    36To subvert a man in his cause, the Lord hath not approved.

  • Job 13:10
    73%

    10He doth surely reprove you, if in secret ye accept faces.

  • Job 34:18-19
    2 verses
    73%

    18Who hath said to a king -- `Worthless,' Unto princes -- `Wicked?'

    19That hath not accepted the person of princes, Nor hath known the rich before the poor, For a work of His hands `are' all of them.

  • Prov 24:15
    73%

    15Lay not wait, O wicked one, At the habitation of the righteous. Do not spoil his resting-place.

  • Prov 14:19
    73%

    19The evil have bowed down before the good, And the wicked at the gates of the righteous.

  • Prov 17:15
    73%

    15Whoso is justifying the wicked, And condemning the righteous, Even both of these `are' an abomination to Jehovah.

  • Ps 1:5
    73%

    5Therefore the wicked rise not in judgment, Nor sinners in the company of the righteous,

  • Ps 82:2
    73%

    2Till when do ye judge perversely? And the face of the wicked lift up? Selah.

  • Isa 5:23
    73%

    23Declaring righteous the wicked for a bribe, And the righteousness of the righteous They turn aside from him.

  • Prov 19:28
    73%

    28A worthless witness scorneth judgment, And the mouth of the wicked swalloweth iniquity.

  • Prov 3:31
    72%

    31Be not envious of a man of violence, Nor fix thou on any of his ways.

  • Prov 21:12
    72%

    12The Righteous One is acting wisely Towards the house of the wicked, He is overthrowing the wicked for wickedness.

  • Prov 21:7
    72%

    7The spoil of the wicked catcheth them, Because they have refused to do judgment.

  • Prov 25:26
    72%

    26A spring troubled, and a fountain corrupt, `Is' the righteous falling before the wicked.

  • Prov 16:12
    72%

    12An abomination to kings `is' doing wickedness, For by righteousness is a throne established.

  • Deut 25:1
    72%

    1`When there is a strife between men, and they have come nigh unto the judgment, and they have judged, and declared righteous the righteous, and declared wrong the wrong-doer,

  • Prov 12:2
    72%

    2The good bringeth forth favour from Jehovah, And the man of wicked devices He condemneth.

  • Prov 29:7
    72%

    7The righteous knoweth the plea of the poor, The wicked understandeth not knowledge.

  • Deut 1:17
    72%

    17ye do not discern faces in judgment; as the little so the great ye do hear; ye are not afraid of the face of any, for the judgment is God's, and the thing which is too hard for you, ye bring near unto me, and I have heard it;

  • Gen 18:25
    71%

    25Far be it from Thee to do according to this thing, to put to death the righteous with the wicked; that it hath been -- as the righteous so the wicked -- far be it from Thee; doth the Judge of all the earth not do justice?'

  • Prov 12:26
    71%

    26The righteous searcheth his companion, And the way of the wicked causeth them to err.

  • Job 36:6
    71%

    6He reviveth not the wicked, And the judgment of the poor appointeth;

  • Job 32:21
    71%

    21Let me not, I pray you, accept the face of any, Nor unto man give flattering titles,

  • Prov 13:6
    71%

    6Righteousness keepeth him who is perfect in the way, And wickedness overthroweth a sin offering.

  • Prov 12:7
    71%

    7Overthrow the wicked, and they are not, And the house of the righteous standeth.

  • Ps 28:3
    71%

    3Draw me not with the wicked, And with workers of iniquity, Speaking peace with their neighbours, And evil in their heart.

  • Ps 101:4
    71%

    4A perverse heart turneth aside from me, Wickedness I know not.

  • Prov 25:5
    71%

    5Take away the wicked before a king, And established in righteousness is his throne.

  • Prov 4:14
    71%

    14Into the path of the wicked enter not, And be not happy in a way of evil doers.

  • Prov 10:32
    71%

    32The lips of the righteous know a pleasing thing, And the mouth of the wicked perverseness!

  • Prov 24:18
    71%

    18Lest Jehovah see, and `it be' evil in His eyes, And He hath turned from off him His anger.

  • Hab 1:4
    71%

    4Therefore doth law cease, And judgment doth not go forth for ever, For the wicked is compassing the righteous, Therefore wrong judgment goeth forth.

  • Ps 140:11
    71%

    11A talkative man is not established in the earth, One of violence -- evil hunteth to overflowing.

  • Col 3:25
    71%

    25and he who is doing unrighteously shall receive what he did unrighteously, and there is no acceptance of persons.