Pro 18:5
{It is} not good to accept the person of the wicked, to overthrow the righteous in judgment.
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Ye shall do no unrighteousness in judgment: thou shalt not respect the person of the poor, nor honour the person of the mighty: {but} in righteousness shalt thou judge thy neighbour.
Thou shalt not wrest judgment; thou shalt not respect persons, neither take a gift: for a gift doth blind the eyes of the wise, and pervert the words of the righteous. {words: or, matters}
How long will ye judge unjustly, and accept the persons of the wicked? Selah.
To have respect of persons {is} not good: for for a piece of bread {that} man will transgress.
These {things} also {belong} to the wise. {It is} not good to have respect of persons in judgment.
He that justifieth the wicked, and he that condemneth the just, even they both {are} abomination to the LORD.
Tell us therefore, What thinkest thou? Is it lawful to give tribute unto Caesar, or not?
Which justify the wicked for reward, and take away the righteousness of the righteous from him!
And I charged your judges at that time, saying, Hear {the causes} between your brethren, and judge righteously between {every} man and his brother, and the stranger {that is} with him.
And she wrote in the letters, saying, Proclaim a fast, and set Naboth on high among the people: {on high...: Heb. in the top of the people}
{How much less to him} that accepteth not the persons of princes, nor regardeth the rich more than the poor? for they all {are} the work of his hands.
Will ye speak wickedly for God? and talk deceitfully for him?
That they may do evil with both hands earnestly, the prince asketh, and the judge {asketh} for a reward; and the great {man}, he uttereth his mischievous desire: so they wrap it up. {his...: Heb. the mischief of his soul}
And judgment is turned away backward, and justice standeth afar off: for truth is fallen in the street, and equity cannot enter.
He that justifieth the wicked, and he that condemneth the just, even they both {are} abomination to the LORD.
If thou doest well, shalt thou not be accepted? and if thou doest not well, sin lieth at the door. And unto thee {shall be} his desire, and thou shalt rule over him. {be accepted: or, have the excellency} {unto...: or, subject unto thee}
These {things} also {belong} to the wise. {It is} not good to have respect of persons in judgment.
How long will ye judge unjustly, and accept the persons of the wicked? Selah.
To have respect of persons {is} not good: for for a piece of bread {that} man will transgress.
Also to punish the just {is} not good, {nor} to strike princes for equity.
Ye shall do no unrighteousness in judgment: thou shalt not respect the person of the poor, nor honour the person of the mighty: {but} in righteousness shalt thou judge thy neighbour.
Also I said, It {is} not good that ye do: ought ye not to walk in the fear of our God because of the reproach of the heathen our enemies?
Keep me, O LORD, from the hands of the wicked; preserve me from the violent man; who have purposed to overthrow my goings.
I charge {thee} before God, and the Lord Jesus Christ, and the elect angels, that thou observe these things without preferring one before another, doing nothing by partiality. {preferring...: or, prejudice}