Proverbs 18:5
It is not good to accept the person of the wicked, to overthrow the righteous in judgment.
KJV
Accipere personam impii non est bonum, ut declines a veritate judicii.
Vulgate
θαυμάσαι πρόσωπον ἀσεβοῦς οὐ καλόν, οὐδὲ ὅσιον ἐκκλίνειν τὸ δίκαιον ἐν κρίσει.
LXX
To respect the person of the wicked is not good, Norto turn aside the righteous in judgment.
ASV
שְׂאֵ֣ת פְּנֵי רָשָׁ֣ע לֹא ט֑וֹב לְ/הַטּ֥וֹת צַ֝דִּ֗יק בַּ/מִּשְׁפָּֽט
Hebrew
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In the original Hebrew
8 distinct Hebrew words appear in this verse.
ט֣וֹב
tvb
verb · 562×
י
y
noun · 422×
יִּשְׂא֥וּ
ysh'v
verb · 652×
לֹ֣א
l'
proper_noun · 5171×
נָטִ֤יתִי
ntyty
verb · 216×
פְנֵ֣י
pny
noun · 2111×
צַדִּ֑יק
tsdyq
adjective · 199×
רְשָׁעִ֣ים
rsh'ym
adjective · 257×
Historic Christian voices
5 passages from patristic writers, Reformers, and church catechisms citing this verse.
§2476False witness and perjury. When it is made publicly, a statement contrary to the truth takes on a particular gravity. In court it becomes false witness.275 When it is under oath, it is perjury. Acts such as these contribute to condemnation of the innocent, exoneration of the guilty, or the increased punishment of the accused.276 They gravely compromise the exercise of justice a…
Cross-references
- 1Kgs 21:9 — And she wrote in the letters, saying, Proclaim a fast, and set Naboth on high among the people:
- Deut 1:16 — 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.
- Deut 16:19 — 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.
- Gen 4:7 — 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.
- Isa 5:23 — Which justify the wicked for reward, and take away the righteousness of the righteous from him!
- Lev 19:15 — Ye shall do no unrighteousness in judgment: thou shalt not respect the person of the poor, nor honor the person of the mighty: but in righteousness shalt thou judge thy neighbour.
- Lev 19:15 — Ye shall do no unrighteousness in judgment: thou shalt not respect the person of the poor, nor honor the person of the mighty: but in righteousness shalt thou judge thy neighbour.
- Matt 22:16 — And they sent out unto him their disciples with the Herodians, saying, Master, we know that thou art true, and teachest the way of God in truth, neither carest thou for any man: for thou regardest not
- Neh 5:9 — 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?
- Prov 17:15 — He that justifieth the wicked, and he that condemneth the just, even they both are abomination to the LORD.
- Prov 17:15 — He that justifieth the wicked, and he that condemneth the just, even they both are abomination to the LORD.
- Prov 17:26 — Also to punish the just is not good, nor to strike princes for equity.
- Prov 24:23 — These things also belong to the wise. It is not good to have respect of persons in judgment.
- Prov 24:23 — These things also belong to the wise. It is not good to have respect of persons in judgment.
- Prov 28:21 — To have respect of persons is not good: for for a piece of bread that man will transgress.
- Prov 28:21 — To have respect of persons is not good: for for a piece of bread that man will transgress.
- Ps 82:2 — How long will ye judge unjustly, and accept the persons of the wicked? Selah.
- Ps 82:2 — How long will ye judge unjustly, and accept the persons of the wicked? Selah.