Proverbs 18:5 Parallel Translations

NASB:

GWT:

It is not good to be partial toward a wicked person, thereby depriving an innocent person of justice.(GOD'S WORD®)

KJV:

It is not good to accept the person of the wicked, to overthrow the righteous in judgment.

ASV:

To respect the person of the wicked is not good, Nor to turn aside the righteous in judgment.

BBE:

To have respect for the person of the evil-doer is not good, or to give a wrong decision against the upright.

DBY:

It is not good to accept the person of the wicked, to wrong the righteous in judgment.

ERV:

To accept the person of the wicked is not good, nor to turn aside the righteous in judgment.

JPS:

It is not good to respect the person of the wicked, so as to turn aside the righteous in judgment.

WBS:

It is not good to accept the person of the wicked, to overthrow the righteous in judgment.

WEB:

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

YLT:

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

Proverbs 18:5 Cross References

XREF:

Exodus 23:2 "You shall not follow the masses in doing evil, nor shall you testify in a dispute so as to turn aside after a multitude in order to pervert justice;

Exodus 23:6 "You shall not pervert the justice due to your needy brother in his dispute.

Leviticus 19:15 'You shall do no injustice in judgment; you shall not be partial to the poor nor defer to the great, but you are to judge your neighbor fairly.

Deuteronomy 1:17 'You shall not show partiality in judgment; you shall hear the small and the great alike. You shall not fear man, for the judgment is God's. The case that is too hard for you, you shall bring to me, and I will hear it.'

Deuteronomy 16:19 "You shall not distort justice; you shall not be partial, and you shall not take a bribe, for a bribe blinds the eyes of the wise and perverts the words of the righteous.

Psalm 82:2 How long will you judge unjustly And show partiality to the wicked? Selah.

Proverbs 17:15 He who justifies the wicked and he who condemns the righteous, Both of them alike are an abomination to the LORD.

Proverbs 17:26 It is also not good to fine the righteous, Nor to strike the noble for their uprightness.

Proverbs 24:23 These also are sayings of the wise. To show partiality in judgment is not good.

Proverbs 28:21 To show partiality is not good, Because for a piece of bread a man will transgress.

Proverbs 31:5 For they will drink and forget what is decreed, And pervert the rights of all the afflicted.

Micah 3:9 Now hear this, heads of the house of Jacob And rulers of the house of Israel, Who abhor justice And twist everything that is straight, (NASB ©1995)

Commentaries and Concordances

GSB:

18:5 [It is] not good to {e} accept the person of the wicked, to overthrow the righteous in judgment.
(e) That is, to favour him and support him.

MHC:

18:4. The well-spring of wisdom in the heart of a believer, continually supplies words of wisdom. 5. The merits of a cause must be looked to, not the person. 6,7. What mischief bad men do to themselves by their ungoverned tongues! 8. How base are those that sow contention! and what fatal effects may be expected from small beginnings of jealousy! 9. Omissions of duty, and in duty, are fatal to the soul, as well as commissions of sin. 10,11. The Divine power, made known in and through our Lord Jesus Christ, forms a strong tower for the believer, who relies on the Lord. How deceitful the defence of the rich man, who has his portion and treasure in this world! It is a strong city and a high wall only in his own conceit; for it will fail when most in need. They will be exposed to the just wrath of that Judge whom they despised as a Saviour. 12. After the heart has been lifted up with pride, a fall comes. But honour shall be the reward of humility. 13. Eagerness, with self-conceit, will expose to shame. 14. Firmness of mind supports under many pains and trials. But when the conscience is tortured with remorse, no human fortitude can bear the misery; what then will hell be? 15. We must get knowledge, not only into our heads, but into our hearts. 16. Blessed be the Lord, who makes us welcome to come to his throne, without money and without price. May his gifts make room for him in our souls.

CONC:

Accept Acceptance Aside Decision Deprive Evil-doer Face Faces Innocent Judgment Justice Overthrow Partial Partiality Respect Righteous Thrust Turn Upright Wicked Wrong

Accept Acceptance Decision Deprive Evil-Doer Face Faces Good Innocent Judgment Justice Overthrow Partial Partiality Respect Righteous Show Thrust Turn Wicked Wrong

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