Proverbs 18:5 — KJV with Strong's Concordance

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⁵It is not good to accept the person of the wicked, to overthrow the righteous in judgment.

Proverbs 18:5 —

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Cross-References

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Leviticus 19:15
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.
Deuteronomy 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.
Proverbs 28:21
To have respect of persons is not good: for for a piece of bread that man will transgress.
Psalms 82:2
How long will ye judge unjustly, and accept the persons of the wicked? Selah.
Proverbs 24:23
These things also belong to the wise. It is not good to have respect of persons in judgment.

Topics

Adjudication at Law Citizens Compromise Court Equity (fairness)False Teachers Government Injustice

Commentary

Matthew Henry’s Complete Commentary on the Bible (1710)

(vv. 5)

This justly condemns those who, being employed in the administration of justice, pervert judgment, 1. By conniving at men’s crimes, and protecting and countenancing them in oppression and violence, because of their dignity, or wealth, or some personal kindness they have for them. Whatever excuses men may make for it, certainly it is not good thus to accept the person of the wicked; it is an offenc…

Robert Jamieson, A. R. Fausset, David Brown’s Jamieson-Fausset-Brown Commentary (1871)

(vv. 5)

5. accept the person--(Compare Psa 82:2). “It is not good” is to be supplied before “to overthrow.”