23These things also belong to the wise. It is not good to have respect of persons in judgment.
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To have respect of persons is not good: for for a piece of bread that man will transgress.
It is not good to accept the person of the wicked, to overthrow the righteous in judgment.
Whoso is wise, and will observe these things, even they shall understand the lovingkindness of the LORD.
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.
But the wisdom that is from above is first pure, then peaceable, gentle, and easy to be intreated, full of mercy and good fruits, without partiality, and without hypocrisy.
Commentary
Matthew Henry’s Complete Commentary on the Bible (1710)
(vv. 23-26)Here are lessons for wise men, that is, judges and princes. As subjects must do their duty, and be obedient to magistrates, so magistrates must do their duty in administering justice to their subjects, both in pleas of the crown and causes between party and party. These are lessons for them. 1. They must always weigh the merits of a cause, and not be swayed by any regard, one way or other, to the…
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