Proverbs 18:5
King James Version (KJV)
It is not good to accept the person of the wicked, to overthrow the righteous in judgment.
American Standard Version (ASV)
To respect the person of the wicked is not good, [Nor] to turn aside the righteous in judgment.
World English Bible (WEB)
To be partial to the faces of the wicked is not good, nor to deprive the innocent of justice.
Proverbs 18:5 Cross References
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 neighbor.
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.
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.
Will ye speak wickedly for God? and talk deceitfully for him?
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.
These things also belong to the wise. It is not good to have respect of persons in judgment.
To have respect of persons is not good: for for a piece of bread that man will transgress.
