Proverbs 18:5
Showing partiality to the wicked is not good, nor is depriving the innocent of justice.
Note Hebrew Lifting the face
It is not good to accept the person of the wicked, to overthrow the righteous in judgment.
To be partial to the faces of the wicked is not good, nor to deprive the innocent of justice.
To respect the person of the wicked is not good, Nor to turn aside the righteous in judgment.
Related passages
From the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge, grouped by the word they explain.
- not
- Proverbs 24:23; Proverbs 28:21; Leviticus 19:15; Deuteronomy 1:16, 17; Deuteronomy 16:19; Job 13:7, 8; Job 34:19; Matthew 22:16
- to overthrow
- 1 Kings 21:9–14; Isaiah 5:23; Isaiah 59:14; Micah 7:3