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Pro 18:5

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

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ParallelLev 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.

ParallelDeu 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. {words: or, matters}

ParallelPsa 82:2

How long will ye judge unjustly, and accept the persons of the wicked? Selah.

ParallelPro 28:21

To have respect of persons {is} not good: for for a piece of bread {that} man will transgress.

ParallelPro 24:23

These {things} also {belong} to the wise. {It is} not good to have respect of persons in judgment.

ParallelPro 17:15

He that justifieth the wicked, and he that condemneth the just, even they both {are} abomination to the LORD.

ParallelMat 22:16

Tell us therefore, What thinkest thou? Is it lawful to give tribute unto Caesar, or not?

ParallelIsa 5:23

Which justify the wicked for reward, and take away the righteousness of the righteous from him!

ParallelDeu 1:16

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.

Parallel1Ki 21:9

And she wrote in the letters, saying, Proclaim a fast, and set Naboth on high among the people: {on high...: Heb. in the top of the people}

ParallelJob 34:19

{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.

ParallelJob 13:7

Will ye speak wickedly for God? and talk deceitfully for him?

ParallelMic 7:3

That they may do evil with both hands earnestly, the prince asketh, and the judge {asketh} for a reward; and the great {man}, he uttereth his mischievous desire: so they wrap it up. {his...: Heb. the mischief of his soul}

ParallelIsa 59:14

And judgment is turned away backward, and justice standeth afar off: for truth is fallen in the street, and equity cannot enter.

ParallelPro 17:15

He that justifieth the wicked, and he that condemneth the just, even they both {are} abomination to the LORD.

ParallelGen 4:7

If thou doest well, shalt thou not be accepted? and if thou doest not well, sin lieth at the door. And unto thee {shall be} his desire, and thou shalt rule over him. {be accepted: or, have the excellency} {unto...: or, subject unto thee}

ParallelPro 24:23

These {things} also {belong} to the wise. {It is} not good to have respect of persons in judgment.

ParallelPsa 82:2

How long will ye judge unjustly, and accept the persons of the wicked? Selah.

ParallelPro 28:21

To have respect of persons {is} not good: for for a piece of bread {that} man will transgress.

ParallelPro 17:26

Also to punish the just {is} not good, {nor} to strike princes for equity.

ParallelLev 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.

ParallelNeh 5:9

Also I said, It {is} not good that ye do: ought ye not to walk in the fear of our God because of the reproach of the heathen our enemies?

ParallelPsa 140:4

Keep me, O LORD, from the hands of the wicked; preserve me from the violent man; who have purposed to overthrow my goings.

Parallel1Ti 5:21

I charge {thee} before God, and the Lord Jesus Christ, and the elect angels, that thou observe these things without preferring one before another, doing nothing by partiality. {preferring...: or, prejudice}