Proverbs 18:5
“It is not good to accept the person of the wicked, to ouerthrowe the righteous in iudgement.”
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Proverbs 18:5 Context
3When the wicked commeth, then commeth also contempt, and with ignominie, reproch. 4The words of a mans mouth, are as deepe waters, and the well-spring of wisedome as a flowing brooke. 5It is not good to accept the person of the wicked, to ouerthrowe the righteous in iudgement. 6A fooles lips enter into contention, and his mouth calleth for strokes. 7A fooles mouth is his destruction, and his lips are the snare of his soule.
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[It is] not good to accept the person of the wicked, to overthrow the righteous in judgment.
- King James Version
To show partiality to the wicked is not good, {Nor} to thrust aside the righteous in judgment.
- New American Standard Version (1995)
To respect the person of the wicked is not good, `Nor' to turn aside the righteous in judgment.
- American Standard Version (1901)
To have respect for the person of the evil-doer is not good, or to give a wrong decision against the upright.
- Basic English Bible
It is not good to accept the person of the wicked, to wrong the righteous in judgment.
- Darby Bible
It is not good to accept the person of the wicked, to overthrow the righteous in judgment.
- Webster's Bible
To be partial to the faces of the wicked is not good, nor to deprive the innocent of justice.
- World English Bible
Acceptance of the face of the wicked [is] not good, To turn aside the righteous in judgment.
- Youngs Literal Bible
It is not good to respect the person of the wicked, so as to turn aside the righteous in judgment.
- Jewish Publication Society Bible