SinaiProverbs 18:5
American Standard Version
To respect the person of the wicked is not good, Nor to turn aside the righteous in judgment.
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Proverbs 18:5 in other translations
To be partial to the faces of the wicked is not good,
nor to deprive the innocent of justice.
Proverbs 18:5 in context
- 3When the wicked cometh, there cometh also contempt, And with ignominy cometh reproach.
- 4The words of a man’s mouth are as deep waters; The wellspring of wisdom is as a flowing brook.
- 5To respect the person of the wicked is not good, Nor to turn aside the righteous in judgment.
- 6A fool’s lips enter into contention, And his mouth calleth for stripes.
- 7A fool’s mouth is his destruction, And his lips are the snare of his soul.