Proverbs 24:23
These also are from the wise: To have respect of persons in judgment is not good.
A Conservative Version
In The King James Version
These things also belong to the wise. It is not good to have respect of persons in judgment.
In Context
22For their calamity shall rise suddenly, and the destruction from them both, who knows it?
24He who says to a wicked man, Thou are righteous, peoples shall curse him, nations shall abhor him.
Cross References
Leviticus 19:15Ye shall do no unrighteousness in judgment. Thou shall not respect the person of the poor man, nor honor the person of the mighty man, but thou shall judge thy neighbor in righteousness.
Deuteronomy 16:19Thou shall not distort justice. Thou shall not respect persons, neither shall thou take a bribe, for a bribe blinds the eyes of the wise, and perverts the words of the righteous.
Psalms 82:2How long will ye judge unjustly, and respect the persons of the wicked? Selah.
Proverbs 1:6to understand a proverb, and a figure, the words of the wise, and their dark sayings.
Proverbs 22:17Incline thine ear, and hear the words of the wise, and apply thy heart to my knowledge.
Ecclesiastes 8:1Who is as the wise man? And who knows the interpretation of a thing? A man's wisdom makes his face to shine, and the hardness of his face is changed.
Matthew Henry on Proverbs 24:22-23
Counsel to Magistrates. 21 My son, fear thou the Lord and the king: and meddle not with them that are given to change: 22 For their calamity shall rise suddenly; and who knoweth the ruin of them both? Note, 1. Religion and loyalty must go together. As men, it is our duty to honour our Creator, to worship and reverence him, and to be always in his fear; as members of a community, incorporated for mutual benefit, it is our duty to be faithful and dutiful to the government God has set over us, Rom. xiii. 1, 2 . Those… Read the whole commentary →