Proverbs 24:23
These are more sayings of the wise: To have respect for a person's position when judging is not good.
Bible in Basic English
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
24He who says to the evil-doer, You are upright, will be cursed by peoples and hated by nations.
Cross References
Leviticus 19:15Do no wrong in your judging: do not give thought to the position of the poor, or honour to the position of the great; but be a judge to your neighbour in righteousness.
Deuteronomy 16:19You are not to be moved in your judging by a man's position, you are not to take rewards; for rewards make the eyes of the wise man blind, and the decisions of the upright false.
Psalms 82:2How long will you go on judging falsely, having respect for the persons of evil-doers? (Selah.)
Proverbs 1:6To get the sense of wise sayings and secrets, and of the words of the wise and their dark sayings.
Proverbs 22:17Let your ear be bent down for hearing my words, and let your heart give thought to knowledge.
Ecclesiastes 8:1Who is like the wise man? and to whom is the sense of anything clear? A man's wisdom makes his face shining, and his hard face will be 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 →