Proverbs 18:5
It is not good to take the persoone of a wickid man in doom, that thou bowe awei fro the treuthe of dom.
Bible (Wycliffe)
In The King James Version
It is not good to accept the person of the wicked, to overthrow the righteous in judgment.
In Context
4Deep watir is the wordis of the mouth of a man; and a stronde fletinge ouer is the welle of wisdom.
6The lippis of a fool medlen hem silf with chidyngis; and his mouth excitith stryues.
Cross References
Exodus 23:3Also thou schalt not haue mercy of a pore man in a `cause, ethir doom.
Leviticus 19:15Thou schalt not do that, that is wickid, nether thou schalt deme vniustli; biholde thou not the persoone of a pore man, nethir onoure thou the face of a myyti man; deme thou iustli to thi neiybore.
Deuteronomy 16:19and bowe not in `to the tother part for fauour, ethir yifte `ayens equete. Thou schalt not take persoone nether yiftis, for whi yiftis blynden the iyen of wise men, `and chaungen the wordis of iust men.
Job 13:7Whether God hath nede to youre leesyng, that ye speke gilis for hym?
Psalms 82:2God, who schal be lijk thee? God, be thou not stille, nether be thou peesid.
Proverbs 24:23Also these thingis that suen ben to wise men. It is not good to knowe a persoone in doom.