Proverbs 24:23

Also these thingis that suen ben to wise men. It is not good to knowe a persoone in doom.

Bible (Wycliffe)

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 her perdicioun schal rise togidere sudenli, and who knowith the fal of euer either?

24Puplis schulen curse hem, that seien to a wickid man, Thou art iust; and lynagis schulen holde hem abhomynable.

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Cross References

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.

Psalms 82:2God, who schal be lijk thee? God, be thou not stille, nether be thou peesid.

Proverbs 1:6He schal perseyue a parable, and expownyng; the wordis of wise men, and the derk figuratif spechis of hem.

Proverbs 22:17My sone, bowe doun thin eere, and here thou the wordis of wise men; but sette thou the herte to my techyng.

Ecclesiastes 8:1The wisdom of a man schyneth in his cheer; and the myytieste schal chaunge his face.

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