Proverbs 18:5
Favoring of the face of the wicked [is] not good, || To turn aside the righteous in judgment.
Literal Standard Version
In The King James Version
It is not good to accept the person of the wicked, to overthrow the righteous in judgment.
In Context
4The words of a man’s mouth [are] deep waters, || The fountain of wisdom [is] a flowing brook.
6The lips of a fool enter into strife, || And his mouth calls for stripes.
Cross References
Exodus 23:3and you do not honor a poor man in his strife.
Leviticus 19:15You do not do perversity in judgment; you do not lift up the face of the poor, nor honor the face of the great; you judge your fellow in righteousness.
Deuteronomy 16:19You do not turn aside judgment; you do not discern faces, nor take a bribe, for the bribe blinds the eyes of the wise and perverts the words of the righteous.
Job 13:7Do you speak perverseness for God? And do you speak deceit for Him?
Psalms 82:2Until when do you judge perversely? And lift up the face of the wicked? Selah.
Proverbs 24:23These are also for the wise: [It] is not good to discern faces in judgment.
Matthew Henry on Proverbs 18:5
The Language of Folly. 4 The words of a man's mouth are as deep waters, and the wellspring of wisdom as a flowing brook. The similitudes here seem to be elegantly transposed. 1. The well-spring of wisdom is as deep waters. An intelligent knowing man has in him a good treasure of useful things, which furnishes him with something to say upon all occasions that is pertinent and profitable. This is as deep waters, which make no noise, but never run dry. 2. The words of such a man's mouth are as a flowing brook. What… Read the whole commentary →