Proverbs 24:23
Here are more things that wise people have said: It is wrong for judges to decide matters unfairly [IDM].
Translation for Translators
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
Cross References
Leviticus 19:15‘Always [LIT] judge people fairly [DOU]. Do not do special favors for either poor people or rich people.
Deuteronomy 16:19They must not judge unjustly. They must not favor one person more than another. The judges must not accept bribes, because if a judge accepts a bribe, even if he is wise and honest, it will be very difficult for him to judge fairly [IDM]; he will do what the person who gave him the bribe wants him to do and declare that the righteous/innocent people must be punished.
Psalms 82:2“You must [RHQ] stop judging people unfairly; you must no longer make decisions that favor wicked people! (Think about that!)
Proverbs 1:6Then they will be able to understand the meaning of proverbs and parables/metaphors, these wise sayings and ◄riddles/sayings that are difficult to understand►.
Proverbs 22:17Now listen [MTY] to what wise people have said; think carefully about what I am teaching you.
Ecclesiastes 8:1I will tell you about those who are truly wise [RHQ] with the result that they can explain why everything happens. Being wise enables people to be happy [MTY] and enables them to smile.
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 →