Proverbs 18:5
To be partial to the faces of the wicked is not good, nor to deprive the innocent of justice.
World Messianic Bible
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 like deep waters. The fountain of wisdom is like a flowing brook.
6A fool’s lips come into strife, and his mouth invites beatings.
Cross References
Exodus 23:3You shall not favor a poor man in his cause.
Leviticus 19:15“‘You shall do no injustice in judgment. You shall not be partial to the poor, nor show favoritism to the great; but you shall judge your neighbor in righteousness.
Deuteronomy 16:19You shall not pervert justice. You shall not show partiality. You shall not take a bribe, for a bribe blinds the eyes of the wise and perverts the words of the righteous.
Job 13:7Will you speak unrighteously for God, and talk deceitfully for him?
Psalms 82:2“How long will you judge unjustly, and show partiality to the wicked?” Selah.
Proverbs 24:23These also are sayings of the wise: To show partiality in judgment is not good.
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 →