Proverbs 18:5
Acceptance of the face of the wicked [is] not good, To turn aside the righteous in judgment.
Young's Literal Translation
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 waters [are] the words of a man's mouth, The fountain of wisdom [is] a flowing brook.
6The lips of a fool enter into strife, And his mouth for stripes calleth.
Cross References
Exodus 23:3and a poor man thou dost not honour in his strife.
Leviticus 19:15'Ye do not do perversity in judgment; thou dost not lift up the face of the poor, nor honour the face of the great; in righteousness thou dost judge thy fellow.
Deuteronomy 16:19Thou dost not turn aside judgment; thou dost not discern faces, nor take a bribe, for the bribe blindeth the eyes of the wise, and perverteth the words of the righteous.
Job 13:7For God do ye speak perverseness? And for Him do ye speak deceit?
Psalms 82:2Till when do ye judge perversely? And the face of the wicked lift up? Selah.
Proverbs 24:23These also are for the wise: — To discern faces 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 →