Holman Christian Standard Bible (©2009) It is not good to show partiality to the guilty by perverting the justice due the innocent. New American Standard Bible (©1995) To show partiality to the wicked is not good, Nor to thrust aside the righteous in judgment. King James Bible (Cambridge Ed.) It is not good to accept the person of the wicked, to overthrow the righteous in judgment. International Standard Version (©2012) It's not good to be partial towards an evil person, thereby depriving the righteous of justice. King James 2000 Bible (©2003) It is not good to be partial to the wicked, or to overthrow the righteous in judgment. American King James Version It is not good to accept the person of the wicked, to overthrow the righteous in judgment. American Standard Version To respect the person of the wicked is not good, Nor to turn aside the righteous in judgment. Douay-Rheims Bible It is not good to accept the person of the wicked, to decline from the truth of judgment. Darby Bible Translation It is not good to accept the person of the wicked, to wrong the righteous in judgment. English Revised Version To accept the person of the wicked is not good, nor to turn aside the righteous in judgment. Webster's Bible Translation It is not good to accept the person of the wicked, to overthrow the righteous in judgment. World English Bible To be partial to the faces of the wicked is not good, nor to deprive the innocent of justice. Young's Literal Translation Acceptance of the face of the wicked is not good, To turn aside the righteous in judgment.
Exodus 23:2 Thou shalt not follow a multitude to do evil; neither shalt thou speak in a cause to decline after many to wrest judgment: Exodus 23:6 Thou shalt not wrest the judgment of thy poor in his cause. Leviticus 19:15 Ye shall do no unrighteousness in judgment: thou shalt not respect the person of the poor, nor honour the person of the mighty: but in righteousness shalt thou judge thy neighbour. Deuteronomy 1:17 Ye shall not respect persons in judgment; but ye shall hear the small as well as the great; ye shall not be afraid of the face of man; for the judgment is God's: and the cause that is too hard for you, bring it unto me, and I will hear it. Deuteronomy 16:19 Thou shalt not wrest judgment; thou shalt not respect persons, neither take a gift: for a gift doth blind the eyes of the wise, and pervert the words of the righteous. Psalm 82:2 How long will ye judge unjustly, and accept the persons of the wicked? Selah. Proverbs 17:15 He that justifieth the wicked, and he that condemneth the just, even they both are abomination to the LORD. Proverbs 17:26 Also to punish the just is not good, nor to strike princes for equity. Proverbs 24:23 These things also belong to the wise. It is not good to have respect of persons in judgment. Proverbs 28:21 To have respect of persons is not good: for for a piece of bread that man will transgress. Proverbs 31:5 Lest they drink, and forget the law, and pervert the judgment of any of the afflicted. Micah 3:9 Hear this, I pray you, ye heads of the house of Jacob, and princes of the house of Israel, that abhor judgment, and pervert all equity.
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