5 Showing partiality to the wicked is not good, nor is depriving the innocent of justice.
Proverbs 18:5
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Proverbs 24:22–24
22 For they will bring sudden destruction. Who knows what ruin they can bring? 23 These also are sayings of the wise: To show partiality in judgment is not good. 24 Whoever tells the guilty, “You are innocent”— peoples will curse him, and nations will denounce him;
Proverbs 17:14–16
14 To start a quarrel is to release a flood; so abandon the dispute before it breaks out. 15 Acquitting the guilty and condemning the righteous— both are detestable to the LORD. 16 Why should the fool have money in his hand with no intention of buying wisdom?
Deuteronomy 16:18–20
18 You are to appoint judges and officials for your tribes in every town that the LORD your God is giving you. They are to judge the people with righteous judgment. 19 Do not deny justice or show partiality. Do not accept a bribe, for a bribe blinds the eyes of the… 20 …
Proverbs 17:25–27
25 A foolish son brings grief to his father and bitterness to her who bore him. 26 It is surely not good to punish the innocent or to flog a noble for his honesty. 27 A man of knowledge restrains his words, and a man of understanding maintains a calm spirit.
Proverbs 28:20–22
20 A faithful man will abound with blessings, but one eager to be rich will not go unpunished. 21 To show partiality is not good, yet a man will do wrong for a piece of bread. 22 A stingy man hastens after wealth and does not know that poverty awaits him.
Leviticus 19:14–16
14 You must not curse the deaf or place a stumbling block before the blind, but you shall fear your God. I am the LORD. 15 You must not pervert justice; you must not show partiality to the poor or favoritism to the rich; you are to judge your neighbor fairly. 16 You mus…
Exodus 23:2–4
2 You shall not follow the crowd in wrongdoing. When you testify in a lawsuit, do not pervert justice by siding with the crowd. 3 And do not show favoritism to a poor man in his lawsuit. 4 If you encounter your enemy’s stray ox or donkey, you must return it to him.
Greek Daniel 13:52–54
52 So when they were put apart one from another, he called one of them, and said to him, “O you who have become old in wickedness, now your sins have returned which you have committed before, (WEB) 53 in pronouncing unjust judgment, condemning the innocent, and letting th… (WEB)
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