Proverbs 18:5
Showing partiality to the wicked is not good, nor is depriving the innocent of justice.
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Proverbs 24:23
These also are sayings of the wise: To show partiality in judgment is not good.

Proverbs 28:21
To show partiality is not good, because a man may sin for a piece of bread.

Leviticus 19:15
"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.

Deuteronomy 1:16, 17
At that time I charged your judges: "Hear the disputes between your brothers, and judge fairly between a man and his brother or a foreign resident. . . .

Deuteronomy 16:19
Do not deny justice or show partiality. Do not accept any bribes, for a bribe blinds the eyes of the wise and twists the words of the righteous.

Job 13:7, 8
Will you speak wickedly on God's behalf or speak deceitfully for Him? . . .

Job 34:19
who is not partial to princes and does not favor rich over poor? For they are all the work of His hands.

Matthew 22:16
They sent their disciples to Him along with the Herodians. "Teacher, " they said, "we know that You are honest and that You teach the way of God in accordance with the truth. You defer to no one, because You pay no attention to external appearance.

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1 Kings 21:9-14
In the letters she wrote: "Proclaim a fast and give Naboth a seat of honor among the people. . . .

Isaiah 5:23
who acquit the guilty for a bribe, and deprive the innocent of justice.

Isaiah 59:14
So justice is turned away, and righteousness stands at a distance. For truth has stumbled in the public square, and honesty cannot enter.

Micah 7:3
Both hands are skilled at evil; the prince and the judge demand a bribe; when the powerful utters his evil desire, they all conspire together.

Parallel Verses
New American Standard Bible
To show partiality to the wicked is not good, Nor to thrust aside the righteous in judgment.

King James Bible
It is not good to accept the person of the wicked, to overthrow the righteous in judgment.

Holman Christian Standard Bible
It is not good to show partiality to the guilty by perverting the justice due the innocent.

International Standard Version
It's not good to be partial towards an evil person, thereby depriving the righteous of justice.

NET Bible
It is terrible to show partiality to the wicked, by depriving a righteous man of justice.

Aramaic Bible in Plain English
To accept the persons of the evil is not good, neither to pray for judgment upon a righteous one.
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