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Proverbs 18:5
To prefer a lawless man, is not good, thrusting away the righteous, in judgment.
Proverbs 18:5 · Rotherham Emphasised Bible
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Proverbs 18:5 in other translations
It is not good to accept the person of the wicked, to overthrow the righteous in judgment.
Showing partiality to the wicked is not good, nor is depriving the innocent of justice.
To be partial to the faces of the wicked is not good, nor to deprive the innocent of justice.
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In context
2 A dullard, delighteth not, in understanding, in nothing save the exposing of his own heart.
3 When the lawless man cometh in, then cometh also contempt, and, with shame, reproach.
4 Deep waters, are the words of a man’s mouth,—a bubbling brook, the well-spring of wisdom.
5 To prefer a lawless man, is not good, thrusting away the righteous, in judgment.
6 the lips of a dullard, enter into contention, and his mouth, for blows, crieth out.
7 The mouth of a dullard, is his ruin, and, his lips, are a snare to his soul.
8 the words of a tattler, are dainties, they, therefore go down into the chambers of the inner man.
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