Proverbs 18:5 Cross References - Rotherham

⁵ To prefer a lawless man, is not good, thrusting away the righteous, in judgment.

¹⁵ Ye shall not act perversely in giving judgment, Thou shalt neither respect the person of the poor, Nor prefer the person of the great,––In righteousness, shalt thou judge thy neighbour.

¹⁶ And I charged your judges, at that time, saying,––Ye are to hear, between your brethren, and shall judge righteously, between each man and his brother, and his sojourner. ¹⁷ Ye shall not take note of faces, in judgment––so, the small, as, the great, shall ye hear, ye shall not shrink from the face of any man, for judgment, unto God, belongeth,––but, the thing which is too hard for you, shall ye bring near unto me, and I will hear it.

¹⁹ Thou shalt not wrest judgment, thou shalt not take note of faces,––nor shalt thou accept a bribe, for, the bribe, blindeth the eyes of wise men, and perverteth the words of righteous men.

⁹ Now she wrote in the letters, saying,––Proclaim ye a fast, and cause Naboth to sit at the head of the people; ¹⁰ then let two reckless men take their seats before him, that they may bear witness against him, saying, Thou hast reviled God and king! then shall ye carry him forth and stone him, that he die. ¹¹ So the men of his city, the elders and the nobles who dwelt in his city, did just as Jezebel had sent unto them,––as it was written in the letters which she had sent unto them: ¹² they proclaimed a fast,––and caused Naboth to sit at the head of the people. ¹³ Then came in the two reckless men, and sat before him, and the men bare witness against him, even against Naboth, before the people, saying, Naboth hath reviled God and king! So they carried him forth, outside the city, and stoned him with stones, that he died. ¹⁴ Then sent they unto Jezebel, saying,––Naboth is stoned and is dead.

⁷ Is it, for God, ye would speak perversely? And, for him, would ye speak deceit: ⁸ Even, for him, would ye be partial? Or, for GOD, would ye [so] plead?

¹⁹ For he hath shewn no respect of persons unto princes, neither hath he recognised the rich rather than the poor? For, the work of his hands, are they all.

² How long will ye judge perversely, And, the countenances of the lawless, uplift? [Selah.]

¹⁵ He that justifieth the lawless, and he that condemneth the righteous, an abomination to Yahweh, are they, both.

²³ These things also, concern the wise, To take note of faces in judgment, is not good.

²¹ To take note of faces [in judgment], is not good, and, for a bit of bread, a man will transgress.

²³ Who justify the lawless, for a bribe,––Whereas, the righteousness of the righteous, they take from him.

¹⁴ So then there hath been a driving back of justice, And, righteousness, afar off, standeth,––For truth, hath stumbled in the broadway, And, right, cannot enter;

³ Of wickedness with both hands to make sure, the ruler, doth make demand––and the judge––for a recompense,––and, as for the great man, he, is putting into words the desire of his soul, So have they woven the net!

¹⁶ And they sent forth to him their disciples, with the Herodians, saying, Teacher! we know that, true, thou art, and, the way of God, in truth, dost teach, and it concerneth thee not about anyone,––for thou lookest not unto the face of men: