Proverbs 18:5
It is not good to accept the person of the wicked, to overthrow the righteous in judgment.
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Baptist theologian, 1697–1771
Gill's Exposition
It is not good to accept the person of the wicked,.... For a judge to have respect to a wicked man in a cause before him, and to favour him, because he is a rich man, or a relation, or he has received…
Nonconformist minister, 1662–1714
Matthew Henry
This justly condemns those who, being employed in the administration of justice, pervert judgment, 1. By conniving at men's crimes, and protecting and countenancing them in oppression and violence,…
Academic commentary, 1882–1921
Cambridge Bible
to overthrow i.e. so as to, or with a view to, overthrow. See R.V. marg. Better perhaps with R.V. text, nor to turn aside.
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