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- Proverbs
- Chapter 24
- Verse 23
These things also belong to the wise. It is not good to have respect of persons in judgment.
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Gill's Exposition
He that saith unto the wicked, Thou art righteous,.... Not in a private way, or as giving his opinion or character of a man that is wicked, whom either through ignorance or flattery another may call…
Barnes' Notes
Belong to the wise - Either “are fitting for the wise, addressed to them,” or (as in the superscriptions of many of the Psalms) “are written by the wise.” Most recent commentators take it in the…
Here are lessons for wise men, that is, judges and princes. As subjects must do their duty, and be obedient to magistrates, so magistrates must do their duty in administering justice to their…
Cambridge Bible
IV. Third Collection of Proverbs. Chap. Pro 24:23-34
A short Collection resembling in character the Second Collection, to which it forms a kind of Appendix.
23. Thesethings alsobelong to Rather,…
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