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Proverbs 18:5

Proverbs 18:5
It is not good to accept the person of the wicked, to overthrow the righteous in judgment.

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Gill's ExpositionBaptist theologian, 1697–1771

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…

Matthew HenryNonconformist minister, 1662–1714

This justly condemns those who, being employed in the administration of justice, pervert judgment, 1. By conniving at…

Cambridge BibleAcademic commentary, 1882–1921

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…