Zhēnyán 18:5

5 Zhān xùn è rén de qíngmian , piān duàn yì rén de ànjiàn , dōu wèi bù shàn .

Zhēnyán 18:5 Meaning and Commentary

Proverbs 18:5

[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 some kindness from him; none of these things should have any influence upon him to overthrow the righteous in judgment:
though he may be a poor man and a stranger, and to whom the judge is under no private and personal obligation; yet justice ought to be done without any respect to persons; to do otherwise is not only not good, but very bad, very sinful and criminal; it is contrary to law and justice; it is doing injury to men, and is repugnant to the will of God, and offensive to him, ( Leviticus 19:15 ) .

Zhēnyán 18:5 In-Context

3 È rén lái , miǎoshì suí lái . xiūchǐ dào , rǔmà tóng dào .

4 Rénkǒu zhōng de yányǔ , rútóng shēn shuǐ . zhìhuì de quányuán , hǎoxiàng yǒng liú de hé shuǐ .

5 Zhān xùn è rén de qíngmian , piān duàn yì rén de ànjiàn , dōu wèi bù shàn .

6 Yúmeì rén zhāng zuǐqǐ zhēng duān , kāikǒu zhāo biāndǎ .

7 Yúmeì rén de kǒu , zì qǔ baìhuaì . tāde zuǐ, shì tā shēngmìng de wǎngluó .