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Sprueche 18:5

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5 Es ist nicht gut, die Person des Gesetzlosen anzusehen, um den Gerechten zu beugen im Gericht.

Sprueche 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 ) .

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Sprueche 18:5 In-Context

3 Wenn ein Gesetzloser kommt, so kommt auch Verachtung; und mit der Schande kommt Schmähung.
4 Die Worte aus dem Munde eines Mannes sind tiefe Wasser, ein sprudelnder Bach, ein Born der Weisheit.
5 Es ist nicht gut, die Person des Gesetzlosen anzusehen, um den Gerechten zu beugen im Gericht.
6 Die Lippen des Toren geraten in Streit, und sein Mund ruft nach Schlägen.
7 Der Mund des Toren wird ihm zum Untergang, und seine Lippen sind der Fallstrick seiner Seele.
The Elberfelder Bible is in the public domain.

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