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Proverbes 18:5

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5 Il n'est pas bon d'avoir égard à la personne du méchant, Pour faire tort au juste dans le jugement.

Proverbes 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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Proverbes 18:5 In-Context

3 Quand vient le méchant, vient aussi le mépris; Et avec la honte, vient l'opprobre.
4 Les paroles de la bouche d'un homme sont des eaux profondes; La source de la sagesse est un torrent qui jaillit.
5 Il n'est pas bon d'avoir égard à la personne du méchant, Pour faire tort au juste dans le jugement.
6 Les lèvres de l'insensé se mêlent aux querelles, Et sa bouche provoque les coups.
7 La bouche de l'insensé cause sa ruine, Et ses lèvres sont un piège pour son âme.
The Louis Segond 1910 is in the public domain.

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