Proverbios 18:5

5 No es correcto absolver al culpable
o negarle la justicia al inocente.

Proverbios 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 ) .

Proverbios 18:5 In-Context

3 Hacer el mal resulta en la vergüenza,
y la conducta escandalosa trae desprecio.

4 Las palabras sabias son como aguas profundas;
la sabiduría fluye del sabio como un arroyo burbujeante.

5 No es correcto absolver al culpable
o negarle la justicia al inocente.

6 Con sus palabras, los necios se meten continuamente en pleitos;
van en busca de una paliza.

7 La boca de los necios es su ruina;
quedan atrapados por sus labios.