These [things] also [belong] to the wise
Both what is said before concerning fearing God and the king;
these belong to the wise and unwise, rich and poor, great and
small; particularly judges and civil magistrates, and all
subordinate governors, who have, or ought to have, a competency
of wisdom; these ought to fear God and the king, as well as
private subjects; and also what follows after, especially in this
verse and ( Proverbs
24:24-26 ) . Some render the words, "these things also [are
the sayings] of wise men" F21; not of Solomon, but of
other wise men in his time, or who lived after him, and before
the men of Hezekiah copied out the proverbs in the following
chapters; see ( Proverbs
25:1 ) ; but it seems more than probable that what follows to
the end of the chapter are the words of Solomon, as ( Proverbs
24:33 Proverbs
24:34 ) most clearly are, compared with ( Proverbs
6:10 Proverbs
6:11 ) ; [it is] not good to have respect of persons in
judgment;
in trying causes in a court of judicature, no regard should be
had to the persons of men by the judge on the bench, as the rich
more than to the poor; or to a relation, a friend, an intimate
acquaintance, more than to a stranger; but the justice of the
cause ought to be attended to, and sentence given according to
it, let it fall as it will: God does not accept persons, nor
regard the rich more than the poor; nor should they that stand in
his stead, and who in some sense represent him, ( Leviticus
19:15 ) ( Deuteronomy
1:17 ) ( Job 34:19 ) ; nor should
Christians in their communities act such a partial part, (
James
2:1-3 ) .