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Spreuken 18:5

Listen to Spreuken 18:5
5 Het is niet goed, het aangezicht des goddelozen aan te nemen, om den rechtvaardige in het gericht te buigen.

Spreuken 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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Spreuken 18:5 In-Context

3 Als de goddeloze komt, komt ook de verachting en met schande versmaadheid.
4 De woorden van den mond eens mans zijn diepe wateren; en de springader der wijsheid is een uitstortende beek.
5 Het is niet goed, het aangezicht des goddelozen aan te nemen, om den rechtvaardige in het gericht te buigen.
6 De lippen des zots komen in twist, en zijn mond roept naar slagen.
7 De mond des zots is hemzelven een verstoring, en zijn lippen een strik zijner ziel.
The Dutch Staten Vertaling translation is in the public domain.

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