23These also are'sayings of the wise. To have respect of persons in judgment is not good.


In Context

20 For there shall be no reward to the evil man; The lamp of the wicked shall be put out.

21 My son, fear thou Jehovah and the king; And company not with them that are given to change:

22 For their calamity shall rise suddenly; And the destruction from them both, who knoweth it?

23 These also are'sayings of the wise. To have respect of persons in judgment is not good.

24 He that saith unto the wicked, Thou art righteous; Peoples shall curse him, nations shall abhor him:

25 But to them that rebuke him'shall be delight, And a good blessing shall come upon them.

Proverbs 24:23 in Other Translations

The King James Version of the Holy Bible

24:23These [things] also [belong] to the wise. [It is] not good to have respect of persons in judgment.

The New International Version of the Holy Bible

24:23These also are sayings of the wise: To show partiality in judging is not good:

The Douay-Rheims Version of the Holy Bible

24:23These things also to the wise: It is not good to have respect to persons in judgment.

The Darby Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

24:23These things also come from the wise. It is not good to have respect of persons in judgment.

The English Revised Version of the Holy Bible

24:23These also are sayings of the wise. To have respect of persons in judgment is not good.

The Webster Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

24:23These things also belong to the wise. It is not good to have respect of persons in judgment.

The World English Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

24:23These also are sayings of the wise. To show partiality in judgment is not good.

The Young's Literal Translation of the Holy Bible

24:23These also are for the wise: — To discern faces in judgment is not good.

The American King James Version of the Holy Bible

24:23These things also belong to the wise. It is not good to have respect of persons in judgment.