💡WEB · Proverbs 24:23
What does Proverbs 24:23 mean?
"These also are sayings of the wise. To show partiality in judgment is not good."
— Proverbs 24:23 (World English Bible)
Surrounding context
for there will be no reward to the evil man; and the lamp of the wicked shall be snuffed out.
My son, fear Yahweh and the king. Don’t join those who are rebellious:
for their calamity will rise suddenly; the destruction from them both—who knows?
These also are sayings of the wise. To show partiality in judgment is not good.
He who says to the wicked, “You are righteous”; peoples will curse him, and nations will abhor him—
but it will go well with those who convict the guilty, and a rich blessing will come on them.
An honest answer is like a kiss on the lips.
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