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Proverbs Chapter 24 verse 23 Holy Bible

ASV Proverbs 24:23

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

These are more sayings of the wise: To have respect for a person's position when judging is not good.
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DARBY Proverbs 24:23

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

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

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WEB Proverbs 24:23

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

These also are for the wise: -- To discern faces in judgment is not good.
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Pulpit Commentary

Pulpit CommentaryVerses 23-34. - Part V. A SECOND COLLECTION, forming a second supplement to the first Solomonic book, and containing further "words of the wise." Verses 23-25. - Partiality and impartiality a hexastich. Verse 23. - These things also belong to the wise; are the sayings of wise men. The following proverbs, as well as the preceding, are derived from wise men. Mistaking this superscription, the LXX. makes it a personal address: "This I say to you who are wise, so that ye may learn." The first line is not a proverb, but the introduction to the ensuing collection. It is not good to have respect of persons in judgment (see Proverbs 18:5, and note there; and Proverbs 28:21, where the expression is the same as here). To regard one person before another is to be partial and unjust. To say this error is "not good" is a meiosis, the meaning being that it is very evil and sinful (comp. Proverbs 20:23). The statement is developed and confirmed in the next two verses, which show the results of partiality and its opposite.

Ellicott's Commentary

Ellicott's Commentary for English Readers6.SECOND APPENDIX TO "THE PROVERBS OF SOLOMON," CONTAINING PROVERBS OF VARIOUS LENGTHS, RESEMBLING Proverbs 1:7--9:18, AND THE BOOK OF ECCLESIASTES (Proverbs 24:23-34).(23) These things also belong to the wise--i.e., have the wise for their authors. (Comp. Proverbs 1:6; Proverbs 22:17.)