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Proverbs 24:23
New English Translation

Further Sayings of the Wise

23 These sayings also are from the wise:

To show partiality[a] in judgment is terrible:[b]

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Footnotes

  1. Proverbs 24:23 tn Heb “to recognize faces”; KJV, ASV “to have respect of persons”; NLT “to show favoritism.”
  2. Proverbs 24:23 tn Heb “not good.” This is a figure known as tapeinosis—a deliberate understatement to emphasize a worst-case scenario: “it is terrible!”
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