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Proverbs 24:23

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Further Sayings of the Wise

24:23 These sayings also are from the wise:

To show partiality 1  in judgment is terrible: 2 

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[24:23]  1 tn Heb “to recognize faces”; KJV, ASV “to have respect of persons”; NLT “to show favoritism.”

[24:23]  2 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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