"To be partial to the faces of the wicked is not good, nor to deprive the innocent of justice."
Commentary
Gill's Exposition
It is not good to accept the person of the wicked,.... For a judge to have respect to a wicked man in a cause before him, and to favour him,
because he is a rich man, or a relation, or he has received some kindness from him; none of these things should have any influence upon him to overthrow the righteous in judgment: though he may be a poor man and a stranger, and to whom the judge is under no private and personal obligation; yet justice ought to be done without any respect to persons; to do otherwise is not only not good, but very bad, very sinful and criminal; it is contrary to law and justice; it is doing injury to men, and is repugnant to the will of God, and offensive to him, Lev 19:15 .
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Commentary
Gill's Exposition
It is not good to accept the person of the wicked,.... For a judge to have respect to a wicked man in a cause before him, and to favour him,
because he is a rich man, or a relation, or he has received some kindness from him; none of these things should have any influence upon him to overthrow the righteous in judgment: though he may be a poor man and a stranger, and to whom the judge is under no private and personal obligation; yet justice ought to be done without any respect to persons; to do otherwise is not only not good, but very bad, very sinful and criminal; it is contrary to law and justice; it is doing injury to men, and is repugnant to the will of God, and offensive to him, Lev 19:15 .