The merits of a cause must be looked to, not the person.
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Proverbs 18:5
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commentaryThe Pulpit Commentary on Proverbs 18:1-24EXPOSITIONJoseph S. Exell and contributorscommentaryThe Pulpit Commentary on Proverbs 18:1-9Unsocial vices There is an inner connection between them all. I. MISANTHROPY. (Proverbs 18:1.) If this verse be more correctly rendered, this is the meaning yielded. From a diseased feeling the man turns aside to sullen…Joseph S. Exell and contributorscommentaryMatthew Henry on Proverbs 18:5This justly condemns those who, being employed in the administration of justice, pervert judgment, 1. By conniving at men's crimes, and protecting and countenancing them in oppression and violence, because of their dign…Matthew HenrycommentaryThe Pulpit Commentary on Proverbs 18:5It is not good to accept the person of the wicked. To "accept the person" is to show partiality, to be guided in judgment, not by the facts of a case, or the abstract principles of right or wrong, but by extraneous cons…Joseph S. Exell and contributors