Judgment in Proverbs

He lays up sound wisdom for the righteous; He is a shield to those who walk uprightly. He keeps the paths of right judgment and preserves the way of His saints. Then shalt thou understand righteousness, and judgment, and equity; yea, every good path (Proverbs 2:7 - 9).

Much food is in the tillage of the poor: but there is that is destroyed for want of judgment (Proverbs 13:23).

A king who sits in the throne of judgment scatters away all evil with his eyes (Proverbs 20:8).

Also, to punish the righteous is not good, nor to strike princes for their uprightness (Proverbs 17:26).

It is not good to show partiality to the wicked, or to overthrow the righteous in judgment (Proverbs 18:5).

The righteous man walks in his integrity; His children are blessed after him (Proverbs 20:7).

And again I saw under the sun the place of judgment, that wickedness was there; and in the place of righteousness, that wickedness was there (Ecclesiastes 3:16).

World's Wit and Wisdom

When you win you're an old pro.
When you lose, you're an old man.

Charley Connerly

When I was losing, they called me nuts.
When I was winning, they called me eccentric.

Al McGuire

If your idea succeeds, everybody says you're
persistent. If it doesn't succeed, you're stubborn.

Judah Folkman

He who keeps his command will experience nothing harmful; And a wise man's heart discerns both time and judgment, because for every matter there is a time . . . (Ecclesiastes 8:5 - 6).

He who answers a matter before he hears it, it is folly and shame to him (Proverbs 18:13).

The first one to plead his cause seems right, until his neighbor comes and examines him (Proverbs 18:17).

Rejoice, O young man, in your youth, and let your heart cheer you in the days of your youth; Walk in the ways of your heart, and in the sight of your eyes; But know that for all these God will bring you into judgment (Ecclesiastes 11:9).

A divine sentence is in the lips of the king: his mouth transgresseth not in judgment (Proverbs 16:10).

Diverse weights and diverse measures, they are both alike, an abomination to the Lord (Proverbs 20:10).

If you refuse to listen to the cry of the poor, your own cry for help will not be heard (Proverbs 21:13).

Prejudice is wrong. But some judges will do wrong to get even the smallest bribe (Proverbs 28:21).

Open your mouth for the speechless, in the cause of all who are appointed to die. Open your mouth, judge righteously, and plead the cause of the poor and needy (Proverbs 31:8 - 9).

A wicked man taketh a gift out of the bosom to pervert the ways of judgment (Proverbs 17:23).

These things also are for the wise: To have respect of persons in judgment is not good. He who says to the wicked, "You are righteous," the people shall curse him and nations shall abhor him (Proverbs 24:23 - 24).