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Louis Segond 1910
Il n'est pas bon d'avoir égard à la personne du méchant, Pour faire tort au juste dans le jugement.
KJV
[It is] not good to accept the person of the wicked, to overthrow the righteous in judgment.
[It is] not good to accept the person of the wicked, to overthrow the righteous in judgment.
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y. Therefore in judicial sentences respect of persons is not a sin. On the contrary, It is written ( Prov. 18:5 ): "It is not good to accept the person in judgment [*Vulg.: 'It is not good to accept the person of the wicked, to decline from the truth of judgment.']." I answer tha…
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Patrologia Latina Vol. 89 (Migne)
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Patrologia Latina Vol. 130 (Migne)
V, 33) .» «Accipere enim personam [Col. 0660B] impii non est bonum, ut declines a veritate judicii (Prov. XVIII, 5) .» Sin minus illicita sunt haec, pateat nobis talis omnibus licentia, beatissime Pater, aut si liceat hos vel aliquos etiam minorum graduum clericos nisi canonice…
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