Proverbs 24:25 (BSB)

but it will go well with those who convict the guilty, and rich blessing will come upon them.

From Proverbs 24. Also in the ESV.

Commentary on Proverbs 24:25

  • Matthew Henry (Presbyterian), Matthew Henry's Complete Commentary on Proverbs 24:23-26: Here are lessons for wise men, that is, judges and princes. As subjects must do their duty, and be obedient to magistrates, so magistrates must do their duty in administering justice to their subjects, both in pleas of the crown and causes between party and party. These are lessons for them. 1.
  • John Gill (Reformed Baptist), Exposition of the Old and New Testaments on Proverbs 24:25: Every man shall kiss his lips that giveth a right answer. Either as a witness to a question put to him in court, to which he answers aptly and uprightly; or rather as a judge, who, having heard a cause, answers and gives his opinion of it faithfully, and pronounces a righteous sentence; everyone will love and respect him, and hearken to him and obey...
  • Keil & Delitzsch (Lutheran), Biblical Commentary on the Old Testament on Proverbs 24:23-25: Pro 24:23-25 The curse of partiality and the blessing of impartiality: Respect of persons in judgment is by no means good: 24 He that saith to the guilty, “Thou art in the right,” Him the people curse, nations detest. 25 But to them who rightly decide, it is well, And upon them cometh blessing with good.