John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Proverbs 28:21
To have respect of persons is not good , &c.; In courts of judicature, to give a cause or pass sentence in favour of a person, because he is rich, or is a relation, a friend, an acquaintance, or has done a kindness; and against another, because of the reverse, Leviticus 19:15 ; nor in religious assemblies, making a difference between the rich and the poor, James 2:1 ; this is not good in itself, nor productive of good effects, and cannot be well pleasing to God, who himself is no... read more
Matthew Henry's Complete Commentary - Proverbs 28:21
Note, 1. It is a fundamental error in the administration of justice, and that which cannot but lead men to abundance of transgression, to consider the parties concerned more than the merits of the cause, so as to favour one because he is a gentleman, a scholar, my countryman, my old acquaintance, has formerly done me a kindness, or may do me one, or is of my party and persuasion, and to bear hard on the other party because he is a stranger, a poor man, has done me an ill turn, is or has been... read more