John Trapp on Proverbs 18:5

Verſ. 5 It is not good to accept the perſon of the wicked] Indeed, it is ſo bad, as can hardly bee expreſſed, and is therefore here ſet forth by the figure Liptote, which is ſay Grammarians, cum minus dicitur, plus intelligitur, when little is ſaid, Ʋt ap. Virgil. Nec nulla innata eſt inaratae gratia terra. Georg. 2. but more is underſtood. This accepting of perſons, declared here to bee ſo very naught, is either in paſſing ſentence of judgement, of which ſee Levit. 19.15. with the Note; or otherwiſe in common converſation, of which read Jam. 2.1, 2, 3, 4. with the Note.

To overthrow the righteous in judgement] Which is the eaſilier done, becauſe they cannot quarrel and contend, as the wicked can. The fools lips enter into contention, verſ. 6. they have an art in it, they are dexterous at it, it is their trade and ſtudy to brabble and wrangle, to ſet a good face upon an ill matter, to rail and out-brave, to ſet men further at oddes, and to imbitter their ſpirits one againſt another. This is a trick they have learned of their father the Devil; and this their graceleſs ſpeeches do as directly tend unto, as if they had legs to go unto contention.