Proverbs 17:15
BSB · Public Domain (CC0)“Acquitting the guilty and condemning the righteous— both are detestable to the LORD.”
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“Acquitting the guilty and condemning the righteous— both are detestable to the LORD.”
Berean Standard Bible · Public Domain (CC0)“He that justifieth the wicked, and he that condemneth the just, even they both are abomination to the Lord.”
King James Version · Public Domain“He that justifieth the wicked, and he that condemneth the righteous, Both of them alike are an abomination to Jehovah.”
American Standard Version · Public Domain“Whoso is justifying the wicked, And condemning the righteous, Even both of these <FI>are<Fi> an abomination to Jehovah.”
Young's Literal Translation · Public DomainOther passages that echo Proverbs 17:15 — 19 related verses from the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge.
- Exodus 23:7Stay far away from a false accusation. Do not kill the innocent or the just, for I will not acquit the guilty.
- Deuteronomy 25:1If there is a dispute between men, they are to go to court to be judged, so that the innocent may be acquitted and the guilty condemned.
- 1 Kings 21:13And the two scoundrels came in and sat opposite Naboth, and these men testified against him before the people, saying, “Naboth has cursed both God and the king!” So they took him outside the city and stoned him to death.
- Proverbs 6:16There are six things that the LORD hates, seven that are detestable to Him:
- Proverbs 11:1Dishonest scales are an abomination to the LORD, but an accurate weight is His delight.
- Proverbs 15:8The sacrifice of the wicked is detestable to the LORD, but the prayer of the upright is His delight.
- Proverbs 18:5Showing partiality to the wicked is not good, nor is depriving the innocent of justice.
- Proverbs 24:23These also are sayings of the wise: To show partiality in judgment is not good.
- Proverbs 24:24Whoever tells the guilty, “You are innocent”— peoples will curse him, and nations will denounce him;
- Isaiah 5:23who acquit the guilty for a bribe and deprive the innocent of justice.
- Isaiah 55:8“For My thoughts are not your thoughts, neither are your ways My ways,” declares the LORD.
- Ezekiel 13:19You have profaned Me among My people for handfuls of barley and scraps of bread. By lying to My people who would listen, you have killed those who should not have died and spared those who should not have lived.
- Ezekiel 22:27Her officials within her are like wolves tearing their prey, shedding blood, and destroying lives for dishonest gain.
- Amos 5:7There are those who turn justice into wormwood and cast righteousness to the ground.
- Amos 5:12For I know that your transgressions are many and your sins are numerous. You oppress the righteous by taking bribes; you deprive the poor of justice in the gate.
- Amos 6:12“Do horses gallop on the cliffs? Does one plow the sea with oxen? But you have turned justice into poison and the fruit of righteousness into wormwood—
- Luke 23:18But they all cried out in unison: “Away with this man! Release Barabbas to us!”
- Romans 4:5However, to the one who does not work, but believes in Him who justifies the wicked, his faith is credited as righteousness.
- James 5:6You have condemned and murdered the righteous, who did not resist you.
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