Proverbs 17:15 - Hebrew Names version (HNV)

¹⁵ He who justifies the wicked, and he who condemns the righteous, both of them alike are an abomination to the LORD.

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King James Version (Oxford) 1769

¹⁵ He that justifieth the wicked, and he that condemneth the just, Even they both are abomination to the LORD.

Amplified Bible - Classic Edition

¹⁵ He who justifies the wicked and he who condemns the righteous are both an abomination [exceedingly disgusting and hateful] to the Lord. [Exod. 23:7; Prov. 24:24; Isa. 5:23.]

American Standard Version (1901)

¹⁵ He that justifieth the wicked, and he that condemneth the righteous, Both of them alike are an abomination to Jehovah.

Common English Bible

¹⁵ Judging the righteous wicked and the wicked righteous— the LORD detests both of these.

Catholic Public Domain Version

¹⁵ Those who justify the impious, and those who condemn the just, both are abominable with God.

Proverbs 17:15 Cross References

1 Kings 21:13

The two men, the base fellows, came in and sat before him: and the base fellows bore witness against him, even against Navot, in the presence of the people, saying, Navot did curse God and the king. Then they carried him forth out of the city, and stoned him to death with stones.

Psalm 94:21

They gather themselves together against the soul of the righteous, and condemn the innocent blood.

Exodus 23:7

*Keep far from a false charge, and don't kill the innocent and righteous: for I will not justify the wicked.

Proverbs 11:1

A false balance is an abomination to the LORD, but accurate weights are his delight.

Proverbs 15:8

The sacrifice made by the wicked is an abomination to the LORD, but the prayer of the upright is his delight.

Proverbs 17:26

Also to punish the righteous is not good, nor to flog officials for their integrity.

Proverbs 18:5

To be partial to the faces of the wicked is not good, nor to deprive the innocent of justice.

Proverbs 31:5

lest they drink, and forget the law, and pervert the justice due to anyone who is afflicted.

Proverbs 6:16

There are six things which the LORD hates; yes, seven which are an abomination to him:

Isaiah 5:20

Woe to those who call evil good, and good evil; who put darkness for light, and light for darkness; who put bitter for sweet, and sweet for bitter!

Isaiah 5:23

who acquit the guilty for a bribe, but deny justice for the innocent!

Lamentations 3:35

To turn aside the right of a man before the face of the Elyon,

Ezekiel 13:19

You have profaned me among my people for handfuls of barley and for pieces of bread, to kill the souls who should not die, and to save the souls alive who should not live, by your lying to my people who listen to lies.

Amos 5:12

For I know how many your offenses, and how great are your sins-- you who afflict the just, who take a bribe, and who turn aside the needy in the courts.

Amos 5:7

You who turn justice to wormwood, and cast down righteousness to the earth:

Amos 6:12

Do horses run on the rocky crags? Does one plow there with oxen? But you have turned justice into poison, and the fruit of righteousness into bitterness;

Romans 4:5

But to him who doesn't work, but believes in him who justifies the ungodly, his faith is accounted for righteousness.

Deuteronomy 25:1

If there be a controversy between men, and they come to judgment, and [the judges] judge them; then they shall justify the righteous, and condemn the wicked;

James 5:6

You have condemned, you have murdered the righteous one. He doesn't resist you.