Proverbs 24:24 - New Revised Standard Version Updated Edition 2021

²⁴ Whoever says to the wicked, “You are innocent,” will be cursed by peoples, abhorred by nations,

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King James Version (Oxford) 1769

²⁴ He that saith unto the wicked, Thou art righteous; Him shall the people curse, nations shall abhor him:

Amplified Bible - Classic Edition

²⁴ He who says to the wicked, You are righteous and innocent–peoples will curse him, nations will defy and abhor him.

American Standard Version (1901)

²⁴ He that saith unto the wicked, Thou art righteous, Peoples shall curse him, nations shall abhor him;

Common English Bible

²⁴ Those who say to the guilty, “You are innocent”— the people will curse them. Nations will condemn them.

Catholic Public Domain Version

²⁴ Those who say to the impious, "You are just," shall be cursed by the people, and the tribes shall detest them.

Douay-Rheims version of The Bible - 1752 version

²⁴ They that say to the wicked man: Thou art just: shall be cursed by the people, and the tribes shall abhor them.

Proverbs 24:24 Cross References

Proverbs 11:26

The people curse those who hold back grain, but a blessing is on the head of those who sell it.

Proverbs 17:15

One who justifies the wicked and one who condemns the righteous are both alike an abomination to the Lord.

Proverbs 28:27

Whoever gives to the poor will lack nothing, but one who turns a blind eye will get many a curse.

Proverbs 30:10

Do not slander a servant to a master, lest the servant curse you, and you be held guilty.

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 and deprive the innocent of their rights!

Isaiah 66:24

And they shall go out and look at the dead bodies of the people who have rebelled against me, for their worm shall not die, their fire shall not be quenched, and they shall be an abhorrence to all flesh.

Ezekiel 13:22

Because you have disheartened the righteous falsely, although I have not disheartened them, and you have encouraged the wicked not to turn from their wicked way and save their lives,