Proverbs 17:15

Christian Standard Bible Anglicised

Acquitting the guilty and condemning the just   – both are detestable to the  Lord.

Cross References

Exodus 23:7

Stay far away from a false accusation. Do not kill the innocent and the just, because I will not justify the guilty.

Isaiah 5:23

who acquit the guilty for a bribe and deprive the innocent of justice.

Proverbs 18:5

It is not good to show partiality to the guilty, denying an innocent person justice.

Amos 6:12

Do horses gallop on the cliffs? Does anyone plough there with oxen? Yet you have turned justice into poison and the fruit of righteousness into wormwood   –

Proverbs 15:8

The sacrifice of the wicked is detestable to the  Lord, but the prayer of the upright is his delight.

James 5:6

You have condemned, you have murdered the righteous, who does not resist you.

Romans 4:5

But to the one who does not work, but believes on him who justifies the ungodly,  his faith is credited for righteousness.

Amos 5:12

For I know that your crimes are many and your sins innumerable. They oppress the righteous,  take a bribe, and deprive the poor of justice  at the city gates.

Amos 5:7

Those who turn justice into wormwood also throw righteousness to the ground.

Proverbs 6:16

The Lord hates six things; in fact, seven are detestable to him:

1 Kings 21:13

The two wicked men came in and sat opposite him. Then the wicked men testified against Naboth in the presence of the people, saying, ‘Naboth has cursed God and the king! ’ So they took him outside the city and stoned him to death with stones.

Proverbs 11:1

Dishonest scales are detestable to the  Lord, but an accurate weight is his delight.

Proverbs 17:26

It is certainly not good to fine an innocent person or to beat a noble for his honesty.  ,

Proverbs 31:5

Otherwise, he will drink, forget what is decreed, and pervert justice for all the oppressed.  ,

Isaiah 5:20

Woe to those who call evil good and good evil, who substitute darkness for light and light for darkness, who substitute bitter for sweet and sweet for bitter.

Lamentations 3:35

denying justice to a man in the presence of the Most High,

Deuteronomy 25:1

‘If there is a dispute between men, they are to go to court, and the judges will hear their case. They will clear the innocent and condemn the guilty.

Ezekiel 13:19

You profane me among my people for handfuls of barley  and scraps of bread; you put those to death who should not die and spare those who should not live, when you lie to my people, who listen to lies.