Proverbs 24:24

Easy To Read Version

People will turn against a judge that tells a guilty person that he can go free. Even people from other nations will say bad things against that judge.

Cross References

Proverbs 11:26

People become angry at a greedy man who refuses to sell his grain. But they are happy with a man who sells his grain to feed other people.

Proverbs 17:15

The Lord hates these two things—punishing someone that has done nothing wrong, and forgiving someone that is guilty.

Proverbs 28:27

Then there will be plenty of goat milk for you and your family and enough to keep servant girls healthy.

Proverbs 30:10

Never say bad things against a servant to his master. If you do, the master will not believe you. He will think you are guilty.

Isaiah 5:20

Those people say that good things are bad, and bad things are good. Those people think light is darkness, and darkness is light. Those people think sour is sweet, and sweet is sour.

Isaiah 5:23

And if you pay those people money, they will forgive a criminal. But they don’t allow good people to be judged fairly.

Isaiah 66:24

“\{These people will be in my holy city.\} And if they go out \{of the city\} they will see the dead bodies of the people that sinned against me. \{There will be worms in those bodies\}—and the worms will never die. \{Fires will burn those bodies\}—and the fires will never stop.”