Proverbs 17:15

Hebrew Names version (HNV)

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

Cross References

Exodus 23:7

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

Isaiah 5:23

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

Proverbs 18:5

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

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;

Proverbs 15:8

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

James 5:6

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

Romans 4:5

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

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:

Proverbs 6:16

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

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.

Proverbs 11:1

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

Psalm 94:21

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

Proverbs 17:26

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

Proverbs 31:5

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

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!

Lamentations 3:35

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

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;

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.