Proverbs 17:15

King James 2000

He that justifies the wicked, and he that condemns the just, even they both are abomination to the LORD.

Cross References

Exodus 23:7

Keep far from a false matter; and the innocent and righteous slay you not: for I will not justify the wicked.

Isaiah 5:23

Who justify the wicked for a bribe, and take away the justice of the righteous from him!

Proverbs 18:5

It is not good to be partial to the wicked, or to overthrow the righteous in judgment.

Amos 6:12

Shall horses run upon the rock? will one plow there with oxen? for you have turned justice into gall, and the fruit of righteousness into hemlock:

Proverbs 15:8

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

James 5:6

You have condemned and killed the just; and he does not resist you.

Romans 4:5

But to him that works not, but believes on him that justifies the ungodly, his faith is counted for righteousness.

Amos 5:12

For I know your manifold transgressions, and your mighty sins: they afflict the just, they take a bribe, and they turn aside the poor in the gate from their right.

Amos 5:7

You who turn justice to wormwood, and leave off righteousness in the earth,

Proverbs 6:16

These six things does the LORD hate: yea, seven are an abomination unto him:

1 Kings 21:13

And there came in two men, children of Belial, and sat before him: and the men of Belial witnessed against him, even against Naboth, in the presence of the people, saying, Naboth did blaspheme God and the king. Then they carried him forth out of the city, and stoned him with stones, so that he died.

Proverbs 11:1

A false balance is abomination to the LORD: but a just weight is 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 just is not good, nor to flog princes for their integrity.

Proverbs 31:5

Lest they drink, and forget the law, and pervert the justice of any of the afflicted.

Isaiah 5:20

Woe unto them that call evil good, and good evil; that put darkness for light, and light for darkness; that put bitter for sweet, and sweet for bitter!

Lamentations 3:35

To turn aside the right of a man before the face of the most High,

Deuteronomy 25:1

If there is a controversy between men, and they come unto judgment, that the judges may judge them; then they shall justify the righteous, and condemn the wicked.

Ezekiel 13:19

And will you profane me among my people for handfuls of barley and for pieces of bread, to slay the souls that should not die, and to save the souls alive that should not live, by your lying to my people that hear your lies?