Proverbs 17:15

New American Bible - revised edition

Whoever acquits the wicked, whoever condemns the just— both are an abomination to the Lord.

Cross References

1 Kings 21:13

Two scoundrels came in and sat opposite Naboth, and the scoundrels accused him in the presence of the people, “Naboth has cursed God and king.” And they led him out of the city and stoned him to death.

Psalm 94:21

Those who conspire against the just and condemn the innocent to death?

Exodus 23:7

You shall keep away from anything dishonest. The innocent and the just you shall not put to death, for I will not acquit the guilty.

Proverbs 11:1

False scales are an abomination to the Lord, but an honest weight, his delight.

Proverbs 15:8

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

Proverbs 17:26

It is wrong to fine an innocent person, but beyond reason to scourge nobles.

Proverbs 18:5

It is not good to favor the guilty, nor to reject the claim of the just.

Proverbs 31:5

Lest in drinking they forget what has been decreed, and violate the rights of any who are in need.

Proverbs 6:16

There are six things the Lord hates, yes, seven are an abomination to him;

Isaiah 5:20

Ah! Those who call evil good, and good evil, who change darkness to light, and light into darkness, who change bitter to sweet, and sweet into bitter!

Isaiah 5:23

Those who acquit the guilty for bribes, and deprive the innocent of justice!

Lamentations 3:35

Or denies justice to anyone in the very sight of the Most High,

Ezekiel 13:19

You have profaned me among my people for handfuls of barley and crumbs of bread, slaying those who should not be slain, and keeping alive those who should not live, lying to my people, who listen to lies.

Amos 5:12

Yes, I know how many are your crimes, how grievous your sins: Oppressing the just, accepting bribes, turning away the needy at the gate.

Amos 5:7

Woe to those who turn justice into wormwood and cast righteousness to the ground,

Amos 6:12

Can horses run over rock, or can one plow the sea with oxen? Yet you have turned justice into gall, and the fruit of righteousness into wormwood,

Romans 4:5

But when one does not work, yet believes in the one who justifies the ungodly, his faith is credited as righteousness.

Deuteronomy 25:1

When there is a dispute and the parties draw near for judgment, and a decision is given, declaring one party in the right and the other in the wrong,

James 5:6

You have condemned; you have murdered the righteous one; he offers you no resistance. Patience and Oaths.