Proverbs 17:15

New Century Version

The Lord hates both of these things: freeing the guilty and punishing the innocent.

Cross References

1 Kings 21:13

Two troublemakers sat across from Naboth and said in front of everybody that they had heard him speak against God and the king. So the people carried Naboth out of the city and killed him with stones.

Psalm 94:21

They join forces against people who do right and sentence to death the innocent.

Exodus 23:7

You must not lie when you accuse someone in court. Never allow an innocent or honest person to be put to death as punishment, because I will not treat guilty people as if they were innocent.

Proverbs 11:1

The Lord hates dishonest scales, but he is pleased with honest weights.

Proverbs 15:8

The Lord hates the sacrifice that the wicked offer, but he likes the prayers of honest people.

Proverbs 17:26

It is not good to punish the innocent or to beat leaders for being honest.

Proverbs 18:5

It is not good to honor the wicked or to be unfair to the innocent.

Proverbs 31:5

If they drink, they might forget the law and keep the needy from getting their rights.

Proverbs 6:16

There are six things the Lord hates. There are seven things he cannot stand:

Isaiah 5:20

How terrible it will be for people who call good things bad and bad things good, who think darkness is light and light is darkness, who think sour is sweet and sweet is sour.

Isaiah 5:23

They take money to set the guilty free and don’t allow good people to be judged fairly.

Lamentations 3:35

he sees if someone is treated unfairly before the Most High God;

Ezekiel 13:19

For handfuls of barley and pieces of bread, you have dishonored me among my people. By lying to my people, who listen to lies, you have killed people who should not die, and you have kept alive those who should not live.

Amos 5:12

I know your many crimes, your terrible sins. You hurt people who do right, you take money to do wrong, and you keep the poor from getting justice in court.

Amos 5:7

You turn justice upside down, and you throw on the ground what is right.

Amos 6:12

Horses do not run on rocks, and people do not plow rocks with oxen. But you have changed fairness into poison; you have changed what is right into a bitter taste.

Romans 4:5

But people cannot do any work that will make them right with God. So they must trust in him, who makes even evil people right in his sight. Then God accepts their faith, and that makes them right with him.

Deuteronomy 25:1

If two people have an argument and go to court, the judges will decide the case. They will declare one person right and the other guilty.

James 5:6

You have judged guilty and then murdered innocent people, who were not against you.