Proverbs 17:15

Revised Standard Version (RSV-CI)

He who justifies the wicked and he who condemns the righteous are both alike an abomination to the Lord.

Cross References

1 Kings 21:13

And the two base fellows came in and sat opposite him; and the base fellows brought a charge against Naboth, in the presence of the people, saying, “Naboth cursed God and the king.” So they took him outside the city, and stoned him to death with stones.

Psalm 94:21

They band together against the life of the righteous, and condemn the innocent to death.

Exodus 23:7

Keep far from a false charge, and do not slay the innocent and righteous, for I will not acquit the wicked.

Proverbs 11:1

A false balance is an abomination to the Lord, but a just weight is 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

To impose a fine on a righteous man is not good; to flog noble men is wrong.

Proverbs 18:5

It is not good to be partial to a wicked man, or to deprive a righteous man of justice.

Proverbs 31:5

lest they drink and forget what has been decreed, and pervert the rights of all the afflicted.

Proverbs 6:16

There are six things which the Lord hates, seven which are an abomination to him:

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!

Isaiah 5:23

who acquit the guilty for a bribe, and deprive the innocent of his right!

Lamentations 3:35

to turn aside the right of a man in the presence of the Most High,

Ezekiel 13:19

You have profaned me among my people for handfuls of barley and for pieces of bread, putting to death persons who should not die and keeping alive persons who should not live, by your lies to my people, who listen to lies.

Amos 5:12

For I know how many are your transgressions, and how great are your sins— you who afflict the righteous, who take a bribe, and turn aside the needy in the gate.

Amos 5:7

O you who turn justice to wormwood, and cast down righteousness to the earth!

Amos 6:12

Do horses run upon rocks? Does one plow the sea with oxen? But you have turned justice into poison and the fruit of righteousness into wormwood—

Romans 4:5

And to one who does not work but trusts him who justifies the ungodly, his faith is reckoned as righteousness.

Deuteronomy 25:1

“If there is a dispute between men, and they come into court, and the judges decide between them, acquitting the innocent and condemning the guilty,

James 5:6

You have condemned, you have killed the righteous man; he does not resist you.