Proverbs 17:15

The Passion Translation

There is nothing God hates more than condemning the one who is innocent and acquitting the one who is guilty.

Cross References

Psalm 94:21

For they gang up against the lovers of righteousness and condemn the innocent to death.

Proverbs 11:1

Dishonest business practice is something that Yahweh truly hates. But it pleases him when we apply the right standards of measurement.

Proverbs 15:8

It is despicable to the Lord when people use the worship of the Almighty as a cloak for their sin, but every prayer of the righteous is pleasing to his heart.

Proverbs 17:26

It’s horrible to persecute a holy lover of God or to strike an honorable man for his integrity!

Proverbs 18:5

It is atrocious when judges show favor to the guilty and deprive the innocent of justice.

Proverbs 31:5

For when they drink they forget justice and ignore the rights of those in need, those who depend on them for leadership.

Proverbs 6:16

There are six evils God truly hates and a seventh that is an abomination to him:

Isaiah 5:20

Woe to those who call evil good and good evil, who replace darkness with light and light with darkness, who replace bitter with sweet and sweet with bitter.

Isaiah 5:23

judges and politicians who acquit the guilty for a bribe and take away the rights of the innocent.

Lamentations 3:35

to violate human rights in the presence of the Most High,

Ezekiel 13:19

You have dishonored my name among my people for a few handfuls of barley and a few pieces of bread. You put to death people who should not have died and kept alive people who should not have lived, because you lied to my people, and they listened to your lies!

Romans 4:5

But no one earns God’s righteousness. It can only be transferred when we no longer rely on our own works, but believe in the one who powerfully declares the ungodly to be righteous in his eyes. It is faith that transfers God’s righteousness into your account!

James 5:6

You have condemned and murdered good and innocent people who had no power to defend themselves.