Proverbs 24:24

The Passion Translation

If you say to the guilty, “You are innocent,” the nation will curse you and the people will revile you.

Cross References

Proverbs 11:26

People will curse the businessman with no ethics, but the one with a social conscience receives praise from all.

Proverbs 17:15

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

Proverbs 28:27

You will never go without if you give to the poor. But if you’re heartless, stingy, and selfish, you invite curses upon yourself.

Proverbs 30:10

Never defame a servant before his master, for you will be the guilty one and a curse will come upon you.

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.

Isaiah 66:24

“They will go out of the city and see the dead bodies of those who rebelled against me. For their worm will not die and their fire will never go out. And they will be abhorrent to humanity.”

Ezekiel 13:22

By your lies you have made righteous people greatly discouraged (although I have not discouraged them). And by your lies you have encouraged the wicked not to repent from their wicked ways and save their lives.