Proverbs 17:15

The Scriptures 1998

He who declares the wrong right, And he who condemns the righteous, Both of them are an abomination to יהוה.

Cross References

Exodus 23:7

“Keep yourself far from a false matter, and do not kill the innocent and the righteous, for I do not declare the wrong right.

Isaiah 5:23

who declare right the wrong for a bribe, and the righteousness of the righteous they turn aside from him!

Proverbs 18:5

It is not good to show partiality to the wrong, Or to turn aside the righteous in right-ruling.

Amos 6:12

Do horses run on a rock? Does one plough it with oxen? For you have turned right-ruling into poison, and the fruit of righteousness into wormwood,

Proverbs 15:8

The slaughtering of the wrong ones Is an abomination to יהוה, But the prayer of the straight is His delight.

James 5:6

You have condemned, you have murdered the righteous – he does not resist you.

Romans 4:5

And to him who is not working but believes on Him who is declaring right the wicked, his belief is reckoned for righteousness,

Amos 5:12

For I know your transgressions are many and your sins are great, afflicting the righteous and accepting bribes, and turning aside the poor at the gate.

Amos 5:7

“O you who are turning right-ruling to wormwood, and have cast down righteousness to the earth!”

Proverbs 6:16

These six matters יהוה  hates, And seven are an abomination to Him:

1 Kings 21:13

And the men, sons of Beliyaʽ

Proverbs 11:1

A false scale is an abomination to יהוה, But a perfect weight is His delight.

Psalm 94:21

They band together against the life of the righteous, And declare innocent blood wrong.

Proverbs 17:26

It is also not good to punish the righteous one, To smite noble ones for straightness.

Proverbs 31:5

Lest they drink and forget the law, And pervert the right of all the afflicted.

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!

Lamentations 3:35

To turn aside the right-ruling of man Before the face of the Most High,

Deuteronomy 25:1

“When there is a dispute between men, then they shall come unto judgment, and they shall be judged, and the righteous declared righteous and the wrongdoer declared wrong.

Ezekiel 13:19

“And you have profaned Me among My people for handfuls of barley and for pieces of bread, to put to death beings that should not die, and to keep alive beings who should not live, by your lying to My people who listen to lies!”