Proverbs 17:15 - Revised Standard Version He who justifies the wicked and he who condemns the righteous are both alike an abomination to the Lord. Tuilleadh leaganachaKing James Version (Oxford) 1769 He that justifieth the wicked, and he that condemneth the just, Even they both are abomination to the LORD. Amplified Bible - Classic Edition He who justifies the wicked and he who condemns the righteous are both an abomination [exceedingly disgusting and hateful] to the Lord. [Exod. 23:7; Prov. 24:24; Isa. 5:23.] American Standard Version (1901) He that justifieth the wicked, and he that condemneth the righteous, Both of them alike are an abomination to Jehovah. Common English Bible Judging the righteous wicked and the wicked righteous— the LORD detests both of these. Catholic Public Domain Version Those who justify the impious, and those who condemn the just, both are abominable with God. Douay-Rheims version of The Bible - 1752 version He that justifieth the wicked, and he that condemneth the just, both are abominable before God. |
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.
They band together against the life of the righteous, and condemn the innocent to death.
Keep far from a false charge, and do not slay the innocent and righteous, for I will not acquit the wicked.
A false balance is an abomination to the Lord, but a just weight is his delight.
The sacrifice of the wicked is an abomination to the Lord, but the prayer of the upright is his delight.
To impose a fine on a righteous man is not good; to flog noble men is wrong.
It is not good to be partial to a wicked man, or to deprive a righteous man of justice.
lest they drink and forget what has been decreed, and pervert the rights of all the afflicted.
There are six things which the Lord hates, seven which are an abomination to him:
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!
who acquit the guilty for a bribe, and deprive the innocent of his right!
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.
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.
O you who turn justice to wormwood, and cast down righteousness to the earth!
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—
And to one who does not work but trusts him who justifies the ungodly, his faith is reckoned as righteousness.
“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,
You have condemned, you have killed the righteous man; he does not resist you.