Proverbs 17:15 - English Standard Version 2016

¹⁵ He who justifies the wicked and he who condemns the righteous are both alike an abomination to the Lord.

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King James Version (Oxford) 1769

¹⁵ He that justifieth the wicked, and he that condemneth the just, Even they both are abomination to the LORD.

Amplified Bible - Classic Edition

¹⁵ 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)

¹⁵ He that justifieth the wicked, and he that condemneth the righteous, Both of them alike are an abomination to Jehovah.

Common English Bible

¹⁵ Judging the righteous wicked and the wicked righteous— the LORD detests both of these.

Catholic Public Domain Version

¹⁵ Those who justify the impious, and those who condemn the just, both are abominable with God.

Proverbs 17:15 Marejeleo ya Msalaba

1 Kings 21:13

And the two worthless men came in and sat opposite him. And the worthless men 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 kill 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 acceptable to him.

Proverbs 17:26

To impose a fine on a righteous man is not good, nor to strike the noble for their uprightness.

Proverbs 18:5

It is not good to be partial to the wicked or to deprive the righteous 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 that the Lord hates, seven that 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 deny a man justice 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 souls who should not die and keeping alive souls who should not live, by your lying 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 on rocks? Does one plow there with oxen? But you have turned justice into poison and the fruit of righteousness into wormwood—

Romans 4:5

And to the one who does not work but believes in him who justifies the ungodly, his faith is counted 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 and murdered the righteous person. He does not resist you.