Proverbs 17:15

Bishops' Bible (1568)

The Lorde hateth as well hym that iustifieth the vngodly, as him that condempneth the innocent.

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  • Isa 5:23 : 23 Wo be vnto them that geue sentence with the vngodly for rewardes, but condempne the iust cause of the ryghteous.
  • Exod 23:7 : 7 Kepe thee farre from a false matter, and the innocent and righteous see thou slay not: for I wyll not iustifie the wicked.
  • Prov 18:5 : 5 It is not good to regarde the person of the vngodly, to ouerthrowe the righteous in iudgement.
  • Prov 24:23-24 : 23 It is not good to haue respect of any person in iudgement. 24 He that saith to the vngodly thou art righteous, hym shall the people curse, yea the comminaltie shall abhorre him:
  • Prov 15:8 : 8 The Lorde abhorreth the sacrifice of the vngodly: but the prayer of the righteous is acceptable vnto hym.
  • 1 Kgs 21:13 : 13 And there came in two men the children of Belial, and sate before him: And the two vnthriftie persons witnessed against Naboth in the presence of the people, saying: Naboth dyd blaspheme God and the king. And they caried him out of the citie, & stoned him with stones, that he died.
  • Prov 6:16 : 16 These sixe thinges doth the Lorde hate, and the seuenth he vtterly abhorreth:
  • Isa 55:8-9 : 8 For thus saith ye Lord: My thoughtes are not your thoughtes, & your wayes are not my wayes. 9 But as farre as the heauens are hyer then the earth: so farre do my wayes exceede yours, & my thoughtes yours.
  • Ezek 22:27-29 : 27 Thy rulers in thee are lyke woolues rauenyng the pray, to shed blood, and destroy soules, for their owne couetous lucre. 28 As for her prophetes, they daube with vntempered morter, they see vanities, and diuine lyes vnto them, saying, The Lorde saith so: wheras the Lorde hath not spoken. 29 The people in the lande vsed wicked extortion and robbery, they vexe the poore and needy, and oppresse the straunger agaynst right.
  • Amos 5:7 : 7 They turne iudgement to wormewood, and forsake righteousnesse in the earth.
  • Amos 5:12 : 12 For I knowe your manyfolde transgressions, and your mightie sinnes: they afflict the iust, they take rewardes, and they oppresse the poore in the gate.
  • Amos 6:12 : 12 Shal horses run vpo the rocke? or wil one plowe there with oxen? for ye haue turned iudgement into gall, & the fruite of righteousnesse into wormewood.
  • Luke 23:18-25 : 18 And all the people cryed at once, saying: Away with him, and deliuer to vs Barabbas. 19 Which for a certaine insurrection made in the citie, and for murther, was cast in pryson. 20 Pilate spake agayne to them, wyllyng to let Iesus loose. 21 But they cryed, saying: Crucifie hym, crucifie hym. 22 He sayde vnto them the thirde tyme: What euyll hath he done? I finde no cause of death in hym, I wyll therefore chasten hym, and let hym go. 23 And they were instant with loude voyces, requiring that he might be crucified. And the voyces of them, and of the hye priestes preuayled. 24 And Pilate gaue sentence, that it should be as they required. 25 And he let loose vnto them, him that for insurrection and murther was caste into prison, whom they had desired, & he deliuered vnto them Iesus, to do with hym what they woulde.
  • Rom 4:5 : 5 To hym that worketh not, but beleueth on hym that iustifieth the vngodly, his fayth is counted for ryghteousnes.
  • Jas 5:6 : 6 Ye haue condempned and kylled the iust, and he hath not resisted you.
  • Prov 11:1 : 1 A false ballaunce is an abomination vnto the Lorde: but a true wayght pleaseth him.

Similar Verses (AI)

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  • 27The righteous abhorreth the vngodlye: and the wicked hateth hym that is in the ryght way.

  • 23Wo be vnto them that geue sentence with the vngodly for rewardes, but condempne the iust cause of the ryghteous.

  • Prov 15:8-9
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    8The Lorde abhorreth the sacrifice of the vngodly: but the prayer of the righteous is acceptable vnto hym.

    9The way of the vngodly is an abhomination vnto the Lorde: but who so foloweth righteousnesse, him he loueth.

  • 16For all that do such thynges, and all that do vnright, are abhomination vnto the Lorde thy God.

  • 24He that saith to the vngodly thou art righteous, hym shall the people curse, yea the comminaltie shall abhorre him:

  • 20The Lorde abhorreth them that be of a corrupt heart: but he hath pleasure in them that are of an vndefiled conuersation.

  • 1If there be strife betweene men, they shall come vnto the lawe, and let the Iudges geue sentence betwene them: and iustifie the righteous, & condemne the vngodly.

  • 17May he be a ruler that loueth not right? or may he that is a very innocent man do vngodly?

  • 1A false ballaunce is an abomination vnto the Lorde: but a true wayght pleaseth him.

  • 10Two maner of wayghtes or two maner of measures, both these are abhomination vnto the Lorde.

  • 17Ye haue weeryed the Lord with your wordes, and you haue sayde, Wherein haue we weeried him? Whylest you say, Euery one that doth euil, is good in the sight of the Lorde, and he is pleased in them: or where is the God of iudgement?

  • 12Wicked doers are an abhomination to the kyng, for a kynges seate shoulde be holden vp with ryghteousnesse.

  • 5The Lorde abhorreth all such as be of a proude heart: and though hande be ioyned in hande, yet they shall not be vnpunished.

  • 32For the Lord abhorreth the froward: but his counsayle is among the righteous.

  • 7They turne iudgement to wormewood, and forsake righteousnesse in the earth.

  • 5It is not good to regarde the person of the vngodly, to ouerthrowe the righteous in iudgement.

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    9My desire is, that ye wickednesse of the vngodly may come to an ende: and that thou wouldest assist the iust, who art the tryer of heartes and of reynes, O most righteous Lorde.

  • Prov 13:5-6
    2 verses
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    5A ryghteous man abhorreth lyes: but the vngodly shameth hym selfe, and is put to scilence.

    6Ryghteousnesse kepeth the innocent in the way: but vngodlinesse doth ouerthrowe the sinner.

  • 27The sacrifice of the vngodly is abhomination: howe muche more when they offer the thing that is gotten with wickednesse?

  • 4They that forsake the lawe, prayse the vngodly: but such as kepe the lawe are greeued at them.

  • 7Kepe thee farre from a false matter, and the innocent and righteous see thou slay not: for I wyll not iustifie the wicked.

  • 4Therfore the law is dissolued, & iudgement doth neuer go foorth: for the wicked doth compasse about the righteous, therfore wrong iudgement proceedeth.

  • 11The Lorde is a righteous iudge: and the Lorde is prouoked to anger euery day.

  • 26The Lorde abhorreth the imaginations of the wicked: but the wordes of the pure are pleasaunt.

  • 16How much more then an abhominable and vyle man, which drincketh wickednesse like water.

  • 3For the vngodly prayseth according to his owne heartes desire: and blessing the couetous, he blasphemeth God.

  • 17Neuerthelesse, thou hast commended the iudgement of the vngodly, and euen such a iudgement & sentence shalt thou suffer.

  • Ps 1:5-6
    2 verses
    71%

    5Therefore the vngodly shall not be able to stande in the iudgement: neither the sinners in the congregation of the righteous.

    6For God knoweth the way of the righteous: and the way of the vngodly shall perishe.

  • 5God wyll trye the righteous: but his soule abhorreth the vngodly, and hym that delighteth in wickednes.

  • 15The iust delighteth in doing the thing that is right: but destruction shalbe to the workers of wickednesse.

  • 21Making a man to sinne in the worde, and that toke him in a snare, whiche reproued them in the open place, and they that haue turned the cause of the righteous to naught.

  • 23Diuers wayghtes are an abhomination vnto the Lord, and a false balaunce is not good.

  • Lam 3:35-36
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    35To moue the iudgement of man before the most highest,

    36To condemne a man in his cause: the Lord hath not pleasure in such thinges.

  • 7The robberies of the vngodly shalbe their owne destruction: for they wyll not do the thing that is right.

  • 21They flocke together agaynst the soule of the ryghteous: and condemne the innocent blood.

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    6Thou wilt destroy them that make a lye: God wyll abhorre both the bloodthirstie and deceiptfull man.

  • 2A good man is acceptable vnto the Lorde: but the wicked imaginer wyll he condempne.

  • 16These sixe thinges doth the Lorde hate, and the seuenth he vtterly abhorreth:

  • 5But if a man be iust, and do that which is lawfull and right:

  • 25That be farre from thee that thou shouldest do after this maner, and slaye the ryghteous with the wicked, & that the ryghteous should be as the wicked, that be farre from thee: Shall not the iudge of all the worlde do accordyng to ryght?

  • 32Then hearken thou in heauen, and do and iudge thy seruauntes, that thou condemne the vngodly, to bring his way vpon his head: and iustifie the righteous, to geue him according to his righteousnesse.

  • 16Moreouer, I sawe vnder the sunne vngodlynes in the steade of iudgement, & iniquitie in steade of righteousnesse.

  • 2But we are sure that the iudgement of god is according to the trueth, against them which commit such thynges.

  • 15He that leadeth a godly life, and speaketh the trueth, he that abhorreth gaynes by violence and deceipt, he that kepeth his hande that he touche no rewarde, which stoppeth his eares that he heare no counsayle agaynst the innocent blood, which holdeth downe his eyes that he see no euyll:

  • 15Yea the trueth is taken away, and he that refraineth hym selfe from euyll, must be spoyled: When the Lorde sawe this, it displeased hym sore that there was no equitie.

  • 10They hate him that rebuketh in the gate, and they abhorre him that speaketh vprightly.