Proverbs 17:15

Geneva Bible (1560)

He that iustifieth the wicked, and he that condemneth the iust, euen they both are abomination to the Lord.

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Referenced Verses

  • Isa 5:23 : 23 Which iustifie the wicked for a rewarde, and take away the righteousnesse of the righteous from him.
  • Exod 23:7 : 7 Thou shalt keepe thee farre fro a false matter, and shalt not slaye the innocent and the righteous: for I will not iustifie a wicked man.
  • Prov 18:5 : 5 It is not good to accept the person of the wicked, to cause ye righteous to fall in iudgement.
  • Prov 24:23-24 : 23 Also these things perteine to the wise, It is not good to haue respect of any person in iudgement. 24 He that saith to the wicked, Thou art righteous, him shall the people curse, and the multitude shall abhorre him.
  • Prov 15:8 : 8 The sacrifice of the wicked is abomination to the Lord: but the prayer of the righteous is acceptable vnto him.
  • 1 Kgs 21:13 : 13 And there came two wicked men, & sate before him: & the wicked men witnessed against Naboth in the presence of the people saying, Naboth did blaspheme God and the King. Then they caried him away out of the citie, and stoned him with stones, that he dyed.
  • Prov 6:16 : 16 These sixe things doeth the Lorde hate: yea, his soule abhorreth seuen:
  • Isa 55:8-9 : 8 For my thoughtes are not your thoughts, neither are your wayes my wayes, sayth the Lord. 9 For as ye heauens are higher then the earth, so are my wayes higher then your wayes, and my thoughtes aboue your thoughts.
  • Ezek 22:27-29 : 27 Her princes in the mids thereof are like wolues, rauening the praye to shed blood, and to destroy soules for their owne couetous lucre. 28 And her prophets haue dawbed them with vntempered morter, seeing vanities, and diuining lies vnto them, saying, Thus sayth the Lord God, when the Lord had not spoken. 29 The people of the land haue violently oppressed by spoyling and robbing, and haue vexed the poore and the needy: yea, they haue oppressed the stranger against right.
  • Amos 5:7 : 7 They turne iudgement to wormewood, and leaue off righteousnes in the earth.
  • Amos 5:12 : 12 For I know your manifold transgressions, and your mightie sinnes: they afflict the iust, they take rewards, & they oppresse the poore in ye gate.
  • Amos 6:12 : 12 Shal horses runne vpon the rocke? or wil one plowe there with oxen? for yee haue turned iudgement into gall, and the fruite of righteousnes into wormewood.
  • Luke 23:18-25 : 18 Then all ye multitude cried at once, saying, Away with him, and deliuer vnto vs Barabbas: 19 Which for a certaine insurrection made in the citie, and murther, was cast in prison. 20 Then Pilate spake againe to them, willing to let Iesus loose. 21 But they cried, saying, Crucifie, crucifie him. 22 And he sayd vnto them the third time, But what euill hath he done? I finde no cause of death in him: I will therefore chastise him, and let him loose. 23 But they were instant with loude voyces, and required that he might be crucified: and the voyces of them and of the hie Priests preuailed. 24 So Pilate gaue sentence, that it should be as they required. 25 And he let loose vnto them him that for insurrection and murther was cast into prison, whome they desired, and deliuered Iesus to doe with him what they would.
  • Rom 4:5 : 5 But to him that worketh not, but beleeueth in him that iustifieth the vngodly, his faith is counted for righteousnesse.
  • Jas 5:6 : 6 Ye haue condemned and haue killed the iust, and he hath not resisted you.
  • Prov 11:1 : 1 False balances are an abomination vnto the Lord: but a perfite weight pleaseth him.

Similar Verses (AI)

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  • 27 A wicked man is abomination to the iust, and he that is vpright in his way, is abomination to the wicked.

  • 23 Which iustifie the wicked for a rewarde, and take away the righteousnesse of the righteous from him.

  • Prov 15:8-9
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    8 The sacrifice of the wicked is abomination to the Lord: but the prayer of the righteous is acceptable vnto him.

    9 The way of the wicked is an abomination vnto the Lord: but he loueth him that followeth righteousnes.

  • 16 For all that doe such things, and all that doe vnrighteously, are abomination vnto the Lord thy God.

  • 24 He that saith to the wicked, Thou art righteous, him shall the people curse, and the multitude shall abhorre him.

  • 20 They that are of a froward heart, are abomination to the Lord: but they that are vpright in their way, are his delite.

  • 1 When there shall be strife betweene men, and they shall come vnto iudgement, and sentence shall be giuen vpon them, and the righteous shall be iustified, and the wicked condemned,

  • 17 Shal he that hateth iudgement, gouerne? & wilt thou iudge him wicked that is most iust?

  • 1 False balances are an abomination vnto the Lord: but a perfite weight pleaseth him.

  • 10 Diuers weightes, & diuers measures, both these are euen abomination vnto the Lord.

  • 17 Yee haue wearied the Lorde with your woordes: yet yee say, Wherein haue we wearied him? When ye say, Euery one that doeth euill, is good in the sight of the Lorde, and he deliteth in them. Or where is the God of iudgement?

  • 12 It is an abomination to Kings to commit wickednes: for the throne is stablished by iustice.

  • 5 All that are proude in heart, are an abomination to the Lord: though hand ioyne in hand, he shall not be vnpunished.

  • 32 For the frowarde is abomination vnto the Lord: but his secret is with the righteous.

  • 7 They turne iudgement to wormewood, and leaue off righteousnes in the earth.

  • 5 It is not good to accept the person of the wicked, to cause ye righteous to fall in iudgement.

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    9 Oh let the malice of the wicked come to an ende: but guide thou the iust: for the righteous God trieth the hearts and reines.

  • Prov 13:5-6
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    5 A righteous man hateth lying wordes: but the wicked causeth slander and shame.

    6 Righteousnesse preserueth the vpright of life: but wickednes ouerthroweth the sinner.

  • 27 The sacrifice of the wicked is an abomination: how much more when he bringeth it with a wicked minde?

  • 4 They that forsake the Law, prayse the wicked: but they that keepe the Law, set themselues against them.

  • 7 Thou shalt keepe thee farre fro a false matter, and shalt not slaye the innocent and the righteous: for I will not iustifie a wicked man.

  • 4 Therefore the Lawe is dissolued, and iudgement doeth neuer go forth: for the wicked doeth compasse about the righteous: therefore wrong iudgement proceedeth.

  • 11 God iudgeth the righteous, and him that contemneth God euery day.

  • 26 The thoughts of ye wicked are abomination to the Lord: but the pure haue pleasant wordes.

  • 16 How much more is man abominable, and filthie, which drinketh iniquitie like water?

  • 3 For the wicked hath made boast of his owne heartes desire, and the couetous blesseth himselfe: he contemneth the Lord.

  • 17 But thou art ful of the iudgement of the wicked, though iudgement and equitie maintaine all things.

  • Ps 1:5-6
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    5 Therefore the wicked shall not stande in the iudgement, nor sinners in the assemblie of the righteous.

    6 For the Lorde knoweth the way of the righteous, & the way of the wicked shal perish.

  • 5 The Lorde will try the righteous: but the wicked and him that loueth iniquitie, doeth his soule hate.

  • 15 It is ioye to the iust to doe iudgement: but destruction shalbe to the workers of iniquitie.

  • 21 Which made a man to sinne in ye worde, and tooke him in a snare: which reproued them in the gate, and made the iust to fall without cause.

  • 23 Diuers weightes are an abomination vnto the Lord, and deceitful balances are not good.

  • Lam 3:35-36
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    35 In ouerthrowing the right of a man before the face of the most high,

    36 In subuerting a man in his cause: the Lord seeth it not.

  • 7 The robberie of the wicked shall destroy them: for they haue refused to execute iudgement.

  • 21 They gather them together against the soule of the righteous, and condemne the innocent blood.

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    6 Thou shalt destroy them that speake lyes: the Lorde will abhorre the bloodie man and deceitfull.

  • 2 A good man getteth fauour of the Lorde: but the man of wicked immaginations will hee condemne.

  • 16 These sixe things doeth the Lorde hate: yea, his soule abhorreth seuen:

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

  • 25 Be it farre fro thee from doing this thing, to slay the righteous with the wicked: and that the righteous should be euen as the wicked, be it farre from thee. shall not the Iudge of all the worlde doe right?

  • 32 Then heare thou in heauen, and doe and iudge thy seruants, that thou condemne the wicked to bring his way vpon his head, and iustifie the righteous, to giue him according to his righteousnesse.

  • 16 And moreouer I haue seene vnder the sunne the place of iudgement, where was wickednesse, and the place of iustice where was iniquitie.

  • 2 But we know that the iudgement of God is according to trueth, against them which comit such things.

  • 15 Hee that walketh in iustice, and speaketh righteous things, refusing gaine of oppression, shaking his handes from taking of gifts, stopping his eares from hearing of blood, and shutting his eyes from seeing euill.

  • 15 Yea, trueth faileth, and hee that refraineth from euill, maketh himselfe a praye: and when the Lorde sawe it, it displeased him, that there was no iudgement.

  • 10 They haue hated him, that rebuked in the gate: and they abhorred him that speaketh vprightly.