Proverbs 17:15

King James Version 1611 (Original)

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

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Referenced Verses

  • Isa 5:23 : 23 Which justify the wicked for reward, and take away the righteousness of the righteous from him!
  • Exod 23:7 : 7 Keep thee far from a false matter; and the innocent and righteous slay thou not: for I will not justify the wicked.
  • Prov 18:5 : 5 It is not good to accept the person of the wicked, to overthrow the righteous in judgment.
  • Prov 24:23-24 : 23 These things also belong to the wise. It is not good to have respect of persons in judgment. 24 He that saith unto the wicked, Thou art righteous; him shall the people curse, nations shall abhor him:
  • Prov 15:8 : 8 The sacrifice of the wicked is an abomination to the LORD: but the prayer of the upright is his delight.
  • 1 Kgs 21:13 : 13 And there came in two men, children of Belial, and sat before him: and the men of Belial witnessed against him, even against Naboth, in the presence of the people, saying, Naboth did blaspheme God and the king. Then they carried him forth out of the city, and stoned him with stones, that he died.
  • Prov 6:16 : 16 These six things doth the LORD hate: yea, seven are an abomination unto him:
  • Isa 55:8-9 : 8 For my thoughts are not your thoughts, neither are your ways my ways, saith the LORD. 9 For as the heavens are higher than the earth, so are my ways higher than your ways, and my thoughts than your thoughts.
  • Ezek 22:27-29 : 27 Her princes in the midst thereof are like wolves ravening the prey, to shed blood, and to destroy souls, to get dishonest gain. 28 And her prophets have daubed them with untempered morter, seeing vanity, and divining lies unto them, saying, Thus saith the Lord GOD, when the LORD hath not spoken. 29 The people of the land have used oppression, and exercised robbery, and have vexed the poor and needy: yea, they have oppressed the stranger wrongfully.
  • Amos 5:7 : 7 Ye who turn judgment to wormwood, and leave off righteousness in the earth,
  • Amos 5:12 : 12 For I know your manifold transgressions and your mighty sins: they afflict the just, they take a bribe, and they turn aside the poor in the gate from their right.
  • Amos 6:12 : 12 Shall horses run upon the rock? will one plow there with oxen? for ye have turned judgment into gall, and the fruit of righteousness into hemlock:
  • Luke 23:18-25 : 18 And they cried out all at once, saying, Away with this man, and release unto us Barabbas: 19 Who for a certain sedition made in the city, and for murder, was cast into prison.) 20 Pilate therefore, willing to release Jesus, spake again to them. 21 But they cried, saying, Crucify him, crucify him. 22 And he said unto them the third time, Why, what evil hath he done? I have found no cause of death in him: I will therefore chastise him, and let him go. 23 And they were instant with loud voices, requiring that he might be crucified. And the voices of them and of the chief priests prevailed. 24 And Pilate gave sentence that it should be as they required. 25 And he released unto them him that for sedition and murder was cast into prison, whom they had desired; but he delivered Jesus to their will.
  • Rom 4:5 : 5 But to him that worketh not, but believeth on him that justifieth the ungodly, his faith is counted for righteousness.
  • Jas 5:6 : 6 Ye have condemned and killed the just; and he doth not resist you.
  • Prov 11:1 : 1 A false balance is abomination to the LORD: but a just weight is his delight.

Similar Verses (AI)

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  • Prov 29:27
    83%

    27An unjust man is an abomination to the just: and he that is upright in the way is abomination to the wicked.

  • Isa 5:23
    79%

    23Which justify the wicked for reward, and take away the righteousness of the righteous from him!

  • Prov 15:8-9
    2 verses
    79%

    8The sacrifice of the wicked is an abomination to the LORD: but the prayer of the upright is his delight.

    9The way of the wicked is an abomination unto the LORD: but he loveth him that followeth after righteousness.

  • Deut 25:16
    77%

    16For all that do such things, and all that do unrighteously, are an abomination unto the LORD thy God.

  • Prov 24:24
    76%

    24He that saith unto the wicked, Thou art righteous; him shall the people curse, nations shall abhor him:

  • Prov 11:20
    75%

    20They that are of a froward heart are abomination to the LORD: but such as are upright in their way are his delight.

  • Deut 25:1
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    1If there be a controversy between men, and they come unto judgment, that the judges may judge them; then they shall justify the righteous, and condemn the wicked.

  • Job 34:17
    75%

    17Shall even he that hateth right govern? and wilt thou condemn him that is most just?

  • Prov 11:1
    75%

    1A false balance is abomination to the LORD: but a just weight is his delight.

  • Prov 20:10
    74%

    10Divers weights, and divers measures, both of them are alike abomination to the LORD.

  • Mal 2:17
    73%

    17Ye have wearied the LORD with your words. Yet ye say, Wherein have we wearied him? When ye say, Every one that doeth evil is good in the sight of the LORD, and he delighteth in them; or, Where is the God of judgment?

  • Prov 16:12
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    12It is an abomination to kings to commit wickedness: for the throne is established by righteousness.

  • Prov 16:5
    73%

    5Every one that is proud in heart is an abomination to the LORD: though hand join in hand, he shall not be unpunished.

  • Prov 3:32
    73%

    32For the froward is abomination to the LORD: but his secret is with the righteous.

  • Amos 5:7
    73%

    7Ye who turn judgment to wormwood, and leave off righteousness in the earth,

  • Prov 18:5
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    5It is not good to accept the person of the wicked, to overthrow the righteous in judgment.

  • Ps 7:9
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    9Oh let the wickedness of the wicked come to an end; but establish the just: for the righteous God trieth the hearts and reins.

  • Prov 13:5-6
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    5A righteous man hateth lying: but a wicked man is loathsome, and cometh to shame.

    6Righteousness keepeth him that is upright in the way: but wickedness overthroweth the sinner.

  • Prov 21:27
    73%

    27The sacrifice of the wicked is abomination: how much more, when he bringeth it with a wicked mind?

  • Prov 28:4
    72%

    4They that forsake the law praise the wicked: but such as keep the law contend with them.

  • Exod 23:7
    72%

    7Keep thee far from a false matter; and the innocent and righteous slay thou not: for I will not justify the wicked.

  • Hab 1:4
    72%

    4Therefore the law is slacked, and judgment doth never go forth: for the wicked doth compass about the righteous; therefore wrong judgment proceedeth.

  • Ps 7:11
    72%

    11God judgeth the righteous, and God is angry with the wicked every day.

  • Prov 15:26
    72%

    26The thoughts of the wicked are an abomination to the LORD: but the words of the pure are pleasant words.

  • Job 15:16
    72%

    16How much more abominable and filthy is man, which drinketh iniquity like water?

  • Ps 10:3
    71%

    3For the wicked boasteth of his heart's desire, and blesseth the covetous, whom the LORD abhorreth.

  • Job 36:17
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    17But thou hast fulfilled the judgment of the wicked: judgment and justice take hold on thee.

  • Ps 1:5-6
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    5Therefore the ungodly shall not stand in the judgment, nor sinners in the congregation of the righteous.

    6For the LORD knoweth the way of the righteous: but the way of the ungodly shall perish.

  • Ps 11:5
    71%

    5The LORD trieth the righteous: but the wicked and him that loveth violence his soul hateth.

  • Prov 21:15
    71%

    15It is joy to the just to do judgment: but destruction shall be to the workers of iniquity.

  • Isa 29:21
    71%

    21That make a man an offender for a word, and lay a snare for him that reproveth in the gate, and turn aside the just for a thing of nought.

  • Prov 20:23
    71%

    23Divers weights are an abomination unto the LORD; and a false balance is not good.

  • Lam 3:35-36
    2 verses
    71%

    35To turn aside the right of a man before the face of the most High,

    36To subvert a man in his cause, the Lord approveth not.

  • Prov 21:7
    71%

    7The robbery of the wicked shall destroy them; because they refuse to do judgment.

  • Ps 94:21
    71%

    21They gather themselves together against the soul of the righteous, and condemn the innocent blood.

  • Ps 5:6
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    6Thou shalt destroy them that speak leasing: the LORD will abhor the bloody and deceitful man.

  • Prov 12:2
    71%

    2A good man obtaineth favour of the LORD: but a man of wicked devices will he condemn.

  • Prov 6:16
    71%

    16These six things doth the LORD hate: yea, seven are an abomination unto him:

  • Ezek 18:5
    70%

    5But if a man be just, and do that which is lawful and right,

  • Gen 18:25
    70%

    25That be far from thee to do after this manner, to slay the righteous with the wicked: and that the righteous should be as the wicked, that be far from thee: Shall not the Judge of all the earth do right?

  • 1 Kgs 8:32
    70%

    32Then hear thou in heaven, and do, and judge thy servants, condemning the wicked, to bring his way upon his head; and justifying the righteous, to give him according to his righteousness.

  • Eccl 3:16
    70%

    16And moreover I saw under the sun the place of judgment, that wickedness was there; and the place of righteousness, that iniquity was there.

  • Rom 2:2
    70%

    2But we are sure that the judgment of God is according to truth against them which commit such things.

  • Isa 33:15
    70%

    15He that walketh righteously, and speaketh uprightly; he that despiseth the gain of oppressions, that shaketh his hands from holding of bribes, that stoppeth his ears from hearing of blood, and shutteth his eyes from seeing evil;

  • Isa 59:15
    70%

    15Yea, truth faileth; and he that departeth from evil maketh himself a prey: and the LORD saw it, and it displeased him that there was no judgment.

  • Amos 5:10
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    10They hate him that rebuketh in the gate, and they abhor him that speaketh uprightly.