Proverbs 17:15

KJV1611 – Modern English

He who justifies the wicked, and he who condemns the just, both of them are an abomination to the LORD.

Additional Resources

Other Translations

Referenced Verses

  • Isa 5:23 : 23 Who justify the wicked for a reward, and take away the righteousness of the righteous from him!
  • Exod 23:7 : 7 Keep far from a false matter, and do not kill the innocent and righteous, for I will not acquit the wicked.
  • Prov 18:5 : 5 It is not good to show partiality to the wicked, to overthrow the righteous in judgment.
  • Prov 24:23-24 : 23 These sayings also belong to the wise: It is not good to show partiality in judgment. 24 He who says to the wicked, You are righteous; him the people shall 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 two men, worthless fellows, came in and sat before him; and the men bore witness against him, even against Naboth, in the presence of the people, saying, Naboth blasphemed God and the king. Then they carried him out of the city and stoned him with stones, so that he died.
  • Prov 6:16 : 16 These six things the LORD hates: yes, seven are an abomination to him:
  • Isa 55:8-9 : 8 For my thoughts are not your thoughts, nor are your ways my ways, says 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 its midst 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 mortar, seeing false visions, and divining lies to them, saying, Thus says the Lord GOD, when the LORD has not spoken. 29 The people of the land have used oppression, and committed robbery, and have wronged the poor and needy: yes, they have oppressed the stranger wrongfully.
  • Amos 5:7 : 7 You who turn judgment to wormwood, and leave off righteousness in the earth,
  • Amos 5:12 : 12 For I know your many 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 on the rock? Will one plow there with oxen? For you have turned judgment into gall, and the fruit of righteousness into hemlock:
  • Luke 23:18-25 : 18 And they all cried out at once, saying, Away with this man, and release to us Barabbas: 19 (who had been thrown into prison for a certain rebellion made in the city, and for murder.) 20 Pilate, therefore, wanting to release Jesus, spoke again to them. 21 But they cried, saying, Crucify Him, crucify Him. 22 And he said to them the third time, Why, what evil has He done? I have found no reason for death in Him. I will therefore chastise Him and let Him go. 23 But they persisted with loud voices, demanding that He be crucified. And their voices and those of the chief priests prevailed. 24 And Pilate sentenced that it should be as they requested. 25 And he released to them the one who had been thrown into prison for rebellion and murder, whom they had asked for; but he delivered Jesus to their will.
  • Rom 4:5 : 5 But to him who does not work, but believes in him who justifies the ungodly, his faith is counted for righteousness.
  • Jas 5:6 : 6 You have condemned and killed the righteous; and he does not resist you.
  • Prov 11:1 : 1 A false balance is an abomination to the LORD, but an accurate weight is His delight.

Similar Verses (AI)

These verses are found using AI-powered semantic similarity based on meaning and context. Results may occasionally include unexpected connections.

  • Prov 29:27
    83%

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

  • Isa 5:23
    79%

    23Who justify the wicked for a 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 to the LORD, but He loves those who pursue righteousness.

  • Deut 25:16
    77%

    16For all who do such things, and all who act unrighteously, are an abomination to the LORD your God.

  • Prov 24:24
    76%

    24He who says to the wicked, You are righteous; him the people shall curse, nations shall abhor him.

  • Prov 11:20
    75%

    20Those who are of a perverse heart are an abomination to the LORD, but the upright in their way are His delight.

  • Deut 25:1
    75%

    1If there is a dispute between men, and they come to judgment, that the judges may judge them; then they shall justify the righteous, and condemn the wicked.

  • Job 34:17
    75%

    17Shall even he who hates justice govern? And will you condemn Him who is most just?

  • Prov 11:1
    75%

    1A false balance is an abomination to the LORD, but an accurate weight is His delight.

  • Prov 20:10
    74%

    10Diverse weights and diverse measures, both of them are alike an abomination to the LORD.

  • Mal 2:17
    73%

    17You have wearied the LORD with your words. Yet you say, How have we wearied him? When you say, Everyone that does evil is good in the sight of the LORD, and he delights in them; or, Where is the God of justice?

  • Prov 16:12
    73%

    12It is an abomination for kings to commit wickedness, for the throne is established by righteousness.

  • Prov 16:5
    73%

    5Everyone that is proud in heart is an abomination to the LORD: though they join hand in hand, they shall not go unpunished.

  • Prov 3:32
    73%

    32For the perverse person is an abomination to the LORD: but his secret is with the righteous.

  • Amos 5:7
    73%

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

  • Prov 18:5
    73%

    5It is not good to show partiality to the wicked, to overthrow the righteous in judgment.

  • Ps 7:9
    73%

    9Oh let the wickedness of the wicked come to an end; but establish the just: for the righteous God tries the hearts and minds.

  • Prov 13:5-6
    2 verses
    73%

    5A righteous man hates lying, but a wicked man is loathsome and comes to shame.

    6Righteousness guards him who is upright in the way, but wickedness overthrows the sinner.

  • Prov 21:27
    73%

    27The sacrifice of the wicked is an abomination; how much more when he brings it with an evil intent?

  • Prov 28:4
    72%

    4Those who forsake the law praise the wicked, but those who keep the law contend with them.

  • Exod 23:7
    72%

    7Keep far from a false matter, and do not kill the innocent and righteous, for I will not acquit the wicked.

  • Hab 1:4
    72%

    4Therefore the law is powerless, and justice never goes forth, for the wicked surround the righteous; therefore perverse judgment proceeds.

  • Ps 7:11
    72%

    11God judges 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, who drinks iniquity like water?

  • Ps 10:3
    71%

    3For the wicked boasts of his heart's desire, and blesses the greedy, whom the LORD abhors.

  • Job 36:17
    71%

    17But you have fulfilled the judgment of the wicked: judgment and justice take hold on you.

  • Ps 1:5-6
    2 verses
    71%

    5Therefore the ungodly shall not stand in the judgment, nor sinners in the congregation of the righteous.

    6For the LORD knows the way of the righteous, but the way of the ungodly shall perish.

  • Ps 11:5
    71%

    5The LORD tests the righteous, but the wicked and the one who loves violence His soul hates.

  • Prov 21:15
    71%

    15It is a joy for the just to do justice, but destruction awaits the workers of iniquity.

  • Isa 29:21
    71%

    21That make a man an offender by a word, and lay a snare for him that reproves in the gate, and turn aside the just for a thing of nothing.

  • Prov 20:23
    71%

    23Diverse weights are an abomination to 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 does not approve.

  • Prov 21:7
    71%

    7The robbery of the wicked will destroy them, because they refuse to do justice.

  • Ps 94:21
    71%

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

  • Ps 5:6
    71%

    6You shall destroy those who speak falsehood; the LORD will abhor the bloodthirsty and deceitful man.

  • Prov 12:2
    71%

    2A good man obtains favor from the LORD, but a man of wicked plans will He condemn.

  • Prov 6:16
    71%

    16These six things the LORD hates: yes, seven are an abomination to him:

  • Ezek 18:5
    70%

    5But if a man is just and does what is lawful and right,

  • Gen 18:25
    70%

    25Far be it from you to do such a thing, to slay the righteous with the wicked, so that the righteous should be as the wicked; far be it from you! Shall not the Judge of all the earth do right?

  • 1 Kgs 8:32
    70%

    32Then hear in heaven, and act, and judge your 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%

    16Moreover 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 those who commit such things.

  • Isa 33:15
    70%

    15He who walks righteously, and speaks uprightly; he who despises the gain of oppressions, who shakes his hands from holding bribes, who stops his ears from hearing of bloodshed, and shuts his eyes from seeing evil;

  • Isa 59:15
    70%

    15Yes, truth fails; and he who departs from evil makes himself a prey: and the Lord saw it, and it displeased him that there was no judgment.

  • Amos 5:10
    70%

    10They hate him that rebukes in the gate, and they abhor him that speaks uprightly.