Proverbs 17:15
"He that justifieth the wicked, and he that condemneth the just, even they both are abomination to the LORD."
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- Exodus 23:7
"Keep thee far from a false matter; and the innocent and righteous slay thou not: for I will not justify the wicked."
Read in chapter → - Proverbs 18:5
"It is not good to accept the person of the wicked, to overthrow the righteous in judgment."
Read in chapter → - Isaiah 5:23
"Which justify the wicked for reward, and take away the righteousness of the righteous from him!"
Read in chapter → - Proverbs 24:23
"These things also belong to the wise. It is not good to have respect of persons in judgment."
Read in chapter → - Amos 6:12
"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:"
Read in chapter → - Isaiah 55:8
"For my thoughts are not your thoughts, neither are your ways my ways, saith the LORD."
Read in chapter → - Proverbs 15:8
"The sacrifice of the wicked is an abomination to the LORD: but the prayer of the upright is his delight."
Read in chapter → - Amos 5:7
"Ye who turn judgment to wormwood, and leave off righteousness in the earth,"
Read in chapter → - Amos 5:12
"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."
Read in chapter → - James 5:6
"Ye have condemned and killed the just; and he doth not resist you."
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