Proverbs 17:15

Modern

Acquitting the guilty and condemning the righteous—both are detestable to the LORD.

Traditional

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

Literal

One justifying the wicked, and condemning the just—even the two of them are an abomination to YHWH.

Latin

Qui justificat impium, et qui condemnat justum, abominabilis est uterque apud Deum.

Hebrew

English

Acquitting the guilty and condemning the righteous—both are detestable to the LORD.

Exodus 23:7
Stay far away from a false accusation. Do not kill the innocent or the just, for I will not acquit the guilty.
Proverbs 18:5
Showing partiality to the wicked is not good, nor is depriving the innocent of justice.
Isaiah 5:23
…who acquit the guilty for a bribe and deprive the innocent of justice.
Proverbs 24:23–24
These also are sayings of the wise: To show partiality in judgment is not good.
Amos 6:12
“Do horses gallop on the cliffs? Does one plow the sea with oxen? But you have turned justice into poison and the fruit of righteousness into wormwood—
Proverbs 15:8
The sacrifice of the wicked is detestable to the LORD, but the prayer of the upright is His delight.
Isaiah 55:8–9
“For My thoughts are not your thoughts, neither are your ways My ways,” declares the LORD.
Amos 5:7
There are those who turn justice into wormwood and cast righteousness to the ground.
Amos 5:12
For I know that your transgressions are many and your sins are numerous. You oppress the righteous by taking bribes; you deprive the poor of justice in the gate.
James 5:6
You have condemned and murdered the righteous, who did not resist you.
1 Kings 21:13
And the two scoundrels came in and sat opposite Naboth, and these men testified against him before the people, saying, “Naboth has cursed both God and the king!” So they took him outside the city and stoned him to death.
Proverbs 6:16
There are six things that the LORD hates, seven that are detestable to Him: