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15 One who justifies the wicked and one who condemns the righteous
    are both alike an abomination to the Lord.(A)

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15 Acquitting the guilty and condemning the innocent(A)
    the Lord detests them both.(B)

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Keep far from a false charge, and do not kill the innocent and those in the right, for I will not acquit the guilty.(A)

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Have nothing to do with a false charge(A) and do not put an innocent(B) or honest person to death,(C) for I will not acquit the guilty.(D)

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23 who acquit the guilty for a bribe
    and deprive the innocent of their rights!(A)

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23 who acquit the guilty for a bribe,(A)
    but deny justice(B) to the innocent.(C)

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It is not right to be partial to the guilty
    or to subvert the innocent in judgment.(A)

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It is not good to be partial to the wicked(A)
    and so deprive the innocent of justice.(B)

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Further Sayings of the Wise

23     These also are sayings of the wise:

Partiality in judging is not good.(A)
24 Whoever says to the wicked, “You are innocent,”
    will be cursed by peoples, abhorred by nations,(B)

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Further Sayings of the Wise

23 These also are sayings of the wise:(A)

To show partiality(B) in judging is not good:(C)
24 Whoever says to the guilty, “You are innocent,”(D)
    will be cursed by peoples and denounced by nations.

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You have condemned and murdered the righteous one, who does not resist you.

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You have condemned and murdered(A) the innocent one,(B) who was not opposing you.

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But to one who does not work but trusts him who justifies the ungodly, such faith is reckoned as righteousness.

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However, to the one who does not work but trusts God who justifies the ungodly, their faith is credited as righteousness.(A)

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12 Do horses run on rocky crags?
    Does one plow the sea with oxen?[a]
But you have turned justice into poison
    and the fruit of righteousness into wormwood,(A)

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Footnotes

  1. 6.12 Or Does one plow them with oxen

12 Do horses run on the rocky crags?
    Does one plow the sea[a] with oxen?
But you have turned justice into poison(A)
    and the fruit of righteousness(B) into bitterness(C)

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Footnotes

  1. Amos 6:12 With a different word division of the Hebrew; Masoretic Text plow there

12 For I know how many are your transgressions
    and how great are your sins—
you who afflict the righteous, who take a bribe
    and push aside the needy in the gate.(A)

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12 For I know how many are your offenses
    and how great your sins.(A)

There are those who oppress the innocent and take bribes(B)
    and deprive the poor(C) of justice in the courts.(D)

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Ah, you who turn justice to wormwood
    and bring righteousness to the ground!

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There are those who turn justice into bitterness(A)
    and cast righteousness(B) to the ground.(C)

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For my thoughts are not your thoughts,
    nor are your ways my ways, says the Lord.
For as the heavens are higher than the earth,
    so are my ways higher than your ways
    and my thoughts than your thoughts.(A)

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“For my thoughts(A) are not your thoughts,
    neither are your ways my ways,”(B)
declares the Lord.
“As the heavens are higher than the earth,(C)
    so are my ways higher than your ways
    and my thoughts than your thoughts.(D)

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The sacrifice of the wicked is an abomination to the Lord,
    but the prayer of the upright is his delight.(A)

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The Lord detests the sacrifice(A) of the wicked,(B)
    but the prayer of the upright pleases him.(C)

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16 There are six things that the Lord hates,
    seven that are an abomination to him:

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16 There are six things the Lord hates,(A)
    seven that are detestable to him:

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