Proverbs 17:15
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15 (A)He who justifies the wicked, and he who condemns the just,
Both of them alike are an abomination to the Lord.
Exodus 23:7
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7 (A)Keep yourself far from a false matter; (B)do not kill the innocent and righteous. For (C)I will not justify the wicked.
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Isaiah 5:23
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23 Who (A)justify the wicked for a bribe,
And take away justice from the righteous man!
Proverbs 18:5
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5 It is not good to show partiality to the wicked,
Or to overthrow the righteous in (A)judgment.
Proverbs 24:23-24
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Further Sayings of the Wise
23 These things also belong to the wise:
(A)It is not good to [a]show partiality in judgment.
24 (B)He who says to the wicked, “You are righteous,”
Him the people will curse;
Nations will abhor him.
Footnotes
- Proverbs 24:23 Lit. recognize faces
Amos 6:12
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12 Do horses run on rocks?
Does one plow there with oxen?
Yet (A)you have turned justice into gall,
And the fruit of righteousness into wormwood,
James 5:6
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6 You have condemned, you have murdered the just; he does not resist you.
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Romans 4:5
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David Celebrates the Same Truth
5 But to him who (A)does not work but believes on Him who justifies (B)the ungodly, his faith is accounted for righteousness,
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Amos 5:12
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12 For I (A)know your manifold transgressions
And your mighty sins:
(B)Afflicting the just and taking bribes;
(C)Diverting the poor from justice at the gate.
Amos 5:7
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7 You who (A)turn justice to wormwood,
And lay righteousness to rest in the earth!”
Isaiah 55:8-9
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8 “For(A) My thoughts are not your thoughts,
Nor are your ways My ways,” says the Lord.
9 “For(B) as the heavens are higher than the earth,
So are My ways higher than your ways,
And My thoughts than your thoughts.
Proverbs 15:8
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8 (A)The sacrifice of the wicked is an abomination to the Lord,
But the prayer of the upright is His delight.
Proverbs 6:16
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16 These six things the Lord hates,
Yes, seven are an abomination to [a]Him:
Footnotes
- Proverbs 6:16 Lit. His soul
1 Kings 21:13
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13 And two men, scoundrels, came in and sat before him; and the scoundrels (A)witnessed against him, against Naboth, in the presence of the people, saying, “Naboth has blasphemed God and the king!” (B)Then they took him outside the city and stoned him with stones, so that he died.
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Luke 23:18-25
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18 And (A)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, wishing to release Jesus, again called out to them. 21 But they shouted, saying, “Crucify Him, crucify Him!”
22 Then 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 were insistent, demanding with loud voices that He be crucified. And the voices of these men [a]and of the chief priests prevailed. 24 So (B)Pilate gave sentence that it should be as they requested. 25 (C)And he released [b]to them the one they requested, who for rebellion and murder had been thrown into prison; but he delivered Jesus to their will.
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- Luke 23:23 NU omits and of the chief priests
- Luke 23:25 NU, M omit to them
Ezekiel 22:27-29
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27 Her (A)princes in her midst are like wolves tearing the prey, to shed blood, to destroy [a]people, and to get dishonest gain. 28 (B)Her prophets plastered them with untempered mortar, (C)seeing false visions, and divining (D)lies for them, saying, ‘Thus says the Lord God,’ when the Lord had not spoken. 29 The people of the land have used oppressions, committed robbery, and mistreated the poor and needy; and they wrongfully (E)oppress the stranger.
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- Ezekiel 22:27 Lit. souls
Proverbs 11:1
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The Folly of Wickedness
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- Proverbs 11:1 deceptive
- Proverbs 11:1 Lit. perfect stone
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