Proverbs 17:15
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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)
Exodus 23:7
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7 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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Isaiah 5:23
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23 who acquit the guilty for a bribe
and deprive the innocent of their rights!(A)
Proverbs 18:5
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5 It is not right to be partial to the guilty
or to subvert the innocent in judgment.(A)
Proverbs 24:23-24
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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)
James 5:6
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6 You have condemned and murdered the righteous one, who does not resist you.
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Romans 4:5
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5 But to one who does not work but trusts him who justifies the ungodly, such faith is reckoned as righteousness.
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Amos 6:12
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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)
Footnotes
- 6.12 Or Does one plow them with oxen
Amos 5:12
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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)
Amos 5:7
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7 Ah, you who turn justice to wormwood
and bring righteousness to the ground!
Isaiah 55:8-9
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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.(A)
Proverbs 15:8
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8 The sacrifice of the wicked is an abomination to the Lord,
but the prayer of the upright is his delight.(A)
Proverbs 6:16
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16 There are six things that the Lord hates,
seven that are an abomination to him:
1 Kings 21:13
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13 The two scoundrels came in and sat opposite him, and the scoundrels brought a charge against Naboth in the presence of the people, saying, “Naboth cursed God and the king.” So they took him outside the city and stoned him to death.(A)
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Luke 23:18-25
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18 Then they all shouted out together, “Away with this fellow! Release Barabbas for us!”(A) 19 (This was a man who had been put in prison for an insurrection that had taken place in the city and for murder.) 20 Pilate, wanting to release Jesus, addressed them again, 21 but they kept shouting, “Crucify, crucify him!” 22 A third time he said to them, “Why, what evil has he done? I have found in him no ground for the sentence of death; I will therefore have him flogged and then release him.”(B) 23 But they kept urgently demanding with loud shouts that he should be crucified, and their voices prevailed. 24 So Pilate gave his verdict that their demand should be granted. 25 He released the man they asked for, the one who had been put in prison for insurrection and murder, and he handed Jesus over as they wished.
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Ezekiel 22:27-29
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27 Its officials within it are like wolves tearing the prey, shedding blood, destroying lives to get dishonest gain.(A) 28 Its prophets have smeared whitewash on their behalf, seeing false visions and divining lies for them, saying, “Thus says the Lord God,” when the Lord has not spoken.(B) 29 The people of the land have practiced extortion and committed robbery; they have oppressed the poor and needy and have extorted from the alien without justice.(C)
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Proverbs 11:1
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11 A false balance is an abomination to the Lord,
but an accurate weight is his delight.(A)
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