Proverbs 17:15
Modern English Version
15 He who justifies the wicked, and he who condemns the just,
both of them are abomination to the Lord.
Proverbs 17:15
Lexham English Bible
15 He who justifies the wicked and he who condemns the righteous,
the two of them are both abominations of Yahweh.
Proverbs 18:5
Modern English Version
5 It is not good to favor the wicked,
or to turn aside the righteous in judgment.
Proverbs 18:5
Lexham English Bible
5 Being partial to faces of evil is not good,
nor to subvert the righteous at the judgment.
Proverbs 21:8
Modern English Version
8 The way of a guilty man is perverse;
but as for the pure, his work is right.
Proverbs 21:8
Lexham English Bible
8 Crooked is the way of a man and a foreigner,
but the pure is upright in his conduct.
Proverbs 24:23-25
Modern English Version
More Sayings of the Wise
23 These things also belong to the wise:
It is not good to show partiality in judgment.
24 He who says to the wicked, “You are righteous,”
him the people will curse; nations will abhor him.
25 But to those who rebuke him will be delight,
and a good blessing will come upon them.
Proverbs 24:23-25
Lexham English Bible
23 These sayings are also for the wise:
Partiality[a] in judgment is not good.
24 Whoever says to the guilty, “You are righteous,” the people will curse him;
the nations will abhor him.
25 But they who rebuke will have delight,
and upon them blessings of goodness will come.
Notas al pie
- Proverbs 24:23 Literally “acknowledge faces”
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