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

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

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26 If imposing a fine on the innocent is not good,(A)
    surely to flog honest officials is not right.

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26 It is also not good to (A)fine the righteous,
Nor to strike the noble for their uprightness.

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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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To (A)show partiality to the wicked is not good,
Nor to (B)suppress the righteous in judgment.

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15 When justice is done, it brings joy to the righteous
    but terror to evildoers.(A)

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15 The exercise of justice is joy for the righteous,
But (A)terror to those who practice injustice.

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11 Rescue those being led away to death;
    hold back those staggering toward slaughter.(A)
12 If you say, “But we knew nothing about this,”
    does not he who weighs(B) the heart perceive it?
Does not he who guards your life know it?
    Will he not repay(C) everyone according to what they have done?(D)

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11 (A)Rescue those who are being taken away to death,
And those who are staggering to the slaughter, Oh hold them back!
12 If you say, “See, we did not know this,”
Does He (B)who weighs the hearts not (C)consider it?
And (D)does He who (E)watches over your soul not know it?
And will He not [a](F)repay a person according to his work?

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  1. Proverbs 24:12 Lit bring back to

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.
25 But it will go well with those who convict the guilty,
    and rich blessing will come on them.

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23 These also are (A)sayings of the wise:
To [a](B)show partiality in judgment is not good.
24 One (C)who says to the wicked, “You are righteous,”
(D)Peoples will curse him, nations will scold him;
25 But (E)for those who rebuke the wicked there will be delight,
And a good blessing will come upon them.

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  1. Proverbs 24:23 Lit regard the face

Evildoers do not understand what is right,
    but those who seek the Lord understand it fully.

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Evil people (A)do not understand justice,
But those who seek the Lord (B)understand everything.

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26 Many seek an audience with a ruler,(A)
    but it is from the Lord that one gets justice.(B)

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26 (A)Many seek the ruler’s [a]favor,
But (B)justice for mankind comes from the Lord.

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  1. Proverbs 29:26 Lit face