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15 He who justifies the wicked and he who condemns the righteous,
    the two of them are both abominations of Yahweh.

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15 Judging the righteous wicked and the wicked righteous—
    the Lord detests both of these.

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Being partial to faces of evil is not good,
    nor to subvert the righteous at the judgment.

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Favoring the wicked isn’t good;
    it denies justice to the righteous.

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Crooked is the way of a man and a foreigner,
    but the pure is upright in his conduct.

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The ways of some people are twisted and strange,
    but the behavior of those who do right is pure.

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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.

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Footnotes

  1. Proverbs 24:23 Literally “acknowledge faces”

More sayings of the wise

23 These are also the sayings of the wise:

Partiality in judgment isn’t good.

24 Those who say to the guilty, “You are innocent”—
    the people will curse them.
    Nations will condemn them.
25 But it will go well for those who rebuke them.
    A rich blessing will come to them.

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