Proverbs 17:15

Proverbs Of Solomon

¹⁴ The beginning of strife is like letting out water,
So abandon the quarrel before it breaks out.
¹⁵ He who justifies the wicked and he who condemns the righteous,
Both of them alike are an abomination to the Lord.
¹⁶ Why is there a price in the hand of a fool to buy wisdom,
When he has no sense?

Abomination to the Lord

Righteous Man

To the Lord

Detestable To The Lord

Jehovah

Exodus 23:7

Keep far from a false charge, and do not kill the innocent or the righteous, for I will not acquit the guilty.

Isaiah 5:23

Who justify the wicked for a bribe,
And take away the rights of the ones who are in the right!

Proverbs 18:5

To show partiality to the wicked is not good,
Nor to thrust aside the righteous in judgment.

1 Kings 21:13

Then the two worthless men came in and sat before him; and the worthless men testified against him, even against Naboth, before the people, saying, “Naboth cursed God and the king.” So they took him outside the city and stoned him to death with stones.

Proverbs 6:16

There are six things which the Lord hates,
Yes, seven which are an abomination to Him:

Proverbs 11:1

A false balance is an abomination to the Lord,
But a just weight is His delight.

Proverbs 15:8

The sacrifice of the wicked is an abomination to the Lord,
But the prayer of the upright is His delight.

Proverbs 24:23-24

These also are sayings of the wise.
To show partiality in judgment is not good.

Isaiah 55:8-9

“For My thoughts are not your thoughts,
Nor are your ways My ways,” declares the Lord.

Ezekiel 22:27-29

Her princes within her are like wolves tearing the prey, by shedding blood and destroying lives in order to get dishonest gain.

Amos 5:7

For those who turn justice into wormwood
And cast righteousness down to the earth.”

Amos 5:12

For I know your transgressions are many and your sins are great,
You who distress the righteous and accept bribes
And turn aside the poor in the gate.

Amos 6:12

Do horses run on rocks?
Or does one plow them with oxen?
Yet you have turned justice into poison
And the fruit of righteousness into wormwood,

Luke 23:18-25

But they cried out all together, saying, “Away with this man, and release for us Barabbas!”

Romans 4:5

But to the one who does not work, but believes in Him who justifies the ungodly, his faith is credited as righteousness,

James 5:6

You have condemned and put to death the righteous man; he does not resist you.