Keep thee far from a false matter; and the innocent and righteous slay thou not: for I will not justify the wicked.
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Proverbs 17:15 · 16 connections
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It is not good to accept the person of the wicked, to overthrow the righteous in judgment.
Which justify the wicked for reward, and take away the righteousness of the righteous from him!
These things also belong to the wise. It is not good to have respect of persons in judgment. …
End of linked passage: Proverbs 24:24The sacrifice of the wicked is an abomination to the LORD: but the prayer of the upright is his delight.
Shall horses run upon the rock? will one plow there with oxen? for ye have turned judgment into gall, and the fruit of righteousness into hemlock:
And there came in two men, children of Belial, and sat before him: and the men of Belial witnessed against him, even against Naboth, in the presence of the people, saying, Naboth did blaspheme God and the king. Then they carried him forth out of the city, and stoned him with stones, that he died.
These six things doth the LORD hate: yea, seven are an abomination unto him:
For my thoughts are not your thoughts, neither are your ways my ways, saith the LORD. …
End of linked passage: Isaiah 55:9Ye who turn judgment to wormwood, and leave off righteousness in the earth,
For I know your manifold transgressions and your mighty sins: they afflict the just, they take a bribe, and they turn aside the poor in the gate from their right.
But to him that worketh not, but believeth on him that justifieth the ungodly, his faith is counted for righteousness.
Ye have condemned and killed the just; and he doth not resist you.
Her princes in the midst thereof are like wolves ravening the prey, to shed blood, and to destroy souls, to get dishonest gain. …
End of linked passage: Ezekiel 22:29And they cried out all at once, saying, Away with this man, and release unto us Barabbas: …
End of linked passage: Luke 23:25A false balance is abomination to the LORD: but a just weight is his delight.
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