Proverbs 17:15 · KJV
“He that justifieth the wicked, and he that condemneth the just, even they both {are} abomination to the LORD.”
— Proverbs 17:15
The beginning of strife {is as} when one letteth out water: therefore leave off contention, before it be meddled with.
Wherefore {is there} a price in the hand of a fool to get wisdom, seeing {he hath} no heart {to it}?
Proverbs 17 — Context
Whoso rewardeth evil for good, evil shall not depart from his house.
14The beginning of strife {is as} when one letteth out water: therefore leave off contention, before it be meddled with.
15He that justifieth the wicked, and he that condemneth the just, even they both {are} abomination to the LORD.
16Wherefore {is there} a price in the hand of a fool to get wisdom, seeing {he hath} no heart {to it}?
17A friend loveth at all times, and a brother is born for adversity.
Cross References
Exodus 23:7
Keep thee far from a false matter; and the innocent and righteous slay thou not: for I will not justify the wicked.
Proverbs 18:5
{It is} not good to accept the person of the wicked, to overthrow the righteous in judgment.
Isaiah 5:23
Which justify the wicked for reward, and take away the righteousness of the righteous from him!
Proverbs 24:23-24
These {things} also {belong} to the wise. {It is} not good to have respect of persons in judgment.
Amos 6:12
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:
Proverbs 15:8
The sacrifice of the wicked {is} an abomination to the LORD: but the prayer of the upright {is} his delight.
Isaiah 55:8-9
For my thoughts {are} not your thoughts, neither {are} your ways my ways, saith the LORD.
Amos 5:12
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}. {a bribe: or, a ransom}