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Prov. 17:15 KJV (With Strong’s)

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Hep that justifieth the wicked, and he that condemneth the just, even they both are abomination to the Lord.

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Ex. 23:7• ⁷{i}Thou shalt keep far from the cause of falsehood; and the innocent and righteous slay not; for I will not justify the wicked.{/i} (Ex. 23:7)

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Isa. 5:23‑24• ²³who justify the wicked for a reward, and take away the righteousness of the righteous from him!
²⁴Therefore as the tongue of fire devoureth the stubble, and as the dry grass sinketh down in the flame, [so] their root shall be as rottenness, and their blossom shall go up as dust: because they have rejected the law of Jehovah of hosts, and despised the word of the Holy One of Israel. (Isa. 5:23‑24)

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that justifieth.

Prov. 24:23‑24• ²³These [things] also [are] of the wise.{HR}To have respect of persons in judgment is not good.
²⁴He that saith to the wicked, Thou [art] righteous,{HR}Peoples shall curse him, nations shall abhor him; (Prov. 24:23‑24)

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Ex. 23:7• ⁷{i}Thou shalt keep far from the cause of falsehood; and the innocent and righteous slay not; for I will not justify the wicked.{/i} (Ex. 23:7)

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1 Kings 21:13• ¹³{i}And there came the two men, sons of Belial, and sat before him; and the men of Belial witnessed against him, against Naboth, in the presence of the people, saying, Naboth blasphemed God and the king. And they carried him forth out of the city, and stoned him with stones, that he died.{/i} (1 Kings 21:13)

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Isa. 5:23• ²³who justify the wicked for a reward, and take away the righteousness of the righteous from him! (Isa. 5:23)

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Isa. 55:8‑9• ⁸For my thoughts [are] not your thoughts, neither [are] your ways my ways, saith Jehovah.
⁹For [as] the heavens are higher than the earth, so are my ways higher than your ways, and my thoughts than your thoughts. (Isa. 55:8‑9)

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Ezek. 22:27‑29• ²⁷Her princes in the midst thereof are like wolves ravening the prey, to shed blood, and to destroy souls, to get dishonest gain.
²⁸And her prophets have daubed them with untempered morter, seeing vanity, and divining lies unto them, saying, Thus saith the Lord Jehovah, when Jehovah hath not spoken.
²⁹The people of the land have used oppression, and exercised robbery, and have vexed the poor and needy; yea, they have oppressed the stranger wrongfully. (Ezek. 22:27‑29)

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Amos 5:7,12• ⁷Ye who turn judgment to wormwood, and leave off righteousness in the earth.
¹²For 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. (Amos 5:7,12)

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Amos 6:12• ¹²Shall 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: (Amos 6:12)

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Luke 23:18‑25• ¹⁸But they cried in full crowd, saying, Away with this [man] and release Barabbas for us;
¹⁹one who for a certain tumult made in the city and murder had been cast into prison.
²⁰Again therefore Pilate addressed them, wishing to release Jesus.
²¹But they kept calling in reply, Crucify, crucify him!
²²And he said the third time to them, Why, what evil has this [man] done? I have found no cause of death in him. Having chastised him therefore, I will release [him].
²³But they were urgent with loud voices begging that he might be crucified; and their voices [and those of the high priests] prevailed.
²⁴And Pilate gave sentence that what they begged should take place,
²⁵and released him who, for tumult and murder, had been cast into prison, for whom they begged, and Jesus he delivered up to their will. (Luke 23:18‑25)

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Rom. 4:5• ⁵but to him that worketh not but believeth on him that justifieth the ungodly, his faith is reckoned for righteousness. (Rom. 4:5)

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James 5:6• ⁶Ye condemned, ye slew the just one; he doth not resist you. (James 5:6)

abomination.

Prov. 6:16• ¹⁶Six [things] Jehovah hateth,{HR}Yea, seven [are] an abomination of his soul: (Prov. 6:16)

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Prov. 11:1• ¹A false balance [is] abomination to Jehovah,{HR}But a just weight his delight. (Prov. 11:1)

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Prov. 15:8• ⁸The sacrifice of the wicked [is] an abomination to Jehovah;{HR}But the prayer of the upright [is] His delight. (Prov. 15:8)

• To justify the wicked and to condemn the righteous is to call evil good, and good evil (Isa. 5:20). Jehovah would have judgment according to truth. What is opposed to this is an abomination. Observe that to justify necessarily means to clear, or to declare righteous; not, as some theologians would have it, to make righteous. (“Proverbs Seventeen” by H.A. Ironside)

• Here, to justify the lawless is to wink at sin and to pass by iniquity without a suited atonement; while to condemn the just is to impute evil where it is not found. (“Proverbs Seventeen” by H.A. Ironside)

J. N. Darby Translation

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He that justifieth the wickedd, and he that condemneth the righteousd, even they both are abomination to Jehovah.

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The words are in the singular and characteristic; and so in ch. 18.5.

W. Kelly Translation

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He that justifieth the wicked, and he that condemneth the righteous,{HR}Even they both are abomination to Jehovah,