Proverbs 17:15 Cross References - Brenton

¹⁵ He that pronounces the unjust just, and the just unjust, is unclean and abominable with God.

⁷ Thou shalt abstain from every unjust thing: thou shalt not slay the innocent and just, and thou shalt not justify the wicked for gifts.

^{13 (20:13)} And two men, sons of transgressors, came in, and sat opposite him, and bore witness against him, saying, Thou hast blessed God and the king. And they led him forth out of the city, and stoned him with stones, and he died.

¹⁶ For he rejoices in all things which God hates, and he is ruined by reason of impurity of soul.

¹ False balances are an abomination before the Lord: but a just weight is acceptable unto him.

⁸ The sacrifices of the ungodly are an abomination to the Lord; but the prayers of them that walk honestly are acceptable with him.

⁵ It is not good to accept the person of the ungodly, nor is it holy to pervert justice in judgment.

²³ And this thing I say to you that are wise for you to learn: It is not good to have respect of persons in judgment. ²⁴ He that says of the ungodly, He is righteous, shall be cursed by peoples, and hateful among the nations.

²³ who justify the ungodly for rewards, and take away the righteousness of the righteous.

⁸ For my counsels are not as your counsels, nor are my ways as your ways, saith the Lord. ⁹ But as the heaven is distant from the earth, so is my way distant from your ways, and your thoughts from my mind.

²⁷ Her princes in the midst of her are as wolves ravening to shed blood, that they may get dishonest gain. ²⁸ And her prophets that daub them shall fall, that see vanities, that prophesy falsehoods, saying, Thus saith the Lord, when the Lord has not spoken. ²⁹ That sorely oppress the people of the land with injustice, and commit robbery; oppressing the poor and needy, and not dealing justly with the stranger.

⁷ It is he that executes judgment in the height above, and he has established justice on the earth:

¹² For I know your many transgressions, and your sins are great, trampling on the just, taking bribes, and turning aside the judgment of the poor in the gates.

^{12 (6:13)} Will horses run upon rocks? will they refrain from neighing at mares? for ye have turned judgment into poison, and the fruit of righteousness into bitterness: