Proverbs 17:15 Cross References - Darby

¹⁵ He that justifieth the wicked, and he that condemneth the righteous, even they both are abomination to Jehovah.

⁷ Thou shalt keep far from the cause of falsehood; and the innocent and righteous slay not; for I will not justify the wicked.

¹³ 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.

¹⁶ These six [things] doth Jehovah hate, yea, seven are an abomination unto him:

¹ A false balance is an abomination to Jehovah; but a just weight is his delight.

⁸ The sacrifice of the wicked is an abomination to Jehovah; but the prayer of the upright is his delight.

⁵ It is not good to accept the person of the wicked, to wrong the righteous in judgment.

²³ These things also come from the wise. It is not good to have respect of persons in judgment. ²⁴ He that saith unto the wicked, Thou art righteous, peoples shall curse him, nations shall abhor him;

²³ who justify the wicked for a bribe, and turn away the righteousness of the righteous from them!

⁸ For my thoughts are not your thoughts, neither are your ways my ways, saith Jehovah. ⁹ For [as] the heavens are higher than the earth, so are my ways higher than your ways, and my thoughts than your thoughts.

²⁷ Her princes in the midst of her are like wolves ravening the prey, to shed blood, to destroy souls, to get dishonest gain. ²⁸ And her prophets have daubed for them with untempered [mortar], seeing vanity and divining lies unto them, saying, Thus saith the Lord Jehovah! and Jehovah hath not spoken. ²⁹ The people of the land use oppression and practise robbery; and they vex the poor and needy, and oppress the stranger wrongfully.

⁷ Ye who turn judgment to wormwood, and cast down righteousness to the earth,

¹² For I know how manifold are your transgressions and your sins mighty: they afflict the just, they take a bribe, and they turn aside [the right of] the needy in the gate.

¹² Shall horses run upon the rock? will [men] plough [thereon] with oxen? For ye have turned judgment into gall, and the fruit of righteousness into wormwood,

¹⁸ But they cried out in a mass saying, Away with this [man] and release Barabbas to us; ¹⁹ who was one who, for a certain tumult which had taken place in the city, and [for] murder, had been cast into prison. ²⁰ Pilate therefore, desirous to release Jesus, again addressed [them]. ²¹ But they cried out in reply saying, Crucify, crucify him. ²² And he said the third time to them, What evil then has this [man] done? I have found no cause of death in him: I will chastise him therefore and release him. ²³ But they were urgent with loud voices, begging that he might be crucified. And their voices [and those of the chief priests] prevailed. ²⁴ And Pilate adjudged that what they begged should take place. ²⁵ And he released him who, for tumult and murder, had been cast into prison, whom they begged for, and Jesus he delivered up to their will.

⁵ but to him who does not work, but believes on him who justifies the ungodly, his faith is reckoned as righteousness.

⁶ ye have condemned, ye have killed the just; he does not resist you.