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Proverbs 17:15 (KJV)

He that justifieth the wicked, and he that condemneth the just, even they both [are] abomination to the LORD.

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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.
Deuteronomy 25:1 - If there be a controversy between men, and they come unto judgment, that [the judges] may judge them; then they shall justify the righteous, and condemn the wicked.
1 Kings 21:13 - 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.
Proverbs 6:16 - These six [things] doth the LORD hate: yea, seven [are] an abomination unto him:
Proverbs 11:1 - A false balance [is] abomination to the LORD: but a just weight [is] his delight.
Proverbs 15:8 - The sacrifice of the wicked [is] an abomination to the LORD: but the prayer of the upright [is] his delight.
Proverbs 18:5 - [It is] not good to accept the person of the wicked, to overthrow the righteous in judgment.
Proverbs 24:23 - These [things] also [belong] to the wise. [It is] not good to have respect of persons in judgment.
Proverbs 24:24 - He that saith unto the wicked, Thou [art] righteous; him shall the people curse, nations shall abhor him:
Isaiah 5:23 - Which justify the wicked for reward, and take away the righteousness of the righteous from him!
Isaiah 55:8 - For my thoughts [are] not your thoughts, neither [are] your ways my ways, saith the LORD.
Ezekiel 13:19 - And will ye pollute me among my people for handfuls of barley and for pieces of bread, to slay the souls that should not die, and to save the souls alive that should not live, by your lying to my people that hear [your] lies?
Ezekiel 22:27 - Her princes in the midst thereof [are] like wolves ravening the prey, to shed blood, [and] to destroy souls, to get dishonest gain.
Amos 5:7 - Ye who turn judgment to wormwood, and leave off righteousness in the earth,
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].
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:
Luke 23:18 - And they cried out all at once, saying, Away with this [man], and release unto us Barabbas:
Romans 4:5 - But to him that worketh not, but believeth on him that justifieth the ungodly, his faith is counted for righteousness.
James 5:6 - Ye have condemned [and] killed the just; [and] he doth not resist you.

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