THEOSISProverbs 17:15Meaning & Commentary from the Church Fathers
He that justifieth the wicked, and he that condemneth the just, both are abominable before God.
מַצְדִּ֣יק רָ֭שָׁע וּמַרְשִׁ֣יעַ צַדִּ֑יק תּוֹעֲבַ֥ת יְ֝הוָ֗ה גַּם־שְׁנֵיהֶֽם׃
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Passages read together with this verse.
- Ex 23:7Thou shalt fly lying. The innocent and just person thou shalt not put to death: because I abhor the wicked.
- Prov 18:5It is not good to accept the person of the wicked, to decline from the truth of judgment.
- Isa 5:23That justify the wicked for gifts, and take away the justice of the just from him.
- Prov 24:23These things also to the wise: It is not good to have respect to persons in judgment.
- Prov 24:24They that say to the wicked man: Thou art just: shall be cursed by the people, and the tribes shall abhor them.
- Amos 6:12For behold the Lord hath commanded, and he will strike the greater house with breaches, and the lesser house with clefts.
- Prov 15:8The victims of the wicked are abominable to the Lord: the vows of the just are acceptable.
- Amos 5:7You that turn judgment into wormwood, and forsake justice in the land,