Proverbs 17:15

He that pronounces the unjust just, and the just unjust, 1 Is unclean and abominable with God. 1

Updated Brenton Septuagint

In The King James Version

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

In Context

14Rightful rule gives power to words; 1 But sedition and strife precede poverty. 1

16a He that exalts his own house seeks ruin; 1 And he that turns aside from instruction shall fall into mischiefs. 1

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Cross References

Exodus 23:7Thou shalt abstain from every unjust thing: thou shalt not slay the innocent and just, and thou shalt not justify the wicked for gifts.

1 Kings 21:13And, behold, a prophet came to Ahab king of Israel, and said, Thus saith the Lord, Hast thou seen this great multitude? behold, I give it this day into thy hands; and thou shalt know that I am the Lord.

Proverbs 11:1False balances are an abomination before the Lord: 1 But a just weight is acceptable unto him. 1

Proverbs 18:5It is not good to accept the person of the ungodly, 1 Nor is it holy to pervert justice in judgment. 1

Proverbs 24:24He that says of the ungodly, He is righteous, 1 Shall be cursed by peoples, and hateful among the nations. 1

Isaiah 55:8For my counsels are not as your counsels, nor are my ways as your ways, saith the Lord.

Matthew Henry on Proverbs 17:15

14 The beginning of strife is as when one letteth out water: therefore leave off contention, before it be meddled with. Here is, 1. The danger that there is in the beginning of strife. One hot word, one peevish reflection, one angry demand, one spiteful contradiction, begets another, and that a third, and so on, till it proves like the cutting of a dam; when the water has got a little passage it does itself widen the breach, bears down all before it, and there is then no stopping it, no reducing it. 2. A good… Read the whole commentary →

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