Proverbs 17:15

He that justifieth the rashah, 1 and he that condemneth the tzaddik, 1 even they both are to'evah to Hashem. 1

Orthodox Jewish Bible

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

14The beginning of madon (strife) is like releasing mayim, 1 therefore stop contention before a quarrel begins. 1

16Why is there the purchase price in the yad of a kesil (fool) to acquire chochmah, 1 seeing he hath no lev for it? 1

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Cross References

Exodus 23:7Keep thee far from a devar sheker (false matter); and the naki (innocent) and tzaddik slay thou not; for I will not acquit the rashah.

1 Kings 21:13And there came in two anashim, bnei beliyaal, and sat opposite him; and the anashim of beliyaal witnessed against him, even against Navot, in the presence of the people, saying, Navot blasphemed Elohim vaMelech! Then they took him forth outside of the Ir, and stoned him with stones, that he died.

Proverbs 11:1A balance of mirmah (dishonesty, deception) is abomination to Hashem, 1 but an even shelemah (perfect stone, just weight) is His ratzon. 1

Proverbs 18:5It is not tov to show partiality to the rashah, 1 to subvert the tzaddik in mishpat. 1

Proverbs 24:24He that saith unto the rashah, Thou are tzaddik, 1 him shall the people curse, nations shall detest him; 1

Isaiah 55:8For My machshevot are not your machshevot, 1 neither are the darkhei (ways) of you the darkhei of Me, saith Hashem. 1

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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