Proverbs 17:15
He that justifieth the lawless, and he that condemneth the righteous, an abomination to Yahweh, are they, both.
The Emphasised Bible by J. B. Rotherham
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Exodus 23:7From a matter of falsehood, thou shalt keep far away,—and the innocent one and the righteous, do not thou slay, for I will not justify a lawless man.
1 Kings 21:13Then came in the two reckless men, and sat before him, and the men bare witness against him, even against Naboth, before the people, saying, Naboth hath reviled God and king! So they carried him forth, outside the city, and stoned him with stones, that he died.
Proverbs 11:1A deceptive balance, is an abomination to Yahweh, but, a full weight, is his delight.
Proverbs 18:5To prefer a lawless man, is not good, thrusting away the righteous, in judgment.
Proverbs 24:24He that saith to the lawless man, Righteous, thou art, peoples shall denounce him, populations shall curse him;
Isaiah 55:8For, my thoughts, are not, your thoughts, Nor, your ways, my ways,—Declareth Yahweh.
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 →