Proverbs 17:15
Old Testament • 6 words with Strong's data
"He that justifieth the wicked, and he that condemneth the just, even they both are abomination to the LORD."
Word-by-Word Analysis
צָדַק
tsâdaq
to be (causatively, make) right (in a moral or forensic sense)
רָשָׁע
râshâʻ
morally wrong; concretely, an (actively) bad person
רָשַׁע
râshaʻ
to be (causatively, do or declare) wrong; by implication, to disturb, violate
תּוֹעֵבַה
tôwʻêbah
properly, something disgusting (morally), i.e. (as noun) an abhorrence; especially idolatry or (concretely) an idol
יְהֹוָה
Yᵉhôvâh
Jehovah, Jewish national name of God
Key Terms in This Verse
צָדַק tsâdaq
to be (causatively, make) right (in a moral or forensic sense)
Study H6663 →רָשַׁע râshaʻ
to be (causatively, do or declare) wrong; by implication, to disturb, violate
Study H7561 →תּוֹעֵבַה tôwʻêbah
properly, something disgusting (morally), i.e. (as noun) an abhorrence; especially idolatry or (concretely) an idol
Study H8441 →Cross References
Keep thee far from a false matter; and the innocent and righteous slay thou not: for I will not justify the wicked.
It is not good to accept the person of the wicked, to overthrow the righteous in judgment.
Which justify the wicked for reward, and take away the righteousness of the righteous from him!
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:
The sacrifice of the wicked is an abomination to the LORD: but the prayer of the upright is his delight.
Ye who turn judgment to wormwood, and leave off righteousness in the earth,
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.
Ye have condemned and killed the just; and he doth not resist you.
These six things doth the LORD hate: yea, seven are an abomination unto him:
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...
But to him that worketh not, but believeth on him that justifieth the ungodly, his faith is counted for righteousness.
A false balance is abomination to the LORD: but a just weight is his delight.
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