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Exodus 23:7
Keep thee far from a false matter; and the innocent and righteous slay thou not: for I will not justify the wicked.
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Isaiah 5:23
that justify the wicked for a bribe, and take away the righteousness of the righteous from him!
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Proverbs 18:5
To respect the person of the wicked is not good, Nor to turn aside the righteous in judgment.
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Proverbs 24:23-24
These also are sayings of the wise. To have respect of persons in judgment is not good.He that saith unto the wicked, Thou art righteous, Peoples shall curse him, nations shall abhor him;
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James 5:6
Ye have condemned, ye have killed the righteous one; he doth not resist you.
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1 Kings 21 13
And the two men, the base fellows, came in and sat before him: and the base fellows bare witness against him, even against Naboth, in the presence of the people, saying, Naboth did curse God and the king. Then they carried him forth out of the city, and stoned him to death with stones.
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Amos 5:12
For I know how manifold are your transgressions, and how mighty are your sins— ye that afflict the just, that take a bribe, and that turn aside the needy in the gate from their right.
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Proverbs 6:16
There are six things which Jehovah hateth; Yea, seven which are an abomination unto him:
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Amos 5:7
Ye who turn justice to wormwood, and cast down righteousness to the earth,
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Isaiah 55:8-9
For my thoughts are not your thoughts, neither are your ways my ways, saith Jehovah.For as the heavens are higher than the earth, so are my ways higher than your ways, and my thoughts than your thoughts.
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Romans 4:5
But to him that worketh not, but believeth on him that justifieth the ungodly, his faith is reckoned for righteousness.
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Amos 6:12
Shall horses run upon the rock? will one plow there with oxen? that ye have turned justice into gall, and the fruit of righteousness into wormwood;
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Proverbs 15:8
The sacrifice of the wicked is an abomination to Jehovah; But the prayer of the upright is his delight.
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Luke 23:18-25
But they cried out all together, saying, Away with this man, and release unto us Barabbas:—one who for a certain insurrection made in the city, and for murder, was cast into prison.And Pilate spake unto them again, desiring to release Jesus;but they shouted, saying, Crucify, crucify him.And he said unto them the third time, Why, what evil hath this man done? I have found no cause of death in him: I will therefore chastise him and release him.But they were urgent with loud voices, asking that he might be crucified. And their voices prevailed.And Pilate gave sentence that what they asked for should be done.And he released him that for insurrection and murder had been cast into prison, whom they asked for; but Jesus he delivered up to their will.
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Ezekiel 22:27-29
Her princes in the midst thereof are like wolves ravening the prey, to shed blood, and to destroy souls, that they may get dishonest gain.And her prophets have daubed for them with untempered mortar, seeing false visions, and divining lies unto them, saying, Thus saith the Lord Jehovah, when Jehovah hath not spoken.The people of the land have used oppression, and exercised robbery; yea, they have vexed the poor and needy, and have oppressed the sojourner wrongfully.
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Proverbs 11:1
A false balance is an abomination to Jehovah; But a just weight is his delight.
