15 Acquitting the guilty and condemning the righteous—both are detestable to the LORD.
Focused Passage
Proverbs 17:15
Wisdom in Household Peace, Tested Hearts, Just Speech, and Relational Restraint
The chapter moves through household peace, divine heart-testing, speech and poverty, family honor, bribery and love, rebuke and folly, quarrels and justice, friendship and surety, conflict and grief, crooked justice, wandering folly, and restrained speech.
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Verse 15
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Acquitting מַצְדִּ֣יק H6663 Verb - Hifil - Participle - masculine singular the guilty רָ֭שָׁע H7563 Adjective - masculine singular and condemning וּמַרְשִׁ֣יעַ H7561 Conjunctive waw | Verb - Hifil - Participle - masculine singular the righteous צַדִּ֑יק H6662 Adjective - masculine singular both שְׁנֵיהֶֽם׃ H8147 Number - masculine dual construct | third person masculine plural are detestable תּוֹעֲבַ֥ת H8441 Noun - feminine singular construct to the LORD יְ֝הוָ֗ה H3068 Noun - proper - masculine singular - גַּם־ H1571 Conjunction