15Acquitting 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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Acquittingמַצְדִּ֣יקH6663Verb - Hifil - Participle - masculine singularthe guiltyרָ֭שָׁעH7563Adjective - masculine singularand condemningוּמַרְשִׁ֣יעַH7561Conjunctive waw | Verb - Hifil - Participle - masculine singularthe righteousצַדִּ֑יקH6662Adjective - masculine singularbothשְׁנֵיהֶֽם׃H8147Number - masculine dual construct | third person masculine pluralare detestableתּוֹעֲבַ֥תH8441Noun - feminine singular constructto the LORDיְ֝הוָ֗הH3068Noun - proper - masculine singular-גַּם־H1571Conjunction