Proverbs 24:24 Cross References - CLV

²⁴ He who says to the wicked man, You are righteous--The people shall revile him; the populace shall be indignant toward him."

⁶ You shall not turn aside the judgment of your needy in his contention. ⁷ From a false matter you shall be far; and the innocent and the righteous one you must not kill, for I shall not justify the wicked one.

²⁶ The populace shall revile him who withholds cereal grain, Yet blessing is on the head of him who retails."

¹⁵ He who justifies the wicked person and he who condemns the righteous man, Even both of them are an abhorrence to Yahweh."

²⁷ He who gives to the destitute person shall have no lack, Yet for him who obscures his eyes from them are many curses."

¹⁰ Do not slander a servant to his lord, Lest he should maledict you, and you be held guilty."

²⁰ Woe to those saying for evil, good, and for good, evil, placing darkness for light and light for darkness, placing bitter for sweet and sweet for bitter!"

²³ who justify the wicked as the consequence of a bribe, and the righteousness of the righteous are taking away from him."

²⁴ And they fare forth and see the corpses of the mortals, the transgressors against Me, for their worm shall not die, and their fire shall not be quenched, and they become a repulsion to all flesh."

¹³ For from their least unto their greatest, Every one is gaining dishonest gain, And from prophet even unto priest, Every one is dealing falsely, ¹⁴ And they heal the breach of the daughter of my people slightly, Saying, `Peace, peace!' and there is no peace."

¹⁰ Therefore, I give their wives to others, Their fields to dispossessors, For from the least even unto the greatest, Every one is gaining dishonest gain, From prophet even unto priest, every one is dealing falsely." ¹¹ And they heal the breach of the daughter of my people slightly, Saying, Peace, peace! and there is no peace."

²² Because of paining the heart of the righteous with falsehood, And I have not pained it, And strengthening the hands of the wicked, So as not to turn back from his evil way, To keep him alive,