15He that justifieth the wicked, and he that condemneth the just, even they both are abomination to the LORD.
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From the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge
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!
These things also belong to the wise. It is not good to have respect of persons in judgment. …
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:
Commentary
Matthew Henry’s Complete Commentary on the Bible (1710)
(vv. 15)This shows what an offence it is to God, 1. When those that are entrusted with the administration of public justice, judges, juries, witnesses, prosecutors, counsel, do either acquit the guilty or condemn those that are not guilty, or in the least contribute to either; this defeats the end of government, which is to protect the good and punish the bad, Rom. 13:3 , 4 . It is equally provoking to Go…
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