Keep thee far from a false matter; and the innocent and righteous slay thou not: for I will not justify the wicked.

Which justify the wicked for reward, and take away the righteousness of the righteous from him!

{It is} not good to accept the person of the wicked, to overthrow the righteous in judgment.

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:

For my thoughts {are} not your thoughts, neither {are} your ways my ways, saith the LORD.

The sacrifice of the wicked {is} an abomination to the LORD: but the prayer of the upright {is} his delight.

For I know your manifold transgressions and your mighty sins: they afflict the just, they take a bribe, and they turn aside the poor in the gate {from their right}. {a bribe: or, a ransom}

Ye who turn judgment to wormwood, and leave off righteousness in the earth,

These six {things} doth the LORD hate: yea, seven {are} an abomination unto him: {unto...: Heb. of his soul}

And there came in two men, children of Belial, and sat before him: and the men of Belial witnessed against him, {even} against Naboth, in the presence of the people, saying, Naboth did blaspheme God and the king. Then they carried him forth out of the city, and stoned him with stones, that he died.

Ye have condemned {and} killed the just; {and} he doth not resist you.

But to him that worketh not, but believeth on him that justifieth the ungodly, his faith is counted for righteousness.

And they cried out all at once, saying, Away with this {man}, and release unto us Barabbas:

Her princes in the midst thereof {are} like wolves ravening the prey, to shed blood, {and} to destroy souls, to get dishonest gain.

A false balance {is} abomination to the LORD: but a just weight {is} his delight. {A false...: Heb. Balances of deceit} {just...: Heb. perfect stone}

Woe unto them that call evil good, and good evil; that put darkness for light, and light for darkness; that put bitter for sweet, and sweet for bitter! {call...: Heb. say concerning evil, It is good, etc}

These six {things} doth the LORD hate: yea, seven {are} an abomination unto him: {unto...: Heb. of his soul}

But if ye had known what {this} meaneth, I will have mercy, and not sacrifice, ye would not have condemned the guiltless.

Judge not according to the appearance, but judge righteous judgment.

Also to punish the just {is} not good, {nor} to strike princes for equity.

He that saith unto the wicked, Thou {art} righteous; him shall the people curse, nations shall abhor him:

For the froward {is} abomination to the LORD: but his secret {is} with the righteous.

And Pilate gave sentence that it should be as they required. {gave...: or, assented}

{It is} not good to accept the person of the wicked, to overthrow the righteous in judgment.

They gather themselves together against the soul of the righteous, and condemn the innocent blood.

Which justify the wicked for reward, and take away the righteousness of the righteous from him!

If there be a controversy between men, and they come unto judgment, that {the judges} may judge them; then they shall justify the righteous, and condemn the wicked.

Hear this, I pray you, ye heads of the house of Jacob, and princes of the house of Israel, that abhor judgment, and pervert all equity.

God forbid that I should justify you: till I die I will not remove mine integrity from me.

Then hear thou from heaven, and do, and judge thy servants, by requiting the wicked, by recompensing his way upon his own head; and by justifying the righteous, by giving him according to his righteousness.

And Judah said, What shall we say unto my lord? what shall we speak? or how shall we clear ourselves? God hath found out the iniquity of thy servants: behold, we {are} my lord's servants, both we, and {he} also with whom the cup is found.

And he said, God forbid that I should do so: {but} the man in whose hand the cup is found, he shall be my servant; and as for you, get you up in peace unto your father.

Then hear thou in heaven, and do, and judge thy servants, condemning the wicked, to bring his way upon his head; and justifying the righteous, to give him according to his righteousness.

Keep thee far from a false matter; and the innocent and righteous slay thou not: for I will not justify the wicked.