Proverbs 17:15
King James Version
10 Jun 2026
“He that justifieth the wicked, and he that condemneth the just, even they both are abomination to the Lord.”
צַדִּיק
The blessed man is not the one who has never fallen — it is the one who knows where not to stand, not to walk, not to sit. Righteousness in the Psalms is relational — it is being in right standing with God, walking in step with Him, rooted in His word like a tree by water.
רָשָׁע
the wicked
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רָשָׁע
Wicked, ungodly. Rasha. One who is morally wrong and opposed to God. God's mercy is available to anyone who repents.
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תּוֹעֵבַה
are the abomination of
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תּוֹעֵבַה
properly, something disgusting (morally), i.e. (as noun) an abhorrence; especially idolatry or (concretely) an idol
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יְהֹוָה
Yahweh
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יְהֹוָה
LORD. Yahweh. The covenant name of God. I AM WHO I AM. The self-existent eternal One who was is and always will be.
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גַּם
also
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גַּם
properly, assemblage; used only adverbially also, even, yea, though; often repeated as correl. both...and
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צָדַק
one who justifies
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צָדַק
to be (causatively, make) right (in a moral or forensic sense)
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שְׁנַיִם
both of/ them
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שְׁנַיִם
two; also (as ordinal) twofold
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