Whoever says to the wicked, “You are in the right,” will be cursed by peoples, abhorred by nations,
He who justifies the wicked and he who condemns the righteous are both alike an abomination to the Lord.
who acquit the guilty for a bribe, and deprive the innocent of his right!
The people curse him who holds back grain, but a blessing is on the head of him who sells it.
Whoever gives to the poor will not want, but he who hides his eyes will get many a curse.
“You shall not pervert the justice due to your poor in his lawsuit. Keep far from a false charge, and do not kill the innocent and righteous, for I will not acquit the wicked.
Because you have disheartened the righteous falsely, although I have not grieved him, and you have encouraged the wicked, that he should not turn from his evil way to save his life,
Therefore I will give their wives to others and their fields to conquerors, because from the least to the greatest everyone is greedy for unjust gain; from prophet to priest, everyone deals falsely. They have healed the wound of my people lightly, saying, ‘Peace, peace,’ when there is no peace.
“For from the least to the greatest of them, everyone is greedy for unjust gain; and from prophet to priest, everyone deals falsely. They have healed the wound of my people lightly, saying, ‘Peace, peace,’ when there is no peace.
“And they shall go out and look on the dead bodies of the men who have rebelled against me. For their worm shall not die, their fire shall not be quenched, and they shall be an abhorrence to all flesh.”
Woe to those who call evil good and good evil, who put darkness for light and light for darkness, who put bitter for sweet and sweet for bitter!
Do not slander a servant to his master, lest he curse you, and you be held guilty.
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