Primary Verses:

1. Deut. 25:1

   • "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."

Supporting Verses:

2. 2 Chron. 6:22-23

   • "If a man sin against his neighbour, and an oath be laid upon him to make him swear, and the oath come before thine altar in this house;  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."

3. Prov. 17:15

   • "He that justifieth the wicked, and he that condemneth the just, even they both are abomination to YHVH."

4. Prov. 18:5

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