Isaiah 5:20

A Conservative Version

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!

Cross References

Proverbs 17:15

He who justifies a wicked man, and he who condemns a righteous man, both of them alike are an abomination to LORD.

Luke 16:15

And he said to them, Ye are those who declare yourselves righteous in the sight of men, but God knows your hearts. Because what is lofty among men is an abomination in the sight of God.

Malachi 2:17

Ye have wearied LORD with your words. Yet ye say, How have we wearied him? In that ye say, Everyone who does evil is good in the sight of LORD, and he delights in them, or Where is the God of justice?

Job 17:12

They change the night into day. The light, [they say], is near to the darkness.

2 Peter 2:1

But FALSE prophets also developed among the people, as FALSE teachers will also be among you, who will sneak in pernicious denominations, even denying the Master who bought them, bringing upon themselves swift destruction.

Amos 5:7

Ye who turn justice to wormwood, and cast down righteousness to the earth,

Malachi 3:15

And now we call the proud happy. Yea, those who work wickedness are built up. Yea, they challenge God, and escape.

Isaiah 24:9

They shall not drink wine with a song. Strong drink shall be bitter to those who drink it.

Isaiah 30:10

who say to the seers, Do not see, and to the prophets, Do not prophesy to us right things. Speak to us smooth things. Prophesy deceits.

Habakkuk 1:4

Therefore the law is slacked, and justice never goes forth. For the wicked man surrounds the righteous man, therefore justice goes forth perverted.

Exodus 23:7

Keep thee far from a FALSE matter. And do not kill an innocent and righteous man, for I will not justify a wicked man.

Deuteronomy 25:1

If there be a controversy between men, and they come to judgment, and [they] judge them, then they shall justify the righteous, and condemn the iniquitous.

Proverbs 4:17

For they eat the bread of wickedness, and drink the wine of violence.

Isaiah 29:21

who make a man an offender in [his] cause, and lay a snare for him who reproves in the gate, and turn aside the just with a thing of nothing.

Isaiah 32:5

The fool shall no more be called noble, nor the churl said to be bountiful.

Ezekiel 13:19

And ye have profaned me among my people for handfuls of barley and for pieces of bread, to kill the souls who should not die, and to save the souls alive who should not live, by your lying to my people who listen to lies.

Micah 3:2

Ye who hate the good, and love the evil, who pluck off their skin from off them, and their flesh from off their bones,