Isaiah 5:20

Contemporary English Version (Anglicised) 2012

You are headed for trouble! You say wrong is right, darkness is light, and bitter is sweet.

Cross References

Job 17:12

But all my friends can do is offer empty hopes.

Exodus 23:7

Don't bring false charges against anyone or sentence an innocent person to death. I won't forgive you if you do.

Proverbs 17:15

The LORD doesn't like those who defend the guilty or condemn the innocent.

Proverbs 4:17

Their food and drink are violence and cruelty.

Isaiah 24:9

They no longer sing as they drink their wine, and it tastes sour.

Isaiah 29:21

together with everyone who tells lies in court and keeps innocent people from getting a fair trial.

Isaiah 30:10

and have said to his messengers and prophets: Don't tell us what God has shown you and don't preach the truth. Just say what we want to hear, even if it's false.

Isaiah 32:5

Fools will no longer be highly respected, and crooks won't be given positions of honour.

Ezekiel 13:19

They charge my people a few handfuls of barley and a couple of pieces of bread, and then give messages that are insulting to me. They use lies to sentence the innocent to death and to help the guilty go free. And my people believe them!

Amos 5:7

You people are doomed! You twist the truth and trample on justice.

Micah 3:2

but you prefer to do evil instead of what is right. You skin my people alive. You strip off their flesh,

Habakkuk 1:4

Laws cannot be enforced; justice is always the loser; criminals crowd out honest people and twist the laws around.

Malachi 2:17

You have worn out the LORD with your words. And yet, you ask, “How did we do that?” You did it by saying, “The LORD is pleased with evil and doesn't care about justice.”

Malachi 3:15

See how happy those arrogant people are. Everyone who does wrong is successful, and when they put God to the test, they always get away with it.”

Luke 16:15

But Jesus told them: You are always making yourselves look good, but God sees what is in your heart. The things that most people think are important are worthless as far as God is concerned.

Deuteronomy 25:1

Suppose you and someone else each accuse the other of doing something wrong, and you go to court, where the judges decide you are guilty. If your punishment is to be beaten with a whip, one of the judges will order you to lie down, and you will receive the number of lashes you deserve.

2 Peter 2:1

Sometimes false prophets spoke to the people of Israel. False teachers will also sneak in and speak harmful lies to you. But these teachers don't really belong to the Master who paid a great price for them, and they will quickly destroy themselves.