Isaiah 5:20

Douay-Rheims version of The Bible - 1752 version

Woe to you that call evil good, and good evil: that put darkness for light, and light for darkness: that put bitter for sweet, and sweet for bitter.

Cross References

Proverbs 17:15

He that justifieth the wicked, and he that condemneth the just, both are abominable before God.

Luke 16:15

And he said to them: You are they who justify yourselves before men, but God knoweth your hearts; for that which is high to men, is an abomination before God.

Malachi 2:17

You have wearied the Lord with your words, and you said: Wherein have we wearied him? In that you say: Every one that doth evil, is good in the sight of the Lord, and such please him: or surely where is the God of judgment?

Job 17:12

They have turned night into day: and after darkness I hope for light again.

2 Peter 2:1

But there were also false prophets among the people, even as there shall be among you lying teachers, who shall bring in sects of perdition, and deny the Lord who bought them: bringing upon themselves swift destruction.

Amos 5:7

You that turn judgment into wormwood, and forsake justice in the land,

Malachi 3:15

Wherefore now we call the proud people happy, for they that work wickedness are built up, and they have tempted God and are preserved.

Isaiah 24:9

They shall not drink wine with a song: the drink shall be bitter to them that drink it.

Isaiah 30:10

Who say to the seers: See not. And to them that behold: Behold not for us those things that are right. Speak unto us pleasant things: see errors for us.

Habakkuk 1:4

Therefore the law is torn in pieces, and judgment cometh not to the end: because the wicked prevaileth against the just, therefore wrong judgment goeth forth.

Exodus 23:7

Thou shalt fly lying. The innocent and just person thou shalt not put to death: because I abhor the wicked.

Deuteronomy 25:1

If there be a controversy between men, and they call upon the judges: they shall give the prize of justice to him whom they perceive to be just. And him whom they find to be wicked they shall condemn of wickedness.

Proverbs 4:17

They eat the bread of wickedness, and drink the wine of iniquity.

Isaiah 29:21

That made men sin by word, and supplanted him that reproved them in the gate, and declined in vain from the just.

Isaiah 32:5

The fool shall no more be called prince: neither shall the deceitful be called great.

Ezekiel 13:19

And they violated me among my people for a handful of barley and a piece of bread, to kill souls which should not die and to save souls alive which should not live telling lies to my people that believe lies.

Micah 3:2

You that hate good, and love evil: that violently pluck off their skins from them, and their flesh from their bones?