Isaiah 1:23

Good News Translation

Your leaders are rebels and friends of thieves; they are always accepting gifts and bribes. They never defend orphans in court or listen when widows present their case.

Cross References

2 Chronicles 36:14

In addition, the leaders of Judah, the priests, and the people followed the sinful example of the nations around them in worshiping idols, and so they defiled the Temple, which the Lord himself had made holy.

Exodus 23:8

Do not accept a bribe, for a bribe makes people blind to what is right and ruins the cause of those who are innocent.

Proverbs 17:23

Corrupt judges accept secret bribes, and then justice is not done.

Proverbs 29:24

A thief's partner is his own worst enemy. He will be punished if he tells the truth in court, and God will curse him if he doesn't.

Isaiah 1:17

and learn to do right. See that justice is done—help those who are oppressed, give orphans their rights, and defend widows.”

Isaiah 1:18

The Lord says, “Now, let's settle the matter. You are stained red with sin, but I will wash you as clean as snow. Although your stains are deep red, you will be as white as wool.

Isaiah 1:22

Jerusalem, you were once like silver, but now you are worthless; you were like good wine, but now you are only water.

Isaiah 28:14

Now you arrogant leaders who rule here in Jerusalem over this people, listen to what the Lord is saying.

Isaiah 3:14

The Lord is bringing the elders and leaders of his people to judgment. He makes this accusation: “You have plundered vineyards, and your houses are full of what you have taken from the poor.

Isaiah 30:1

The Lord has spoken: “Those who rule Judah are doomed because they rebel against me. They follow plans that I did not make, and sign treaties against my will, piling one sin on another.

Isaiah 33:15

You can survive if you say and do what is right. Don't use your power to cheat the poor and don't accept bribes. Don't join with those who plan to commit murder or to do other evil things.

Isaiah 5:23

But for just a bribe you let the guilty go free, and you keep the innocent from getting justice.

Isaiah 65:2

I have always been ready to welcome my people, who stubbornly do what is wrong and go their own way.

Jeremiah 22:17

But you can only see your selfish interests; you kill the innocent and violently oppress your people. The Lord has spoken.

Jeremiah 32:32

because of all the evil that has been done by the people of Judah and Jerusalem, together with their kings and leaders, their priests and prophets.

Jeremiah 4:17

and will surround Jerusalem like men guarding a field, because her people have rebelled against the Lord. The Lord has spoken.

Jeremiah 5:5

I will go to the people in power and talk with them. Surely they know what their God requires, what the Lord wants them to do.” But all of them have rejected the Lord's authority and refuse to obey him.

Jeremiah 5:6

That is why lions from the forest will kill them; wolves from the desert will tear them to pieces, and leopards will prowl through their towns. If those people go out, they will be torn apart because their sins are numerous and time after time they have turned from God.

Ezekiel 12:2

“Mortal man,” he said, “you are living among rebellious people. They have eyes, but they see nothing; they have ears, but they hear nothing, because they are rebellious.

Ezekiel 22:27

The government officials are like wolves tearing apart the animals they have killed. They commit murder in order to get rich.

Hosea 4:18

After drinking much wine, they delight in their prostitution, preferring disgrace to honor.

Hosea 5:10

The Lord says, “I am angry because the leaders of Judah have invaded Israel and stolen land from her. So I will pour out punishment on them like a flood.

Hosea 9:15

The Lord says, “All their evildoing began in Gilgal. It was there that I began to hate them. And because of the evil they have done, I will drive them out of my land. I will not love them any more; all their leaders have rebelled against me.

Amos 5:12

I know how terrible your sins are and how many crimes you have committed. You persecute good people, take bribes, and prevent the poor from getting justice in the courts.

Micah 3:11

The city's rulers govern for bribes, the priests interpret the Law for pay, the prophets give their revelations for money—and they all claim that the Lord is with them. “No harm will come to us,” they say. “The Lord is with us.”

Micah 3:9

Listen to me, you rulers of Israel, you that hate justice and turn right into wrong.

Micah 6:12

Your rich people exploit the poor, and all of you are liars.

Micah 7:3

They are all experts at doing evil. Officials and judges ask for bribes. The influential people tell them what they want, and so they scheme together.

Zechariah 7:10

Do not oppress widows, orphans, foreigners who live among you, or anyone else in need. And do not plan ways of harming one another.’

Malachi 3:5

The Lord Almighty says, “I will appear among you to judge, and I will testify at once against those who practice magic, against adulterers, against those who give false testimony, those who cheat employees out of their wages, and those who take advantage of widows, orphans, and foreigners—against all who do not respect me.

Numbers 22:7

So the Moabite and Midianite leaders took with them the payment for the curse, went to Balaam, and gave him Balak's message.

Matthew 21:13

and said to them, “It is written in the Scriptures that God said, ‘My Temple will be called a house of prayer.’ But you are making it a hideout for thieves!”

Mark 11:17

He then taught the people: “It is written in the Scriptures that God said, ‘My Temple will be called a house of prayer for the people of all nations.’ But you have turned it into a hideout for thieves!”

Luke 19:46

saying to them, “It is written in the Scriptures that God said, ‘My Temple will be a house of prayer.’ But you have turned it into a hideout for thieves!”

Luke 24:27

And Jesus explained to them what was said about himself in all the Scriptures, beginning with the books of Moses and the writings of all the prophets.

Deuteronomy 16:19

They are not to be unjust or show partiality in their judgments; and they are not to accept bribes, for gifts blind the eyes even of wise and honest men, and cause them to give wrong decisions.

James 1:27

What God the Father considers to be pure and genuine religion is this: to take care of orphans and widows in their suffering and to keep oneself from being corrupted by the world.

1 Samuel 8:3

But they did not follow their father's example; they were interested only in making money, so they accepted bribes and did not decide cases honestly.