Isaiah 5:23

Lighthouse Bible 2006

Who justify the wicked for reward, and take away the righteousness of the righteous from him!

Cross References

1 Kings 21:13

And there came in two men, children of Belial, and sat before him: and the men of Belial witnessed against him, even against Naboth, in the presence of the people, saying, Naboth blasphemed God and the king. Then they took him away out of the city, and stoned him with stones, that he died.

2 Chronicles 19:7

Therefore now let the fear of the LORD be upon you; be careful and do it: for there is no iniquity with the LORD our God, nor respect of persons, nor taking of bribes.

Psalm 94:21

They gather themselves together against the soul of the righteous, and condemn the innocent blood.

Proverbs 17:15

He that justifies the wicked and he that condemns the just, even they both are an abomination to the LORD.

Proverbs 17:23

A wicked man takes a bribe out of the bosom to pervert the ways of justice.

Proverbs 24:24

He that says to the wicked, You are righteous; him shall the people curse, nations shall abhor him:

Isaiah 1:23

Your princes are rebellious, and companions of thieves: every one loves gifts, and follows after rewards: they do not judge the fatherless, neither does the cause of the widow come to them.

Isaiah 10:1

Woe unto those who decree unrighteous decrees, and that write oppression which they have prescribed;

Isaiah 10:2

To turn aside the needy from obtaining justice, and to take away the right from the poor of my people, that widows may be their prey, and that they may rob the fatherless!

Isaiah 28:7

But they also have erred through wine, and through strong drink have left the pathway; the priest and the prophet have erred through strong drink, they are swallowed up by wine, they have left the pathway through strong drink; they err in vision, they stumble in judgment.

Isaiah 29:21

That make a man an offender for a word, and lay a snare for him that reproves in the gate, and turn aside the just for a worthless thing.

Isaiah 32:7

The schemes also of the selfish person are evil: he devises wicked devices to destroy the poor with lying words, even when the needy speaks right.

Isaiah 59:15

Yea, truth fails; and he who departs from evil makes himself a prey: and the LORD saw it, and it displeased him that there was no justice.

Amos 5:12

For I know your manifold transgressions and your mighty sins: they afflict the just, they take a bribe, and they turn aside the poor in the gate from their right.

Micah 3:11

Their heads judge for reward, and their priests teach for wages, and their prophets divine for money: yet will they lean upon the LORD, and say, Is not the LORD among us? no evil can come upon us.

Micah 7:3

So that they may do evil with both hands earnestly, the prince asks, and the judge asks for a reward; and the great man, he speaks his mischievous desire: so they weave it together.

Matthew 23:35

That upon you may come all the righteous blood shed upon the earth, from the blood of righteous Abel to the blood of Zechariah son of Berachiah, whom you slew between the temple and the altar.

Deuteronomy 16:19

You shall not pervert judgment; you shall not favor any person, neither take a bribe: for a bribe blinds the eyes of the wise, and perverts the words of the righteous.

James 5:6

You have condemned and killed the just; and he does not resist you.