Isaiah 5:20

Modern English Version

Woe to those who call evil good, and good evil; who exchange darkness for light, and light for darkness; who exchange bitter for sweet, and sweet for bitter!

Cross References

Job 17:12

They change the night into day; the light is short because of darkness.

Exodus 23:7

Keep far away from a false charge, and do not kill the innocent and the righteous, for I will not justify the wicked.

Proverbs 17:15

He who justifies the wicked and he who condemns the just, both are abominations to the Lord.

Proverbs 4:17

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

Isaiah 24:9

They shall not drink wine with song; strong drink shall be bitter to those who drink it.

Isaiah 29:21

those who cause a man to be indicted by a word, and lay a snare for him who reproves in the gate, and turn aside the righteous with meaningless arguments.

Isaiah 30:10

they say to the seers, “You must not see visions,” and to the prophets, “You must not prophesy to us right things; speak to us pleasant things, prophesy illusions.

Isaiah 32:5

The vile person shall no more be called noble, nor the rogue be spoken of as generous;

Ezekiel 13:19

And you pollute Me among My people for handfuls of barley and pieces of bread to slay the souls of those who should not die and to save the souls alive of those who should not live by your lying to My people who hear your lies.

Amos 5:7

You who turn justice into bitterness and cast righteousness down to the ground!

Micah 3:2

You who hate good and love evil, who tear the skin from My people and the flesh from their bones;

Habakkuk 1:4

Therefore the law is powerless, and justice never goes forth. For the wicked surround the righteous; therefore injustice proceeds.

Malachi 2:17

You have wearied the Lord with your words. Yet you say, “How have we wearied Him?” When you say, “Everyone who does evil is good in the sight of the Lord, and He delights in them,” or, “Where is the God of justice?”

Malachi 3:15

And now we call the proud blessed, for those who do wickedness are built up; they even test God and escape.”

Luke 16:15

He said to them, “You are those who justify yourselves before men, but God knows your hearts. For that which is highly esteemed before men is an abomination before God.

Deuteronomy 25:1

If there is a controversy between men, they are to go to court for judgment, so that the judges may judge them. Then they shall justify the righteous and condemn the wicked.

2 Peter 2:1

But there were also false prophets among the people, just as there will be false teachers among you, who will secretly bring in destructive heresies, even denying the Lord who bought them, bringing swift destruction upon themselves.