Isaiah 5:20

New American Bible - revised edition

Ah! Those who call evil good, and good evil, who change darkness to light, and light into darkness, who change bitter to sweet, and sweet into bitter!

Cross References

Job 17:12

They would change the night into day; where there is darkness they talk of approaching light.

Exodus 23:7

You shall keep away from anything dishonest. The innocent and the just you shall not put to death, for I will not acquit the guilty.

Proverbs 17:15

Whoever acquits the wicked, whoever condemns the just— both are an abomination to the Lord.

Proverbs 4:17

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

Isaiah 24:9

They no longer drink wine and sing; strong brew is bitter to those who drink it.

Isaiah 29:21

those who condemn with a mere word, Who ensnare the defender at the gate, and leave the just with an empty claim.

Isaiah 30:10

Who say to the seers, “Do not see”; to the prophets, “Do not prophesy truth for us; speak smooth things to us, see visions that deceive!

Isaiah 32:5

No more will the fool be called noble, nor the deceiver be considered honorable.

Ezekiel 13:19

You have profaned me among my people for handfuls of barley and crumbs of bread, slaying those who should not be slain, and keeping alive those who should not live, lying to my people, who listen to lies.

Amos 5:7

Woe to those who turn justice into wormwood and cast righteousness to the ground,

Micah 3:2

you who hate what is good, and love evil? You who tear their skin from them, and their flesh from their bones;

Habakkuk 1:4

This is why the law is numb and justice never comes, For the wicked surround the just; this is why justice comes forth perverted.

Malachi 2:17

You have wearied the Lord with your words, yet you say, “How have we wearied him?” By saying, “All evildoers are good in the sight of the Lord, And he is pleased with them,” or “Where is the just God?”

Malachi 3:15

But we call the arrogant blessed; for evildoers not only prosper but even test God and escape.”

Luke 16:15

And he said to them, “You justify yourselves in the sight of others, but God knows your hearts; for what is of human esteem is an abomination in the sight of God. Sayings About the Law.

Deuteronomy 25:1

When there is a dispute and the parties draw near for judgment, and a decision is given, declaring one party in the right and the other in the wrong,

2 Peter 2:1

There were also false prophets among the people, just as there will be false teachers among you, who will introduce destructive heresies and even deny the Master who ransomed them, bringing swift destruction on themselves.