Isaiah 5:20 - Christian Standard Bible Anglicised

²⁰ Woe to those who call evil good and good evil, who substitute darkness for light and light for darkness, who substitute bitter for sweet and sweet for bitter.

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King James Version (Oxford) 1769

²⁰ Woe unto them 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!

Amplified Bible - Classic Edition

²⁰ Woe to those who call evil good and good evil, who put darkness for light and light for darkness, who put bitter for sweet and sweet for bitter!

American Standard Version (1901)

²⁰ Woe unto them 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!

Common English Bible

²⁰ Doom to those who call evil good and good evil, who present darkness as light and light as darkness, who make bitterness sweet and sweetness bitter.

Catholic Public Domain Version

²⁰ Woe to you who call evil good, and good evil; who substitute darkness for light, and light for darkness; who exchange bitter for sweet, and sweet for bitter!

Douay-Rheims version of The Bible - 1752 version

²⁰ 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.

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Job 17:12

They turned night into day and made light seem near in the face of darkness.

Exodus 23:7

Stay far away from a false accusation. Do not kill the innocent and the just, because I will not justify the guilty.

Proverbs 17:15

Acquitting the guilty and condemning the just   – both are detestable to the  Lord.

Proverbs 4:17

They eat the bread of wickedness and drink the wine of violence.

Isaiah 24:9

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

Isaiah 29:21

those who, with their speech, accuse a person of wrongdoing, who set a trap for the one mediating at the city gate and without cause deprive the righteous of justice.

Isaiah 30:10

They say to the seers, ‘Do not see,’ and to the prophets, ‘Do not prophesy the truth to us. Tell us flattering things. Prophesy illusions.

Isaiah 32:5

A fool will no longer be called a noble, nor a scoundrel said to be important.

Ezekiel 13:19

You profane me among my people for handfuls of barley  and scraps of bread; you put those to death who should not die and spare those who should not live, when you lie to my people, who listen to lies.

Amos 5:7

Those who turn justice into wormwood also throw righteousness to the ground.

Micah 3:2

You hate good and love evil. You tear off people’s skin and strip their flesh from their bones.

Habakkuk 1:4

This is why the law is ineffective and justice never emerges. For the wicked restrict  the righteous; therefore, justice  comes out perverted.

Malachi 2:17

You have wearied the Lord   with your words. Yet you ask, ‘How have we wearied him? ’ When you say, ‘Everyone who does what is evil is good in the Lord’s sight, and he is delighted with them,  or else where is the God of justice? ’

Malachi 3:15

So now we consider the arrogant  to be fortunate.  Not only do those who commit wickedness prosper, they even test God  and escape.’

Luke 16:15

And he told them, ‘You are the ones who justify   yourselves in the sight of others, but God knows your hearts.   For what is highly admired by people is revolting   in God’s sight.

Deuteronomy 25:1

‘If there is a dispute between men, they are to go to court, and the judges will hear their case. They will clear the innocent and condemn the guilty.

2 Peter 2:1

There were indeed false prophets  among the people, just as there will be false teachers  among you. They will bring in destructive heresies, even denying the Master who bought  them, and will bring swift destruction on themselves.