Isaiah 5:23
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Which justify the wicked for reward, and take away the righteousness of the righteous from him!who acquit the guilty for a bribe and deprive the innocent of justice.
In other translations
Which justify the wicked for reward, and take away the righteousness of the righteous from him!who acquit the guilty for a bribe and deprive the innocent of justice.
Hebrew words
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Related verses
- Isaiah 10:2To turn aside the needy from judgment, 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!to deprive the poor of fair treatment and withhold justice from the oppressed of My people, to make widows their prey and orphans their plunder.
- James 5:6Ye have condemned and killed the just; and he doth not resist you.You have condemned and murdered the righteous, who did not resist you.
- Psalm 94:21They gather themselves together against the soul of the righteous, and condemn the innocent blood.They band together against the righteous and condemn the innocent to death.
- Proverbs 17:15He that justifieth the wicked, and he that condemneth the just, even they both are abomination to the Lord.Acquitting the guilty and condemning the righteous— both are detestable to the LORD.
- Proverbs 31:4-54 It is not for kings, O Lemuel, it is not for kings to drink wine; nor for princes strong drink: 5 Lest they drink, and forget the law, and pervert the judgment of any of the afflicted.4 It is not for kings, O Lemuel, it is not for kings to drink wine, or for rulers to crave strong drink, 5 lest they drink and forget what is decreed, depriving all the oppressed of justice.
- Isaiah 1:23Thy princes are rebellious, and companions of thieves: every one loveth gifts, and followeth after rewards: they judge not the fatherless, neither doth the cause of the widow come unto them.Your rulers are rebels, friends of thieves. They all love bribes and chasing after rewards. They do not defend the fatherless, and the plea of the widow never comes before them.
- Micah 7:3That they may do evil with both hands earnestly, the prince asketh, and the judge asketh for a reward; and the great man, he uttereth his mischievous desire: so they wrap it up.Both hands are skilled at evil; the prince and the judge demand a bribe. When the powerful utters his evil desire, they all conspire together.
- Micah 3:11The heads thereof judge for reward, and the priests thereof teach for hire, and the prophets thereof divine for money: yet will they lean upon the Lord, and say, Is not the Lord among us? none evil can come upon us.Her leaders judge for a bribe, her priests teach for a price, and her prophets practice divination for money. Yet they lean upon the LORD, saying, “Is not the LORD among us? No disaster can come upon us.”
- Deuteronomy 16:19Thou shalt not wrest judgment; thou shalt not respect persons, neither take a gift: for a gift doth blind the eyes of the wise, and pervert the words of the righteous.Do not deny justice or show partiality. Do not accept a bribe, for a bribe blinds the eyes of the wise and twists the words of the righteous.
- Proverbs 24:24He that saith unto the wicked, Thou art righteous; him shall the people curse, nations shall abhor him:Whoever tells the guilty, “You are innocent”— peoples will curse him, and nations will denounce him;
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