Isaiah 5:23

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who acquit the guilty for a bribe and deny justice to the righteous!

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  • Ps 94:21 : 21 They band together against the life of the righteous and condemn innocent blood.
  • Isa 10:2 : 2 They deprive the poor of justice and rob the rights of the needy among my people, making widows their spoil and leaving orphans to be plundered.
  • Jas 5:6 : 6 You have condemned and murdered the righteous person, who does not resist you.
  • Isa 1:23 : 23 Your rulers are rebellious and companions of thieves; they all love bribes and chase after gifts. They do not defend the fatherless, and the widow's case never comes before them.
  • Mic 3:11 : 11 Her leaders judge for a bribe, her priests teach for a price, and her prophets practice divination for silver. Yet they lean on the LORD, saying, 'Is not the LORD among us? No disaster will come upon us.'
  • Mic 7:3 : 3 Their hands are skilled at doing evil: the ruler demands gifts, the judge accepts bribes, and the powerful speak out their selfish desires. Together they weave a web of corrupt schemes.
  • Prov 17:15 : 15 Acquitting the guilty and condemning the righteous—both are detestable to the Lord.
  • Prov 17:23 : 23 The wicked accept a bribe in secret to pervert the ways of justice.
  • Prov 24:24 : 24 Whoever says to the wicked, 'You are righteous,' the peoples will curse him, and the nations will denounce him.
  • Prov 31:4-5 : 4 It is not for kings, Lemuel—it is not for kings to drink wine, nor for rulers to crave strong drink. 5 Lest they drink and forget what has been decreed, and deprive all the oppressed of their rights.
  • Exod 23:6-9 : 6 Do not deny justice to your poor among you in their lawsuit. 7 Stay far from a false accusation; do not kill the innocent and the righteous, for I will not justify the wicked. 8 Do not accept a bribe, for a bribe blinds those who see and twists the words of the righteous. 9 Do not oppress a foreigner; you yourselves know how it feels to be foreigners, because you were foreigners in the land of Egypt.
  • Deut 16:19 : 19 Do not pervert 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.
  • 1 Kgs 21:13 : 13 Two worthless men came and sat opposite Naboth. They testified against him before the people, saying, 'Naboth has cursed God and the king.' So they took him outside the city, stoned him to death, and he died.
  • 2 Chr 19:7 : 7 Now let the fear of the LORD be upon you. Be careful and act, for with the LORD our God there is no injustice, partiality, or taking of bribes.
  • Matt 23:35 : 35 so that upon you will come all the righteous blood shed on the earth, from the blood of righteous Abel to the blood of Zechariah son of Barachiah, whom you murdered between the temple and the altar.
  • Matt 27:24-25 : 24 When Pilate saw that he was gaining nothing, but rather that a riot was beginning, he took water and washed his hands in front of the crowd, saying, 'I am innocent of this man's blood; see to it yourselves.' 25 And all the people answered, 'His blood be on us and on our children!'

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  • Prov 17:15
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    15Acquitting the guilty and condemning the righteous—both are detestable to the Lord.

  • Isa 10:1-2
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    1Woe to those who enact unjust decrees and to those who write oppressive laws.

    2They deprive the poor of justice and rob the rights of the needy among my people, making widows their spoil and leaving orphans to be plundered.

  • Amos 5:7
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    7You who turn justice to bitterness and cast righteousness to the ground—

  • Prov 21:7
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    7The violence of the wicked will sweep them away because they refuse to act justly.

  • Jer 5:28-29
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    28They have grown fat and sleek. They excel in evil deeds; they do not defend the rights of the fatherless so they might prosper, nor do they uphold the cause of the needy.

    29Should I not punish them for these things? declares the Lord. Should I not avenge Myself on such a nation as this?

  • Prov 17:23
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    23The wicked accept a bribe in secret to pervert the ways of justice.

  • Hab 1:4
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    4Therefore, the law is paralyzed, and justice never goes forth. For the wicked hem in the righteous, so justice comes out distorted.

  • Amos 5:11-12
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    11Therefore, because you trample on the poor and exact a grain tax from them, though you have built houses of cut stone, you will not live in them; though you have planted delightful vineyards, you will not drink their wine.

    12For I know your many transgressions and your mighty sins: oppressing the righteous, taking bribes, and turning aside the needy at the gate.

  • Isa 33:15
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    15The one who walks in righteousness, speaks what is right, rejects gain from extortion, shakes his hands to refuse bribes, stops his ears from hearing of bloodshed, and shuts his eyes from looking at evil.

  • Job 34:5
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    5For Job has said, 'I am righteous, but God has taken away my justice.'

  • Prov 25:5
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    5Remove the wicked from the king's presence, and his throne will be established in righteousness.

  • Lam 3:35
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    35to deny a man justice in the presence of the Most High,

  • Mic 7:3
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    3Their hands are skilled at doing evil: the ruler demands gifts, the judge accepts bribes, and the powerful speak out their selfish desires. Together they weave a web of corrupt schemes.

  • Prov 11:5-6
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    5The righteousness of the blameless makes their path straight, but the wicked fall because of their own wickedness.

    6The righteousness of the upright delivers them, but the treacherous are trapped by their own desires.

  • Exod 23:7-8
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    7Stay far from a false accusation; do not kill the innocent and the righteous, for I will not justify the wicked.

    8Do not accept a bribe, for a bribe blinds those who see and twists the words of the righteous.

  • Prov 24:24
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    24Whoever says to the wicked, 'You are righteous,' the peoples will curse him, and the nations will denounce him.

  • Prov 13:6
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    6Righteousness guards the way of integrity, but wickedness overthrows the sinner.

  • Isa 29:21
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    21Those who cause humanity to sin with a word, who set traps for the one who rebukes in the gate, and who twist justice by making the righteous nothing, will be judged.

  • Job 36:17
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    17But you are full of the judgment on the wicked; justice and judgment take hold of you.

  • Prov 22:23
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    23For the LORD will plead their case and will rob of life those who rob them.

  • Deut 25:1
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    1If there is a dispute between men, and they come to court for judgment, the judges shall justify the innocent and condemn the guilty.

  • Isa 5:24
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    24Therefore, as a tongue of fire consumes stubble and as dry grass sinks in the flame, so their roots will decay and their blossoms will blow away like dust. For they have rejected the instruction of the LORD of Hosts and spurned the word of the Holy One of Israel.

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    22Woe to those who are heroes at drinking wine and valiant at mixing strong drink,

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    31If the righteous are repaid on earth, how much more the wicked and the sinner!

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    10whose hands are full of wicked schemes, and whose right hand is filled with bribes.

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    23Your rulers are rebellious and companions of thieves; they all love bribes and chase after gifts. They do not defend the fatherless, and the widow's case never comes before them.

  • Isa 5:20
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    20Woe to those who call evil good and good evil, who turn darkness into light and light into darkness, who make bitter sweet and sweet bitter!

  • Ps 94:21
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    21They band together against the life of the righteous and condemn innocent blood.

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    12The righteous one considers the house of the wicked and brings the wicked down to ruin.

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    9Hear this, leaders of the house of Jacob and rulers of the house of Israel, you who despise justice and twist all that is right:

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    5It is not good to show partiality to the wicked or to subvert the justice of the righteous.

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    27The righteous detest the unjust, and the wicked detest the upright.

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    45But righteous men will judge them for committing adultery and shedding blood, because they are adulteresses, and blood is on their hands.

  • Prov 4:17
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    17They eat the bread of wickedness and drink the wine of violence.

  • Isa 3:9
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    9The look on their faces testifies against them, and like Sodom, they openly declare their sin; they do not try to conceal it. Woe to them! For they have brought disaster upon themselves.

  • Isa 3:11
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    11Woe to the wicked! Disaster is upon them; they will be repaid for their deeds.

  • Ps 28:4
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    4Give them according to what they have done, and according to the evil of their deeds; give them according to the work of their hands; repay them their due reward.

  • Ps 1:5
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    5Therefore, the wicked will not stand in the judgment, nor sinners in the assembly of the righteous.

  • Ps 37:21
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    21The wicked person borrows and does not repay, but the righteous is gracious and gives.

  • Ps 34:21
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    21He protects all his bones; not one of them is broken.

  • 2 Chr 6:23
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    23then hear from heaven and act. Judge Your servants, condemning the guilty by bringing their conduct on their own head, and vindicating the innocent by rewarding them according to their righteousness.

  • Prov 28:4
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    4Those who forsake the law praise the wicked, but those who keep the law contend with them.

  • Job 8:3
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    3Does God pervert justice? Does the Almighty distort what is right?

  • Prov 21:18
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    18The wicked serve as a ransom for the righteous, and the treacherous for the upright.

  • Isa 59:14
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    14Justice is driven back, and righteousness stands far off, for truth has stumbled in the streets, and honesty cannot enter.