Isaiah 5:23

Coverdale Bible (1535)

These gyue sentence with the vngodly for rewardes, but condemne the iust cause of the rightuous.

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  • Ps 94:21 : 21 They gather them together agaynst the soule of the rightuous, & condemne the innocent bloude.
  • Isa 10:2 : 2 wherthorow the poore are oppressed, on euery syde, and the innocetes of my people are there with robbed of iudgment: that wyddowes maye be youre praye, and that ye maye robbe the fatherlesse.
  • Jas 5:6 : 6 Ye haue codempned and haue killed the iust, and he hath not resisted you.
  • Isa 1:23 : 23 Thy prynces are traytours and companyons of theues. They loue giftes altogether, and folowe rewardes. As for the fatherles, they helpe him not to his right, nether wil they let the wydowes causes come before them.
  • Mic 3:11 : 11 O ye iudges, ye geue sentence for giftes: O ye preastes, ye teach for lucre: O ye prophetes, ye prophecy for money. Yet wil they be take as those that holde vpon God, and saye: Is not the LORDE amonge vs? Tush, there can no misfortune happen vs.
  • Mic 7:3 : 3 yet they saye they do well, when they do euell. As the prince wil, so sayeth the iudge: yt he maye do him a pleasure agayne. The greate ma speaketh what his herte desyreth, & ye hearers alowe him.
  • Prov 17:15 : 15 The LORDE hateth as well him yt iustifieth ye vngodly, as him yt condempneth the innocet.
  • Prov 17:23 : 23 The vngodly taketh giftes out of the bosome, to wraist the wayes of iudgment.
  • Prov 24:24 : 24 He yt saieth to ye vngodly: thou art rightuous, him shall the people curse, yee ye comotie shal abhorre him.
  • Prov 31:4-5 : 4 O Lamuel, geue kinges no wyne, geue kynges & prynces no stronge drynke: 5 lest they beinge dronken forget the lawe, & regarde not ye cause of the poore, & of all soch as be in aduersite.
  • Exod 23:6-9 : 6 Thou shalt not wraist the righte of thy poore in his cause. 7 Kepe the farre from false matters. The innocent and righteous shalt thou not sley, for I iustifie not ye vngodly. 8 Thou shalt not take giftes: for giftes blinde euen them yt are sharpe of sight, & wraist the righteous causes. 9 Ye shall not oppresse a straunger, for ye knowe the hert of straungers, for so moch as ye youre selues also haue bene straungers in the londe of Egipte.
  • Deut 16:19 : 19 Thou shalt not wrest the lawe. Thou shalt knowe no personne also, ner take giftes. For giftes blynde the eyes of ye wyse, & peruerte ye righteous causes.
  • 1 Kgs 21:13 : 13 Then came the two men of Belial, and stode before him, and testyfyed agaynst Naboth in ye presence of the people, and sayde: Naboth hath blasphemed God and the kynge. Then broughte they him out of the cite, and stoned him to death.
  • 2 Chr 19:7 : 7 therfore let the feare of the LORDE be with you, and bewarre, and do it: for with the LORDE oure God there is no vnrighteousnes, ner respecte of personnes, ner acceptinge of giftes.
  • Matt 23:35 : 35 that vpon you maye come all the righteous bloude which hath bene shed vpon ye earth, from the bloude of righteous Abel, vnto ye bloude of Zachary ye sonne of Barachias, whom ye slew betwene the temple and the altare.
  • Matt 27:24-25 : 24 So whan Pilate sawe, that he coude not helpe, but that there was a greater vproure, he toke water, and wasshed his handes before the people, and sayde: I am vngiltie of ye bloude of this righteous man. Se ye therto. 25 Then answered all the people, and sayde: His bloude come vpon vs, and vpon oure children.

Similar Verses (AI)

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  • Prov 17:15
    79%

    15 The LORDE hateth as well him yt iustifieth ye vngodly, as him yt condempneth the innocet.

  • Isa 10:1-2
    2 verses
    78%

    1 Wo be vnto you yt make vnrightuous lawes, and devyse thinges, which be to harde for to kepe:

    2 wherthorow the poore are oppressed, on euery syde, and the innocetes of my people are there with robbed of iudgment: that wyddowes maye be youre praye, and that ye maye robbe the fatherlesse.

  • Amos 5:7
    78%

    7 Ye turne the lawe to wormwod, and cast downe rightuousnes vnto the grounde.

  • Prov 21:7
    78%

    7 The robberies of the vngodly shalbe their owne destruccion, for they wolde not do the thynge that was right.

  • Jer 5:28-29
    2 verses
    77%

    28 herof are they fat and welthy, and are runne awaye fro me with shamefull blasphemies. They ministre not the lawe, they make no ende of the fatherlesses cause, they iudge not the poore acordinge to equite.

    29 Shulde I not punysh these thinges, saieth the LORDE? Shulde I not be avenged of all soch people, as these be?

  • Prov 17:23
    77%

    23 The vngodly taketh giftes out of the bosome, to wraist the wayes of iudgment.

  • Hab 1:4
    77%

    4 for the lawe is torne in peces, and there can no right iudgment go forth. And why? the vngodly is more set by then the rightuous: this is the cause, yt wronge iudgment procedeth.

  • Amos 5:11-12
    2 verses
    76%

    11 For so moch the as ye oppresse ye poore, and robbe him of his best sustenaunce: therfore, where as ye haue buylded houses off square stone, ye shall not dwell in them. Maruelos pleasaunt vynyardes shall ye plante, but the wyne of the shal ye not drynke: and why?

    12 as for the multitude of youre wickednesses and youre stoute synnes, I knowe them right well. Enemies are ye off the rightuous, ye take rewardes, ye oppresse the poore in iudgment.

  • Isa 33:15
    75%

    15 He that ledeth a godly life (saye I) & speaketh the treuth: He that abhorreth to do violence and disceate: he that kepeth his hode that he touch no rewarde: which stoppeth his eares, that he heare no councel agaynst the innocent: which holdeth downe his eyes, that he se no euel.

  • Job 34:5
    75%

    5 And why? Iob hath sayde: I am rightuous, but God doth me wronge.

  • Prov 25:5
    75%

    5 Take awaye vngodlinesse fro ye kynge, & his seate shal be stablished wt rightuousnes.

  • Lam 3:35
    75%

    35 To moue the iudgment of man before the most highest.

  • Mic 7:3
    75%

    3 yet they saye they do well, when they do euell. As the prince wil, so sayeth the iudge: yt he maye do him a pleasure agayne. The greate ma speaketh what his herte desyreth, & ye hearers alowe him.

  • Prov 11:5-6
    2 verses
    75%

    5 The rightuousnes of ye innocent ordreth his waye, but the vngodly shal fall in his owne wickednesse.

    6 The rightuousnesse of the iust shal delyuer them, but the despysers shalbe taken in their owne vngodlynesse.

  • Exod 23:7-8
    2 verses
    75%

    7 Kepe the farre from false matters. The innocent and righteous shalt thou not sley, for I iustifie not ye vngodly.

    8 Thou shalt not take giftes: for giftes blinde euen them yt are sharpe of sight, & wraist the righteous causes.

  • Prov 24:24
    74%

    24 He yt saieth to ye vngodly: thou art rightuous, him shall the people curse, yee ye comotie shal abhorre him.

  • Prov 13:6
    74%

    6 Righteousnesse kepeth the innocet in the waye, but vngodlynesse shal ouerthrowe the synner.

  • Isa 29:21
    74%

    21 soch as laboure to drawe me vnto synne: and yt disceaue him, which reproueth them in the gate, & soch as turne good personnes to vanite.

  • Job 36:17
    74%

    17 Neuerthelesse, thou hast condemned the iudgment of the vngodly, yee euen soch a iudgment and sentence shalt thou suffre.

  • Prov 22:23
    74%

    23 for ye LORDE himself wyl defende their cause, and do violence vnto them yt haue vsed violence.

  • Deut 25:1
    74%

    1 Whan there is a stryfe betwene men, they shalbe brought before ye lawe and iudged: and the iudges shall iustifye the righteous, and condemne the vngodly.

  • Isa 5:24
    73%

    24 Therfore, like as fyre licketh vp the strawe, and as the flame cosumeth the stubble: Euen so (when their root is ful,) their blossome shal vanish awaye like dust or smoke. for they despyse the lawe of the LORDE of hoostes, and blaspheme the worde of the holy maker of Israel.

  • Isa 5:22
    73%

    22 Wo vnto them, yt are connynge men to suppe out wyne, and experte to set vp drokenesse.

  • Prov 11:31
    73%

    31 Yf ye rightuous be recopesed vpo earth how moch more the the vngodly & ye synner?

  • Ps 26:10
    73%

    10 In whose hondes is wickednesse, and their right honde is full of giftes.

  • Isa 1:23
    73%

    23 Thy prynces are traytours and companyons of theues. They loue giftes altogether, and folowe rewardes. As for the fatherles, they helpe him not to his right, nether wil they let the wydowes causes come before them.

  • Isa 5:20
    73%

    20 Wo vnto them that call euel good, and good euel: which make darcknesselight, & light darcknesse, yt make sower swete, and swete sower.

  • Ps 94:21
    73%

    21 They gather them together agaynst the soule of the rightuous, & condemne the innocent bloude.

  • Prov 21:12
    73%

    12 The rightuous enfourmeth the house of the vngodly, but ye vngodly go on still after their owne wickednesse.

  • Mic 3:9
    73%

    9 O heare this ye rulers of the house of Iacob, and ye iudges of the house off Israel: ye that abhorre the thinge that is laufull, and wraist asyde the thinge that is straight:

  • Prov 18:5
    73%

    5 It is not good to regarde ye personne of the vngodly, or to put backe ye righteous in iudgmet.

  • Prov 29:27
    72%

    27 The rightuous abhorre the vngodly: but as for those that be in ye right waye, ye wicked hate them.

  • Ezek 23:45
    72%

    45 O ye all that loue vertue and rightuousnes, iudge the, punysh them: as aduoutrers and murtherers ought to be iudged and punyshed. For they are breakers off wedlocke, and the bloude is in their hondes.

  • Prov 4:17
    72%

    17 For they eate the bred of wickednesse, and drike the wyne of robbery.

  • Isa 3:9
    72%

    9 The chaunginge of their countenaunce bewrayeth them, yee they declare their owne synnes them selues, as the Sodomites, & hyde the not. Wo be vnto their soules, for they shalbe heuely rewarded.

  • Isa 3:11
    72%

    11 But wo be to ye vngodly and vnrightuous for they shalbe rewarded after their workes.

  • Ps 28:4
    72%

    4 Rewarde them acordinge to their dedes and wickednesse of their owne inuencions.

  • Ps 1:5
    72%

    5 Therfore the vngodly shall not be able to stonde in the iudgmet, nether the synners in the congregacion off the rightuous.

  • Ps 37:21
    72%

    21 The vngodly boroweth and paieth not agayne, but the rightuous is mercifull & liberall.

  • Ps 34:21
    72%

    21 But mi?fortune shal slaye the vngodly, and they that hate ye rightuous shal be giltie.

  • 2 Chr 6:23
    72%

    23 then heare thou from heauen, and se yt thy seruaunt haue righte, so that thou rewarde the vngodly, and recopence him his waye vpon his awne heade, and to iustifye the righteous, and to geue him acordinge to his righteousnes.

  • Prov 28:4
    72%

    4 They that forsake the lawe, prayse ye vngodly; but soch as kepe the lawe, abhorre them.

  • Job 8:3
    72%

    3 Doth God peruerte the thinge that is laufull? Or, doth the Allmightie destroye the thynge that is right?

  • Prov 21:18
    72%

    18 The vngodly shalbe geuen for the rightuous, & the wicked for the iust.

  • Isa 59:14
    72%

    14 And therfore is equyte gone asyde, & righteousnes stodeth farre of: treuth is fallen downe in the strete, and the thinge that is playne and open, maye not be shewed.