Isaiah 5:23

Geneva Bible (1560)

Which iustifie the wicked for a rewarde, and take away the righteousnesse of the righteous from him.

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Referenced Verses

  • Ps 94:21 : 21 They gather them together against the soule of the righteous, and condemne the innocent blood.
  • Isa 10:2 : 2 To keepe backe ye poore from iudgement, and to take away the iudgement of the poore of my people, that widowes may be their pray, and that they may spoyle the fatherlesse.
  • Jas 5:6 : 6 Ye haue condemned and haue killed the iust, and he hath not resisted you.
  • Isa 1:23 : 23 Thy Princes are rebellious and companions of theeues: euery one loueth giftes, and followeth after rewards: they iudge not the fatherlesse, neither doeth the widowes cause come before them.
  • Mic 3:11 : 11 The heads thereof iudge for rewardes, and the Priestes thereof teache for hyre, and the prophets thereof prophecie for money: yet wil they leane vpon the Lorde, and say, Is not the Lorde among vs? no euill can come vpon vs.
  • Mic 7:3 : 3 To make good for the euil of their hands, the prince asked, and the iudge iudgeth for a reward: therefore the great man he speaketh out the corruption of his soule: so they wrapt it vp.
  • Prov 17:15 : 15 He that iustifieth the wicked, and he that condemneth the iust, euen they both are abomination to the Lord.
  • Prov 17:23 : 23 A wicked man taketh a gift out of the bosome to wrest the wayes of iudgement.
  • Prov 24:24 : 24 He that saith to the wicked, Thou art righteous, him shall the people curse, and the multitude shall abhorre him.
  • Prov 31:4-5 : 4 It is not for Kings, O Lemuel, it is not for Kings to drink wine nor for princes strog drinke, 5 Lest he drinke and forget the decree, and change the iudgement of all the children of affliction.
  • Exod 23:6-9 : 6 Thou shalt not ouerthrowe the right of thy poore in his sute. 7 Thou shalt keepe thee farre fro a false matter, and shalt not slaye the innocent and the righteous: for I will not iustifie a wicked man. 8 Thou shalt take no gift: for the gift blindeth the wise, and peruerteth the wordes of the righteous. 9 Thou shalt not oppresse a stranger: for ye knowe the heart of a stranger, seeing yee were strangers in the land of Egypt.
  • Deut 16:19 : 19 Wrest not thou ye Law, nor respect any person, neither take rewarde: for the reward blindeth ye eyes of the wise, & peruerteth ye worde of ye iust.
  • 1 Kgs 21:13 : 13 And there came two wicked men, & sate before him: & the wicked men witnessed against Naboth in the presence of the people saying, Naboth did blaspheme God and the King. Then they caried him away out of the citie, and stoned him with stones, that he dyed.
  • 2 Chr 19:7 : 7 Wherefore nowe let the feare of the Lorde be vpon you: take heede, and do it: for there is no iniquitie with the Lord our God, neither respect of persons, nor receiuing of reward.
  • Matt 23:35 : 35 That vpon you may come all the righteous blood that was shed vpon the earth, from the blood of Abel the righteous, vnto the blood of Zacharias the sonne of Barachias, whome ye slewe betweene the Temple and the altar.
  • Matt 27:24-25 : 24 When Pilate saw that he auailed nothing, but that more tumult was made, he tooke water and washed his hands before the multitude, saying, I am innocent of the blood of this iust man: looke you to it. 25 Then answered all the people, and saide, His bloud be on vs, and on our children.

Similar Verses (AI)

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  • Prov 17:15
    79%

    15He that iustifieth the wicked, and he that condemneth the iust, euen they both are abomination to the Lord.

  • Isa 10:1-2
    2 verses
    78%

    1Wo vnto them that decree wicked decrees, and write grieuous things,

    2To keepe backe ye poore from iudgement, and to take away the iudgement of the poore of my people, that widowes may be their pray, and that they may spoyle the fatherlesse.

  • Amos 5:7
    78%

    7They turne iudgement to wormewood, and leaue off righteousnes in the earth.

  • Prov 21:7
    78%

    7The robberie of the wicked shall destroy them: for they haue refused to execute iudgement.

  • Jer 5:28-29
    2 verses
    77%

    28They are waxen fat and shining: they doe ouerpasse the deedes of the wicked: they execute no iudgement, no not the iudgement of the fatherlesse: yet they prosper, though they execute no iudgement for the poore.

    29Shall I not visite for these things, sayth the Lord? or shall not my soule be auenged on such a nation as this?

  • Prov 17:23
    77%

    23A wicked man taketh a gift out of the bosome to wrest the wayes of iudgement.

  • Hab 1:4
    77%

    4Therefore the Lawe is dissolued, and iudgement doeth neuer go forth: for the wicked doeth compasse about the righteous: therefore wrong iudgement proceedeth.

  • Amos 5:11-12
    2 verses
    76%

    11Forasmuch then as your treading is vpon the poore, and yee take from him burdens of wheate, ye haue built houses of hewen stone, but ye shal not dwel in them: ye haue plated pleasant vineyards, but ye shal not drinke wine of them.

    12For I know your manifold transgressions, and your mightie sinnes: they afflict the iust, they take rewards, & they oppresse the poore in ye gate.

  • Isa 33:15
    75%

    15Hee that walketh in iustice, and speaketh righteous things, refusing gaine of oppression, shaking his handes from taking of gifts, stopping his eares from hearing of blood, and shutting his eyes from seeing euill.

  • Job 34:5
    75%

    5For Iob hath saide, I am righteous, & God hath taken away my iudgement.

  • Prov 25:5
    75%

    5Take away the wicked from the King, and his throne shall be stablished in righteousnes.

  • Lam 3:35
    75%

    35In ouerthrowing the right of a man before the face of the most high,

  • Mic 7:3
    75%

    3To make good for the euil of their hands, the prince asked, and the iudge iudgeth for a reward: therefore the great man he speaketh out the corruption of his soule: so they wrapt it vp.

  • Prov 11:5-6
    2 verses
    75%

    5The righteousnes of the vpright shal direct his way: but the wicked shall fall in his owne wickednes.

    6The righteousnesse of the iust shall deliuer them: but the transgressers shall be taken in their owne wickednes.

  • Exod 23:7-8
    2 verses
    75%

    7Thou shalt keepe thee farre fro a false matter, and shalt not slaye the innocent and the righteous: for I will not iustifie a wicked man.

    8Thou shalt take no gift: for the gift blindeth the wise, and peruerteth the wordes of the righteous.

  • Prov 24:24
    74%

    24He that saith to the wicked, Thou art righteous, him shall the people curse, and the multitude shall abhorre him.

  • Prov 13:6
    74%

    6Righteousnesse preserueth the vpright of life: but wickednes ouerthroweth the sinner.

  • Isa 29:21
    74%

    21Which made a man to sinne in ye worde, and tooke him in a snare: which reproued them in the gate, and made the iust to fall without cause.

  • Job 36:17
    74%

    17But thou art ful of the iudgement of the wicked, though iudgement and equitie maintaine all things.

  • Prov 22:23
    74%

    23For the Lord will defende their cause, and spoyle the soule of those that spoyle them.

  • Deut 25:1
    74%

    1When there shall be strife betweene men, and they shall come vnto iudgement, and sentence shall be giuen vpon them, and the righteous shall be iustified, and the wicked condemned,

  • Isa 5:24
    73%

    24Therefore as the flame of fire deuoureth the stubble, and as the chaffe is cosumed of the flame: so their roote shalbe as rottennesse, and their bud shall rise vp like dust, because they haue cast off the Lawe of the Lorde of hostes, and contemned the word of the holy one of Israel.

  • Isa 5:22
    73%

    22Wo vnto them that are mightie to drinke wine, and to them that are strong to powre in strong drinke:

  • Prov 11:31
    73%

    31Beholde, the righteous shalbe recompensed in the earth: howe much more the wicked and the sinner?

  • Ps 26:10
    73%

    10In whose handes is wickednes, and their right hand is full of bribes.

  • Isa 1:23
    73%

    23Thy Princes are rebellious and companions of theeues: euery one loueth giftes, and followeth after rewards: they iudge not the fatherlesse, neither doeth the widowes cause come before them.

  • Isa 5:20
    73%

    20Woe vnto them that speake good of euill, and euill of good, which put darkenes for light, and light for darkenes, that put bitter for sweete, and sweete for sowre.

  • Ps 94:21
    73%

    21They gather them together against the soule of the righteous, and condemne the innocent blood.

  • Prov 21:12
    73%

    12The righteous teacheth the house of the wicked: but God ouerthroweth the wicked for their euill.

  • Mic 3:9
    73%

    9Heare this, I pray you, ye heades of the house of Iaakob, and princes of the house of Israel: they abhorre iudgement, and peruert all equitie.

  • Prov 18:5
    73%

    5It is not good to accept the person of the wicked, to cause ye righteous to fall in iudgement.

  • Prov 29:27
    72%

    27A wicked man is abomination to the iust, and he that is vpright in his way, is abomination to the wicked.

  • Ezek 23:45
    72%

    45And ye righteous men they shal iudge them, after the maner of harlots, and after the maner of murtherers: for they are harlots, and blood is in their hands.

  • Prov 4:17
    72%

    17For they eate the breade of wickednesse, and drinke the wine of violence.

  • Isa 3:9
    72%

    9The triall of their countenance testifieth against them, yea, they declare their sinnes as Sodom, they hide them not. Wo be vnto their soules: for they haue rewarded euil vnto themselues.

  • Isa 3:11
    72%

    11Woe be to the wicked, it shalbe euill with him: for the reward of his handes shalbe giuen him.

  • Ps 28:4
    72%

    4Reward them according to their deedes, and according to the wickednes of their inuentions: recompense them after the woorke of their handes: render them their reward.

  • Ps 1:5
    72%

    5Therefore the wicked shall not stande in the iudgement, nor sinners in the assemblie of the righteous.

  • Ps 37:21
    72%

    21The wicked boroweth and payeth not againe. but the righteous is mercifull, and giueth.

  • Ps 34:21
    72%

    21But malice shal slay the wicked: and they that hate the righteous, shall perish.

  • 2 Chr 6:23
    72%

    23Then heare thou in heauen, and doe, and iudge thy seruants, in recompensing the wicked to bring his way vpon his head, and in iustifying the righteous, to giue him according to his righteousnes.

  • Prov 28:4
    72%

    4They that forsake the Law, prayse the wicked: but they that keepe the Law, set themselues against them.

  • Job 8:3
    72%

    3Doeth God peruert iudgement? or doeth the Almightie subuert iustice?

  • Prov 21:18
    72%

    18The wicked shalbe a ransome for the iust, and the transgressour for the righteous.

  • Isa 59:14
    72%

    14Therefore iudgement is turned backewarde, and iustice standeth farre off: for trueth is fallen in the streete, and equitie cannot enter.