Isaiah 5:23

King James Version 1611 (Original)

Which justify the wicked for reward, and take away the righteousness of the righteous from him!

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Referenced Verses

  • Ps 94:21 : 21 They gather themselves together against the soul of the righteous, and condemn the innocent blood.
  • Isa 10:2 : 2 To 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!
  • Jas 5:6 : 6 Ye have condemned and killed the just; and he doth not resist you.
  • Isa 1:23 : 23 Thy 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.
  • Mic 3:11 : 11 The 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.
  • Mic 7:3 : 3 That 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.
  • Prov 17:15 : 15 He that justifieth the wicked, and he that condemneth the just, even they both are abomination to the LORD.
  • Prov 17:23 : 23 A wicked man taketh a gift out of the bosom to pervert the ways of judgment.
  • Prov 24:24 : 24 He that saith unto the wicked, Thou art righteous; him shall the people curse, nations shall abhor him:
  • Prov 31:4-5 : 4 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.
  • Exod 23:6-9 : 6 Thou shalt not wrest the judgment of thy poor in his cause. 7 Keep thee far from a false matter; and the innocent and righteous slay thou not: for I will not justify the wicked. 8 And thou shalt take no gift: for the gift blindeth the wise, and perverteth the words of the righteous. 9 Also thou shalt not oppress a stranger: for ye know the heart of a stranger, seeing ye were strangers in the land of Egypt.
  • Deut 16:19 : 19 Thou 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.
  • 1 Kgs 21:13 : 13 And there came in two men, children of Belial, and sat before him: and the men of Belial witnessed against him, even against Naboth, in the presence of the people, saying, Naboth did blaspheme God and the king. Then they carried him forth out of the city, and stoned him with stones, that he died.
  • 2 Chr 19:7 : 7 Wherefore now let the fear of the LORD be upon you; take heed and do it: for there is no iniquity with the LORD our God, nor respect of persons, nor taking of gifts.
  • Matt 23:35 : 35 That upon you may come all the righteous blood shed upon the earth, from the blood of righteous Abel unto the blood of Zacharias son of Barachias, whom ye slew between the temple and the altar.
  • Matt 27:24-25 : 24 When Pilate saw that he could prevail nothing, but that rather a tumult was made, he took water, and washed his hands before the multitude, saying, I am innocent of the blood of this just person: see ye to it. 25 Then answered all the people, and said, His blood be on us, and on our children.

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  • Prov 17:15
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    15He that justifieth the wicked, and he that condemneth the just, even they both are abomination to the LORD.

  • Isa 10:1-2
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    78%

    1Woe unto them that decree unrighteous decrees, and that write grievousness which they have prescribed;

    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!

  • Amos 5:7
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    7Ye who turn judgment to wormwood, and leave off righteousness in the earth,

  • Prov 21:7
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    7The robbery of the wicked shall destroy them; because they refuse to do judgment.

  • Jer 5:28-29
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    77%

    28They are waxen fat, they shine: yea, they overpass the deeds of the wicked: they judge not the cause, the cause of the fatherless, yet they prosper; and the right of the needy do they not judge.

    29Shall I not visit for these things? saith the LORD: shall not my soul be avenged on such a nation as this?

  • Prov 17:23
    77%

    23A wicked man taketh a gift out of the bosom to pervert the ways of judgment.

  • Hab 1:4
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    4Therefore the law is slacked, and judgment doth never go forth: for the wicked doth compass about the righteous; therefore wrong judgment proceedeth.

  • Amos 5:11-12
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    11Forasmuch therefore as your treading is upon the poor, and ye take from him burdens of wheat: ye have built houses of hewn stone, but ye shall not dwell in them; ye have planted pleasant vineyards, but ye shall not drink wine of them.

    12For I know your manifold transgressions and your mighty sins: they afflict the just, they take a bribe, and they turn aside the poor in the gate from their right.

  • Isa 33:15
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    15He that walketh righteously, and speaketh uprightly; he that despiseth the gain of oppressions, that shaketh his hands from holding of bribes, that stoppeth his ears from hearing of blood, and shutteth his eyes from seeing evil;

  • Job 34:5
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    5For Job hath said, I am righteous: and God hath taken away my judgment.

  • Prov 25:5
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    5Take away the wicked from before the king, and his throne shall be established in righteousness.

  • Lam 3:35
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    35To turn aside the right of a man before the face of the most High,

  • Mic 7:3
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    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.

  • Prov 11:5-6
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    5The righteousness of the perfect shall direct his way: but the wicked shall fall by his own wickedness.

    6The righteousness of the upright shall deliver them: but transgressors shall be taken in their own naughtiness.

  • Exod 23:7-8
    2 verses
    75%

    7Keep thee far from a false matter; and the innocent and righteous slay thou not: for I will not justify the wicked.

    8And thou shalt take no gift: for the gift blindeth the wise, and perverteth the words of the righteous.

  • Prov 24:24
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    24He that saith unto the wicked, Thou art righteous; him shall the people curse, nations shall abhor him:

  • Prov 13:6
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    6Righteousness keepeth him that is upright in the way: but wickedness overthroweth the sinner.

  • Isa 29:21
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    21That make a man an offender for a word, and lay a snare for him that reproveth in the gate, and turn aside the just for a thing of nought.

  • Job 36:17
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    17But thou hast fulfilled the judgment of the wicked: judgment and justice take hold on thee.

  • Prov 22:23
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    23For the LORD will plead their cause, and spoil the soul of those that spoiled them.

  • Deut 25:1
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    1If there be a controversy between men, and they come unto judgment, that the judges may judge them; then they shall justify the righteous, and condemn the wicked.

  • Isa 5:24
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    24Therefore as the fire devoureth the stubble, and the flame consumeth the chaff, so their root shall be as rottenness, and their blossom shall go up as dust: because they have cast away the law of the LORD of hosts, and despised the word of the Holy One of Israel.

  • Isa 5:22
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    22Woe unto them that are mighty to drink wine, and men of strength to mingle strong drink:

  • Prov 11:31
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    31Behold, the righteous shall be recompensed in the earth: much more the wicked and the sinner.

  • Ps 26:10
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    10In whose hands is mischief, and their right hand is full of bribes.

  • Isa 1:23
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    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.

  • Isa 5:20
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    20Woe 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!

  • Ps 94:21
    73%

    21They gather themselves together against the soul of the righteous, and condemn the innocent blood.

  • Prov 21:12
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    12The righteous man wisely considereth the house of the wicked: but God overthroweth the wicked for their wickedness.

  • Mic 3:9
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    9Hear this, I pray you, ye heads of the house of Jacob, and princes of the house of Israel, that abhor judgment, and pervert all equity.

  • Prov 18:5
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    5It is not good to accept the person of the wicked, to overthrow the righteous in judgment.

  • Prov 29:27
    72%

    27An unjust man is an abomination to the just: and he that is upright in the way is abomination to the wicked.

  • Ezek 23:45
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    45And the righteous men, they shall judge them after the manner of adulteresses, and after the manner of women that shed blood; because they are adulteresses, and blood is in their hands.

  • Prov 4:17
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    17For they eat the bread of wickedness, and drink the wine of violence.

  • Isa 3:9
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    9The shew of their countenance doth witness against them; and they declare their sin as Sodom, they hide it not. Woe unto their soul! for they have rewarded evil unto themselves.

  • Isa 3:11
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    11Woe unto the wicked! it shall be ill with him: for the reward of his hands shall be given him.

  • Ps 28:4
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    4Give them according to their deeds, and according to the wickedness of their endeavours: give them after the work of their hands; render to them their desert.

  • Ps 1:5
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    5Therefore the ungodly shall not stand in the judgment, nor sinners in the congregation of the righteous.

  • Ps 37:21
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    21The wicked borroweth, and payeth not again: but the righteous sheweth mercy, and giveth.

  • Ps 34:21
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    21Evil shall slay the wicked: and they that hate the righteous shall be desolate.

  • 2 Chr 6:23
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    23Then hear thou from heaven, and do, and judge thy servants, by requiting the wicked, by recompensing his way upon his own head; and by justifying the righteous, by giving him according to his righteousness.

  • Prov 28:4
    72%

    4They that forsake the law praise the wicked: but such as keep the law contend with them.

  • Job 8:3
    72%

    3Doth God pervert judgment? or doth the Almighty pervert justice?

  • Prov 21:18
    72%

    18The wicked shall be a ransom for the righteous, and the transgressor for the upright.

  • Isa 59:14
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    14And judgment is turned away backward, and justice standeth afar off: for truth is fallen in the street, and equity cannot enter.