Isaiah 5:23

KJV1611 – Modern English

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

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  • Ps 94:21 : 21 They gather themselves together against the soul of the righteous, and condemn innocent blood.
  • Isa 10:2 : 2 To turn aside the needy from justice and to take away the rights from the poor of my people, that widows may be their prey, and that they may rob the fatherless!
  • Jas 5:6 : 6 You have condemned and killed the righteous; and he does not resist you.
  • Isa 1:23 : 23 Your princes are rebellious, and companions of thieves: everyone loves gifts, and follows after rewards: they do not judge the fatherless, nor does the cause of the widow come to them.
  • Mic 3:11 : 11 The leaders judge for reward, and the priests teach for hire, and the prophets divine for money: yet will they lean upon the LORD, and say, Is not the LORD among us? No harm can come upon us.
  • Mic 7:3 : 3 That they may do evil with both hands earnestly, the prince asks, and the judge asks for a reward; and the great man utters his mischievous desire: so they wrap it up.
  • Prov 17:15 : 15 He who justifies the wicked, and he who condemns the just, both of them are an abomination to the LORD.
  • Prov 17:23 : 23 A wicked man takes a bribe out of the bosom, to pervert the ways of justice.
  • Prov 24:24 : 24 He who says to the wicked, You are righteous; him the people shall 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 to crave strong drink. 5 Lest they drink and forget the law, and pervert the judgment of any of the afflicted.
  • Exod 23:6-9 : 6 You shall not pervert the justice due to your poor in his dispute. 7 Keep far from a false matter, and do not kill the innocent and righteous, for I will not acquit the wicked. 8 And you shall take no bribe, for a bribe blinds the discerning and perverts the words of the righteous. 9 Also you shall not oppress a stranger, for you know the heart of a stranger, because you were strangers in the land of Egypt.
  • Deut 16:19 : 19 You shall not pervert justice; you shall not show partiality, nor take a bribe: for a bribe blinds the eyes of the wise, and perverts the words of the righteous.
  • 1 Kgs 21:13 : 13 And two men, worthless fellows, came in and sat before him; and the men bore witness against him, even against Naboth, in the presence of the people, saying, Naboth blasphemed God and the king. Then they carried him out of the city and stoned him with stones, so that he died.
  • 2 Chr 19:7 : 7 Therefore 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 on you may come all the righteous blood shed on the earth, from the blood of righteous Abel to the blood of Zechariah, son of Berechiah, whom you murdered between the temple and the altar.
  • Matt 27:24-25 : 24 When Pilate saw that he could nothing prevail, but 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 to it yourselves. 25 Then answered all the people, and said, His blood be on us and on our children.

Similar Verses (AI)

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  • Prov 17:15
    79%

    15He who justifies the wicked, and he who condemns the just, both of them are an abomination to the LORD.

  • Isa 10:1-2
    2 verses
    78%

    1Woe to those who decree unrighteous decrees, and who write out oppressive laws they have prescribed;

    2To turn aside the needy from justice and to take away the rights from the poor of my people, that widows may be their prey, and that they may rob the fatherless!

  • Amos 5:7
    78%

    7You who turn judgment to wormwood, and leave off righteousness in the earth,

  • Prov 21:7
    78%

    7The robbery of the wicked will destroy them, because they refuse to do justice.

  • Jer 5:28-29
    2 verses
    77%

    28They have grown fat, they shine: yes, they surpass the deeds of the wicked: they do not judge the cause, the cause of the fatherless, yet they prosper; and the right of the needy they do not judge.

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

  • Prov 17:23
    77%

    23A wicked man takes a bribe out of the bosom, to pervert the ways of justice.

  • Hab 1:4
    77%

    4Therefore the law is powerless, and justice never goes forth, for the wicked surround the righteous; therefore perverse judgment proceeds.

  • Amos 5:11-12
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    76%

    11Since you tread upon the poor, and you take from him burdens of wheat: you have built houses of hewn stone, but you shall not dwell in them; you have planted pleasant vineyards, but you shall not drink wine of them.

    12For I know your many 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
    75%

    15He who walks righteously, and speaks uprightly; he who despises the gain of oppressions, who shakes his hands from holding bribes, who stops his ears from hearing of bloodshed, and shuts his eyes from seeing evil;

  • Job 34:5
    75%

    5For Job has said, I am righteous; and God has taken away my justice.

  • Prov 25:5
    75%

    5Remove the wicked from before the king, and his throne will be established in righteousness.

  • Lam 3:35
    75%

    35To turn aside the right of a man before the face of the Most High,

  • Mic 7:3
    75%

    3That they may do evil with both hands earnestly, the prince asks, and the judge asks for a reward; and the great man utters his mischievous desire: so they wrap it up.

  • Prov 11:5-6
    2 verses
    75%

    5The righteousness of the blameless 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 captured by their own evil.

  • Exod 23:7-8
    2 verses
    75%

    7Keep far from a false matter, and do not kill the innocent and righteous, for I will not acquit the wicked.

    8And you shall take no bribe, for a bribe blinds the discerning and perverts the words of the righteous.

  • Prov 24:24
    74%

    24He who says to the wicked, You are righteous; him the people shall curse, nations shall abhor him.

  • Prov 13:6
    74%

    6Righteousness guards him who is upright in the way, but wickedness overthrows the sinner.

  • Isa 29:21
    74%

    21That make a man an offender by a word, and lay a snare for him that reproves in the gate, and turn aside the just for a thing of nothing.

  • Job 36:17
    74%

    17But you have fulfilled the judgment of the wicked: judgment and justice take hold on you.

  • Prov 22:23
    74%

    23For the LORD will plead their cause and plunder the soul of those who plunder them.

  • Deut 25:1
    74%

    1If there is a dispute between men, and they come to judgment, that the judges may judge them; then they shall justify the righteous, and condemn the wicked.

  • Isa 5:24
    73%

    24Therefore as the fire devours the stubble, and the flame consumes 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
    73%

    22Woe to those who are mighty to drink wine, and men of strength to mix strong drink:

  • Prov 11:31
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    31Behold, the righteous shall be recompensed on 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
    73%

    23Your princes are rebellious, and companions of thieves: everyone loves gifts, and follows after rewards: they do not judge the fatherless, nor does the cause of the widow come to them.

  • Isa 5:20
    73%

    20Woe to those who call evil good, and good evil; who put darkness for light, and light for darkness; who put bitter for sweet, and sweet for bitter!

  • Ps 94:21
    73%

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

  • Prov 21:12
    73%

    12The righteous man wisely considers the house of the wicked, but God overthrows the wicked for their wickedness.

  • Mic 3:9
    73%

    9Hear this, I pray you, you leaders of the house of Jacob, and rulers of the house of Israel, who abhor judgment, and pervert all equity.

  • Prov 18:5
    73%

    5It is not good to show partiality to the wicked, to overthrow the righteous in judgment.

  • Prov 29:27
    72%

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

  • Ezek 23:45
    72%

    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 on their hands.

  • Prov 4:17
    72%

    17For they eat the bread of wickedness, and drink the wine of violence.

  • Isa 3:9
    72%

    9The look on their faces testifies against them; and they declare their sin as Sodom, they do not hide it. Woe unto their soul! for they have rewarded evil unto themselves.

  • Isa 3:11
    72%

    11Woe unto the wicked! it shall be ill with him, for the reward of his hands shall be given to him.

  • Ps 28:4
    72%

    4Give them according to their deeds, and according to the wickedness of their endeavors; give them after the work of their hands; render to them their due.

  • Ps 1:5
    72%

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

  • Ps 37:21
    72%

    21The wicked borrow and do not repay, but the righteous show mercy and give.

  • Ps 34:21
    72%

    21Evil shall slay the wicked: and those who hate the righteous shall be desolate.

  • 2 Chr 6:23
    72%

    23Then hear from heaven, and act, and judge your servants, by recompensing the wicked, by bringing his way upon his own head; and by justifying the righteous, by giving him according to his righteousness.

  • Prov 28:4
    72%

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

  • Job 8:3
    72%

    3Does God pervert judgment, or does 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
    72%

    14And judgment is turned backward, and justice stands far off: for truth has fallen in the street, and equity cannot enter.