Isaiah 5:23

NET Bible® (New English Translation)

They pronounce the guilty innocent for a payoff, they ignore the just cause of the innocent.

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Referenced Verses

  • Ps 94:21 : 21 They conspire against the blameless, and condemn to death the innocent.
  • Isa 10:2 : 2 to keep the poor from getting fair treatment, and to deprive the oppressed among my people of justice, so they can steal what widows own, and loot what belongs to orphans.
  • Jas 5:6 : 6 You have condemned and murdered the righteous person, although he does not resist you.
  • Isa 1:23 : 23 Your officials are rebels, they associate with thieves. All of them love bribery, and look for payoffs. They do not take up the cause of the orphan, or defend the rights of the widow.
  • Mic 3:11 : 11 Her leaders take bribes when they decide legal cases, her priests proclaim rulings for profit, and her prophets read omens for pay. Yet they claim to trust the LORD and say,“The LORD is among us. Disaster will not overtake us!”
  • Mic 7:3 : 3 They are experts at doing evil; government officials and judges take bribes, prominent men announce what they wish and then they plan it out.
  • Prov 17:15 : 15 The one who acquits the guilty and the one who condemns the innocent– both of them are an abomination to the LORD.
  • Prov 17:23 : 23 A wicked person receives a bribe secretly to pervert the ways of justice.
  • Prov 24:24 : 24 The one who says to the guilty,“You are innocent,” peoples will curse him, and nations will denounce him.
  • Prov 31:4-5 : 4 It is not for kings, O Lemuel, it is not for kings to drink wine, or for rulers to crave strong drink, 5 lest they drink and forget what is decreed, and remove from all the poor their legal rights.
  • Exod 23:6-9 : 6 “You must not turn away justice for your poor people in their lawsuits. 7 Keep your distance from a false charge– do not kill the innocent and the righteous, for I will not justify the wicked. 8 “You must not accept a bribe, for a bribe blinds those who see and subverts the words of the righteous. 9 “You must not oppress a resident foreigner, since you know the life of a foreigner, for you were foreigners in the land of Egypt.
  • Deut 16:19 : 19 You must not pervert justice or show favor. Do not take a bribe, for bribes blind the eyes of the wise and distort the words of the righteous.
  • 1 Kgs 21:13 : 13 The two villains arrived and sat opposite him. Then the villains testified against Naboth right before the people, saying,“Naboth cursed God and the king.” So they dragged him outside the city and stoned him to death.
  • 2 Chr 19:7 : 7 Respect the LORD and make careful decisions, for the LORD our God disapproves of injustice, partiality, and bribery.”
  • Matt 23:35 : 35 so that on you will come all the righteous blood shed on 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 Jesus is Condemned and Mocked When Pilate saw that he could do nothing, but that instead a riot was starting, he took some water, washed his hands before the crowd and said,“I am innocent of this man’s blood. You take care of it yourselves!” 25 In reply all the people said,“Let his blood be on us and on our children!”

Similar Verses (AI)

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  • Prov 17:15
    79%

    15The one who acquits the guilty and the one who condemns the innocent– both of them are an abomination to the LORD.

  • Isa 10:1-2
    2 verses
    78%

    1Beware, those who enact unjust policies, those who are always instituting unfair regulations,

    2to keep the poor from getting fair treatment, and to deprive the oppressed among my people of justice, so they can steal what widows own, and loot what belongs to orphans.

  • Amos 5:7
    78%

    7The Israelites turn justice into bitterness; they throw what is fair and right to the ground.

  • Prov 21:7
    78%

    7The violence done by the wicked will drag them away because they have refused to do what is right.

  • Jer 5:28-29
    2 verses
    77%

    28That is how they have grown fat and sleek. There is no limit to the evil things they do. They do not plead the cause of the fatherless in such a way as to win it. They do not defend the rights of the poor.

    29I will certainly punish them for doing such things!” says the LORD.“I will certainly bring retribution on such a nation as this!

  • Prov 17:23
    77%

    23A wicked person receives a bribe secretly to pervert the ways of justice.

  • Hab 1:4
    77%

    4For this reason the law lacks power, and justice is never carried out. Indeed, the wicked intimidate the innocent. For this reason justice is perverted.

  • Amos 5:11-12
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    76%

    11Therefore, because you make the poor pay taxes on their crops and exact a grain tax from them, you will not live in the houses you built with chiseled stone, nor will you drink the wine from the fine vineyards you planted.

    12Certainly I am aware of your many rebellious acts and your numerous sins. You torment the innocent, you take bribes, and you deny justice to the needy at the city gate.

  • Isa 33:15
    75%

    15The one who lives uprightly and speaks honestly; the one who refuses to profit from oppressive measures and rejects a bribe; the one who does not plot violent crimes and does not seek to harm others–

  • Job 34:5
    75%

    5For Job says,‘I am innocent, but God turns away my right.

  • Prov 25:5
    75%

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

  • Lam 3:35
    75%

    35to deprive a person of his rights in the presence of the Most High,

  • Mic 7:3
    75%

    3They are experts at doing evil; government officials and judges take bribes, prominent men announce what they wish and then they plan it out.

  • Prov 11:5-6
    2 verses
    75%

    5The righteousness of the blameless will make their way smooth, but the wicked will fall through their own wickedness.

    6The righteousness of the upright will deliver them, but the treacherous will be ensnared by their own desires.

  • Exod 23:7-8
    2 verses
    75%

    7Keep your distance from a false charge– do not kill the innocent and the righteous, for I will not justify the wicked.

    8“You must not accept a bribe, for a bribe blinds those who see and subverts the words of the righteous.

  • Prov 24:24
    74%

    24The one who says to the guilty,“You are innocent,” peoples will curse him, and nations will denounce him.

  • Prov 13:6
    74%

    6Righteousness guards the one who lives with integrity, but wickedness overthrows the sinner.

  • Isa 29:21
    74%

    21those who bear false testimony against a person, who entrap the one who arbitrates at the city gate and deprive the innocent of justice by making false charges.

  • Job 36:17
    74%

    17But now you are preoccupied with the judgment due the wicked, judgment and justice take hold of you.

  • Prov 22:23
    74%

    23for the LORD will plead their case and will rob the life those who are robbing them.

  • Deut 25:1
    74%

    1If controversy arises between people, they should go to court for judgment. When the judges hear the case, they shall exonerate the innocent but condemn the guilty.

  • Isa 5:24
    73%

    24Therefore, as flaming fire devours straw, and dry grass disintegrates in the flames, so their root will rot, and their flower will blow away like dust. For they have rejected the law of the LORD of Heaven’s Armies, they have spurned the commands of the Holy One of Israel.

  • Isa 5:22
    73%

    22Beware, those who are champions at drinking, who display great courage when mixing strong drinks.

  • Prov 11:31
    73%

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

  • Ps 26:10
    73%

    10who are always ready to do wrong or offer a bribe.

  • Isa 1:23
    73%

    23Your officials are rebels, they associate with thieves. All of them love bribery, and look for payoffs. They do not take up the cause of the orphan, or defend the rights of the widow.

  • Isa 5:20
    73%

    20Beware, those who call evil good and good evil, who turn darkness into light and light into darkness, who turn bitter into sweet and sweet into bitter.

  • Ps 94:21
    73%

    21They conspire against the blameless, and condemn to death the innocent.

  • Prov 21:12
    73%

    12The Righteous One considers the house of the wicked; he overthrows the wicked to their ruin.

  • Mic 3:9
    73%

    9Listen to this, you leaders of the family of Jacob, you rulers of the nation of Israel! You hate justice and pervert all that is right.

  • Prov 18:5
    73%

    5It is terrible to show partiality to the wicked, by depriving a righteous man of justice.

  • Prov 29:27
    72%

    27An unjust person is an abomination to the righteous, and the one who lives an upright life is an abomination to the wicked.

  • Ezek 23:45
    72%

    45But upright men will punish them appropriately for their adultery and bloodshed, because they are adulteresses and blood is on their hands.

  • Prov 4:17
    72%

    17Indeed they have eaten bread gained from wickedness and drink wine obtained from violence.

  • Isa 3:9
    72%

    9The look on their faces testifies to their guilt; like the people of Sodom they openly boast of their sin. Woe to them! For they bring disaster on themselves.

  • Isa 3:11
    72%

    11Woe to the wicked sinners! For they will get exactly what they deserve.

  • Ps 28:4
    72%

    4Pay them back for their evil deeds! Pay them back for what they do! Punish them!

  • Ps 1:5
    72%

    5For this reason the wicked cannot withstand judgment, nor can sinners join the assembly of the godly.

  • Ps 37:21
    72%

    21Evil men borrow, but do not repay their debt, but the godly show compassion and are generous.

  • Ps 34:21
    72%

    21Evil people self-destruct; those who hate the godly are punished.

  • 2 Chr 6:23
    72%

    23listen from heaven and make a just decision about your servants’ claims. Condemn the guilty party, declare the other innocent, and give both of them what they deserve.

  • 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 justice? Or does the Almighty pervert what is right?

  • Prov 21:18
    72%

    18The wicked become a ransom for the righteous, and the treacherous are taken in the place of the upright.

  • Isa 59:14
    72%

    14Justice is driven back; godliness stands far off. Indeed, honesty stumbles in the city square and morality is not even able to enter.