Isaiah 5:23

Young's Literal Translation (1862/1898)

Declaring righteous the wicked for a bribe, And the righteousness of the righteous They turn aside from him.

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Referenced Verses

  • Ps 94:21 : 21 They decree against the soul of the righteous, And innocent blood declare wicked.
  • Isa 10:2 : 2 To turn aside from judgment the poor, And to take violently away the judgment Of the afflicted of My people, That widows may be their prey, That the fatherless they may spoil.
  • Jas 5:6 : 6 ye did condemn -- ye did murder the righteous one, he doth not resist you.
  • Isa 1:23 : 23 Thy princes `are' apostates, and companions of thieves, Every one loving a bribe, and pursuing rewards, The fatherless they judge not, And the plea of the widow cometh not to them.
  • Mic 3:11 : 11 Her heads for a bribe do judge, And her priests for hire do teach, And her prophets for silver divine, And on Jehovah they lean, saying, `Is not Jehovah in our midst? Evil doth not come in upon us.'
  • Mic 7:3 : 3 On the evil `are' both hands to do `it' well, The prince is asking -- also the judge -- for recompence, And the great -- he is speaking the mischief of his soul, And they wrap it up.
  • Prov 17:15 : 15 Whoso is justifying the wicked, And condemning the righteous, Even both of these `are' an abomination to Jehovah.
  • Prov 17:23 : 23 A bribe from the bosom the wicked taketh, To turn aside the paths of judgment.
  • Prov 24:24 : 24 Whoso is saying to the wicked, `Thou `art' righteous,' Peoples execrate him -- nations abhor him.
  • Prov 31:4-5 : 4 Not for kings, O Lemuel, Not for kings, to drink wine, And for princes a desire of strong drink. 5 Lest he drink, and forget the decree, And change the judgment of any of the sons of affliction.
  • Exod 23:6-9 : 6 `Thou dost not turn aside the judgment of thy needy one in his strife; 7 from a false matter thou dost keep far off, and an innocent and righteous man thou dost not slay; for I do not justify a wicked man. 8 `And a bribe thou dost not take; for the bribe bindeth the open-`eyed', and perverteth the words of the righteous. 9 `And a sojourner thou dost not oppress, and ye -- ye have known the soul of the sojourner, for sojourners ye have been in the land of Egypt.
  • Deut 16:19 : 19 Thou dost not turn aside judgment; thou dost not discern faces, nor take a bribe, for the bribe blindeth the eyes of the wise, and perverteth the words of the righteous.
  • 1 Kgs 21:13 : 13 and two men -- sons of worthlessness -- come in, and sit over-against him, and the men of worthlessness testify of him, even Naboth, before the people, saying, `Naboth blessed God and Melech;' and they take him out to the outside of the city, and stone him with stones, and he dieth;
  • 2 Chr 19:7 : 7 and now, let fear of Jehovah be upon you, observe and do, for there is not with Jehovah our God perverseness, and acceptance of faces, and taking of a bribe.'
  • Matt 23:35 : 35 that on you may come all the righteous blood being poured out on the earth from the blood of Abel the righteous, unto the blood of Zacharias son of Barachias, whom ye slew between the sanctuary and the altar:
  • Matt 27:24-25 : 24 And Pilate having seen that it profiteth nothing, but rather a tumult is made, having taken water, he did wash the hands before the multitude, saying, `I am innocent from the blood of this righteous one; ye -- ye shall see;' 25 and all the people answering said, `His blood `is' upon us, and upon our children!'

Similar Verses (AI)

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  • Prov 17:15
    79%

    15Whoso is justifying the wicked, And condemning the righteous, Even both of these `are' an abomination to Jehovah.

  • Isa 10:1-2
    2 verses
    78%

    1Wo `to' those decreeing decrees of iniquity, And writers who have prescribed perverseness.

    2To turn aside from judgment the poor, And to take violently away the judgment Of the afflicted of My people, That widows may be their prey, That the fatherless they may spoil.

  • Amos 5:7
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    7Ye who are turning to wormwood judgment, And righteousness to the earth have put down,

  • Prov 21:7
    78%

    7The spoil of the wicked catcheth them, Because they have refused to do judgment.

  • Jer 5:28-29
    2 verses
    77%

    28They have been fat, they have shone, Yea, they have overpassed the acts of the evil, Judgment they have not judged, The judgment of the fatherless -- and they prosper, And the judgment of the needy they have not judged.

    29For these do not I inspect, an affirmation of Jehovah, On a nation such as this, Doth not My soul avenge itself?

  • Prov 17:23
    77%

    23A bribe from the bosom the wicked taketh, To turn aside the paths of judgment.

  • Hab 1:4
    77%

    4Therefore doth law cease, And judgment doth not go forth for ever, For the wicked is compassing the righteous, Therefore wrong judgment goeth forth.

  • Amos 5:11-12
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    76%

    11Therefore, because of your trampling on the poor, And the tribute of corn ye take from him, Houses of hewn work ye have built, And ye do not dwell in them, Desirable vineyards ye have planted, And ye do not drink their wine.

    12For I have known -- many `are' your transgressions, And mighty your sins, Adversaries of the righteous, taking ransoms, And the needy in the gate ye turned aside.

  • Isa 33:15
    75%

    15Whoso is walking righteously, And is speaking uprightly, Kicking against gain of oppressions, Shaking his hands from taking hold on a bribe, Stopping his ear from hearing of blood, And shutting his eyes from looking on evil,

  • Job 34:5
    75%

    5For Job hath said, `I have been righteous, And God hath turned aside my right,

  • Prov 25:5
    75%

    5Take away the wicked before a king, And established in righteousness is his throne.

  • Lam 3:35
    75%

    35To turn aside the judgment of a man, Over-against the face of the Most High,

  • Mic 7:3
    75%

    3On the evil `are' both hands to do `it' well, The prince is asking -- also the judge -- for recompence, And the great -- he is speaking the mischief of his soul, And they wrap it up.

  • Prov 11:5-6
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    75%

    5The righteousness of the perfect maketh right his way, And by his wickedness doth the wicked fall.

    6The righteousness of the upright delivereth them, And in mischief the treacherous are captured.

  • Exod 23:7-8
    2 verses
    75%

    7from a false matter thou dost keep far off, and an innocent and righteous man thou dost not slay; for I do not justify a wicked man.

    8`And a bribe thou dost not take; for the bribe bindeth the open-`eyed', and perverteth the words of the righteous.

  • Prov 24:24
    74%

    24Whoso is saying to the wicked, `Thou `art' righteous,' Peoples execrate him -- nations abhor him.

  • Prov 13:6
    74%

    6Righteousness keepeth him who is perfect in the way, And wickedness overthroweth a sin offering.

  • Isa 29:21
    74%

    21Causing men to sin in word, And for a reprover in the gate lay a snare, And turn aside into emptiness the righteous.

  • Job 36:17
    74%

    17And the judgment of the wicked thou hast fulfilled, Judgment and justice are upheld -- because of fury,

  • Prov 22:23
    74%

    23For Jehovah pleadeth their cause, And hath spoiled the soul of their spoilers.

  • Deut 25:1
    74%

    1`When there is a strife between men, and they have come nigh unto the judgment, and they have judged, and declared righteous the righteous, and declared wrong the wrong-doer,

  • Isa 5:24
    73%

    24Therefore, as a tongue of fire devoureth stubble, And flaming hay falleth, Their root is as muck, And their flower as dust goeth up. Because they have rejected the law of Jehovah of Hosts, And the saying of the Holy One of Israel despised.

  • Isa 5:22
    73%

    22Wo `to' the mighty to drink wine, And men of strength to mingle strong drink.

  • Prov 11:31
    73%

    31Lo, the righteous in the earth is recompensed, Surely also the wicked and the sinner!

  • Ps 26:10
    73%

    10In whose hand `is' a wicked device, And their right hand `is' full of bribes.

  • Isa 1:23
    73%

    23Thy princes `are' apostates, and companions of thieves, Every one loving a bribe, and pursuing rewards, The fatherless they judge not, And the plea of the widow cometh not to them.

  • Isa 5:20
    73%

    20Wo `to' those saying to evil `good,' And to good `evil,' Putting darkness for light, and light for darkness, Putting bitter for sweet, and sweet for bitter.

  • Ps 94:21
    73%

    21They decree against the soul of the righteous, And innocent blood declare wicked.

  • Prov 21:12
    73%

    12The Righteous One is acting wisely Towards the house of the wicked, He is overthrowing the wicked for wickedness.

  • Mic 3:9
    73%

    9Hear this, I pray you, heads of the house of Jacob, And ye judges of the house of Israel, Who are making judgment abominable, And all uprightness do pervert.

  • Prov 18:5
    73%

    5Acceptance of the face of the wicked `is' not good, To turn aside the righteous in judgment.

  • Prov 29:27
    72%

    27An abomination to the righteous `is' the perverse man, And an abomination to the wicked `is' the upright in the way!

  • Ezek 23:45
    72%

    45As to righteous men, they judge them with the judgment of adulteresses, And the judgment of women shedding blood, For they `are' adulteresses, And blood `is' in their hands.

  • Prov 4:17
    72%

    17For they have eaten bread of wickedness, And wine of violence they drink.

  • Isa 3:9
    72%

    9The appearance of their faces witnessed against them, And their sin, as Sodom, they declared, They have not hidden! Wo to their soul, For they have done to themselves evil.

  • Isa 3:11
    72%

    11Wo to the wicked -- evil, Because the deed of his hand is done to him.

  • Ps 28:4
    72%

    4Give to them according to their acting, And according to the evil of their doings. According to the work of their hands give to them. Return their deed to them.

  • Ps 1:5
    72%

    5Therefore the wicked rise not in judgment, Nor sinners in the company of the righteous,

  • Ps 37:21
    72%

    21The wicked is borrowing and repayeth not, And the righteous is gracious and giving.

  • Ps 34:21
    72%

    21Evil doth put to death the wicked, And those hating the righteous are desolate.

  • 2 Chr 6:23
    72%

    23then Thou dost hear from the heavens, and hast done, and hast judged Thy servants, to give back to the wicked, to put his way on his head, and to declare righteous the righteous, to give to him according to his righteousness.

  • Prov 28:4
    72%

    4Those forsaking the law praise the wicked, Those keeping the law plead against them.

  • Job 8:3
    72%

    3Doth God pervert judgment? And doth the Mighty One pervert justice?

  • Prov 21:18
    72%

    18The wicked `is' an atonement for the righteous, And for the upright the treacherous dealer.

  • Isa 59:14
    72%

    14And removed backward is judgment, And righteousness afar off standeth, For truth hath been feeble in the street, And straightforwardness is not able to enter,