Isaiah 5:23
That justify the wicked for gifts, and take away the justice of the just from him.
Douay-Rheims 1899
In The King James Version
Which justify the wicked for reward, and take away the righteousness of the righteous from him!
In Context
22Woe to you that are mighty to drink wine, and stout men at drunkenness.
Cross References
Exodus 23:6Thou shalt not go aside in the poor man's judgment.
1 Kings 21:13And bringing two men, sons of the devil, they made them sit against him: and they, like men of the devil, bore witness against him before the people, saying: Naboth hath blasphemed God and the king: wherefore they brought him forth without the city, and stoned him to death.
Psalms 94:21They will hunt after the soul of the just, and will condemn innocent blood.
Proverbs 17:23The wicked man taketh gifts out of the bosom, that he may pervert the paths of judgment.
Proverbs 31:4Give not to kings, O Lamuel, give not wine to kings: because there is no secret where drunkenness reigneth:
Isaiah 1:23Thy princes are faithless, companions of thieves: they all love bribes, the run after rewards. They judge not for the fatherless: and the widow's cometh not in to them.
Matthew Henry on Isaiah 5:19-30
Denunciations against Sin. ( b. c. 758.) 18 Woe unto them that draw iniquity with cords of vanity, and sin as it were with a cart rope: 19 That say, Let him make speed, and hasten his work, that we may see it: and let the counsel of the Holy One of Israel draw nigh and come, that we may know it! 20 Woe 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! 21 Woe unto them that are wise in their own eyes, and prudent in… Read the whole commentary →