Isaiah 5:23

and ye iustifien a wickid man for yiftis, and ye taken awei the riytfulnesse of a iust man fro hym.

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

In Context

22Wo to you that ben myyti to drynke wyn, and ben stronge to meddle drunkenesse;

24For this thing, as the tunge of fier deuourith stobil, and the heete of flawme brenneth, so the roote of hem schal be as a deed sparcle, and the seed of hem schal stie as dust; for thei castiden awei the lawe of the Lord of oostis, and blasfemyden the speche of the hooli of Israel.

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Cross References

Exodus 23:6Thou schalt not bowe in the doom of a pore man.

1 Kings 21:13and whanne twey men, sones of the deuel, weren brouyt, thei maden hem to sitte ayens hym, and thei, that is, as men of the deuel, seiden witnessyng ayens him bifor al the multitude, Naboth blesside God and the kyng; for which thing thei ledden hym with out the citee, and killiden him with stoonys.

Proverbs 17:23A wickid man takith yiftis fro the bosum, to mys turne the pathis of doom.

Proverbs 31:4A! Lamuel, nyle thou yiue wyn to kingis; for no pryuete is, where drunkenesse regneth.

Isaiah 1:23Thi princes ben vnfeithful, the felowis of theuys; alle louen yiftis, suen meedis; thei demen not to a fadirles child, and the cause of a widewe entrith not to hem.

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