Isaiah 5:23
you who set the guilty free for a bribe, and yet deny justice to the innocent.
Free Bible Version
In The King James Version
Which justify the wicked for reward, and take away the righteousness of the righteous from him!
In Context
22Tragedy is coming to you who are wine-drinking champions, and experts at mixing alcoholic drinks;
Cross References
Exodus 23:6You must not prevent the poor from getting justice in their lawsuits.
1 Kings 21:13Two bad men came and sat opposite him, and accused him in front of the people, saying, “Naboth has cursed God and the king.” So they took him outside the town and stoned him to death.
Psalms 94:21They work together to destroy good people; they condemn those who are innocent to death.
Proverbs 17:23The wicked take hidden bribes to pervert the course of justice.
Proverbs 31:4Lemuel, kings shouldn't be drinking wine, rulers shouldn't be drinking alcohol.
Isaiah 1:23Your leaders are rebels, friends of thieves. They all love bribes and want to get kickbacks. They don't defend the rights of orphans, and refuse to take cases to help widows.
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 →