Isaiah 5:23
who acquit the guilty for a bribe and deprive the innocent of justice.
Majority Standard Bible
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 those who are heroes in drinking wine and champions in mixing strong drink,
Cross References
Exodus 23:6You shall not deny justice to the poor in their lawsuits.
1 Kings 21:13And the two scoundrels came in and sat opposite Naboth, and these men testified against him before the people, saying, “Naboth has cursed both God and the king!” So they took him outside the city and stoned him to death.
Psalms 94:21They band together against the righteous and condemn the innocent to death.
Proverbs 17:23A wicked man takes a covert bribe to subvert the course of justice.
Proverbs 31:4It is not for kings, O Lemuel, it is not for kings to drink wine, or for rulers to crave strong drink,
Isaiah 1:23Your rulers are rebels, friends of thieves. They all love bribes and chasing after rewards. They do not defend the fatherless, and the plea of the widow never comes before 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 →