Isaiah 5:23
Which iustifie the wicked for a rewarde, and take away the righteousnesse of the righteous from him.
Geneva Bible 1599
In The King James Version
Which justify the wicked for reward, and take away the righteousness of the righteous from him!
In Context
22Wo vnto them that are mightie to drinke wine, and to them that are strong to powre in strong drinke:
Cross References
Exodus 23:6Thou shalt not ouerthrowe the right of thy poore in his sute.
1 Kings 21:13And there came two wicked men, and sate before him: and the wicked men witnessed against Naboth in the presence of the people saying, Naboth did blaspheme God and the King. Then they caried him away out of the citie, and stoned him with stones, that he dyed.
Psalms 94:21They gather them together against the soule of the righteous, and condemne the innocent blood.
Proverbs 17:23A wicked man taketh a gift out of the bosome to wrest the wayes of iudgement.
Proverbs 31:4It is not for Kings, O Lemuel, it is not for Kings to drink wine nor for princes strog drinke,
Isaiah 1:23Thy Princes are rebellious and companions of theeues: euery one loueth giftes, and followeth after rewards: they iudge not the fatherlesse, neither doeth the widowes cause come 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 →