Isaiah 1:23

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Summary

Thy princes are rebellious, and companions of thieves: every one loveth gifts, and followeth after rewards: they judge not the fatherless, neither doth the cause of the widow come unto them.

Companions

Every

They judge

Luke 18:2

General references

Bible References

Companions

Whoso shareth with a thief hateth his own soul: he heareth the adjuration, and declareth not.

And he says to them, It is written, My house shall be called a house of prayer, but ye have made it a den of robbers.

And he taught saying to them, Is it not written, My house shall be called a house of prayer for all the nations? but ye have made it a den of robbers.

saying to them, It is written, My house is a house of prayer, but ye have made it a den of robbers.

Every

He that walketh righteously, and speaketh uprightly; he that despiseth the gain of oppressions, that shaketh his hands from taking hold of bribes, that stoppeth his ears from hearing of blood, and shutteth his eyes from seeing evil:

And thou shalt take no bribe; for the bribe blindeth those whose eyes are open, and perverteth the words of the righteous.

Thou shalt not wrest judgment; thou shalt not respect persons, neither take a bribe; for the bribe blindeth the eyes of the wise, and perverteth the words of the righteous.

A wicked man taketh a gift out of the bosom, to pervert the paths of judgment.

But thine eyes and thy heart are only on thine extortion, and on the blood of the innocent, to shed it, and on oppression and on violence, to do it.

In thee have they taken gifts to shed blood; thou hast taken usury and increase, and thou hast overreached thy neighbours by oppression, and hast forgotten me, saith the Lord Jehovah.

Their drink is sour; they give themselves up to whoredom; her great men passionately love their shame.

Both hands are for evil, to do it well. The prince asketh, and the judge is there for a reward; and the great man uttereth his soul's greed: and together they combine it.

They judge

Woe unto them that decree iniquitous decrees, and to the writers that prescribe oppression,

They are become fat, they shine, yea, they surpass in deeds of wickedness; they judge not the cause, the cause of the fatherless, and they prosper; and the right of the needy do they not adjudge.

and oppress not the widow and the fatherless, the stranger and the afflicted; and let none of you imagine evil against his brother in your heart.

And I will come near to you to judgment; and I will be a swift witness against the sorcerers, and against the adulterers, and against the false swearers, and against those that oppress the hired servant in his wages, the widow and the fatherless, and that turn aside the stranger from his right, and fear not me, saith Jehovah of hosts.

saying, There was a judge in a city, not fearing God and not respecting man:

General references

Ye shall not afflict any widow or fatherless child.

If there be a controversy between men, and they resort to judgment, and they judge their case; then they shall justify the righteous, and condemn the wicked.

A wicked man taketh a gift out of the bosom, to pervert the paths of judgment.

Open thy mouth, judge righteously, and minister justice to the afflicted and needy.