Isaiah 1:23

Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

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

He who is partner with a thief hates his own soul; he hears the adjuration and utters nothing.

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

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

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

Every

He who walks righteously, and speaks uprightly. He who despises the gain of oppressions, who shakes his hands from taking a bribe, who stops his ears from hearing of blood, and shuts his eyes from looking upon evil.

And thou shall take no bribe, for a bribe blinds those who have sight, and perverts the words of the righteous.

Thou shall not distort justice. Thou shall not respect persons, neither shall thou take a bribe, for a bribe blinds the eyes of the wise, and perverts the words of the righteous.

A wicked man receives a bribe out of the bosom, to pervert the ways of justice.

But thine eyes and thy heart are not but for thy covetousness, and for shedding innocent blood, and for oppression, and for violence, to do it.

In thee they have taken bribes to shed blood. Thou have taken interest and increase. And thou have greedily gained from thy neighbors by oppression, and have forgotten me, says lord LORD.

Their drink has become sour. They play the harlot continually. Her rulers dearly love shame.

Their hands are upon that which is evil to do it diligently. The ruler asks, and the judge [is ready] for a bribe. And the great man, he utters the evil desire of his soul. Thus they weave it together.

They judge

Woe to those who decree unrighteous decrees, and to the writers who write perverseness,

They have grown fat. They shine. Yea, they overflow in deeds of wickedness. They do not plead the cause, the cause of the fatherless, that they may prosper. And they do not judge the right of the needy.

And do not oppress the widow, nor the fatherless, the sojourner, nor the poor man. And let none of you devise 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 who oppress the hireling in his wages, the widow, and the f

saying, In a certain city there was a judge who did not fear God, and did not regard man.

General references

Ye shall not afflict any widow, or fatherless child.

If there be a controversy between men, and they come to judgment, and [they] judge them, then they shall justify the righteous, and condemn the iniquitous.

A wicked man receives a bribe out of the bosom, to pervert the ways of justice.

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