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 is partner with a thief hateth his own soul; He heareth the adjuration and uttereth nothing.

and he saith unto them, It is written, My house shall be called a house of prayer: but ye make it a den of robbers.

And he taught, and said unto 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 unto them, It is written, And my house shall be 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 a bribe, that stoppeth his ears from hearing of blood, and shutteth his eyes from looking upon evil:

And thou shalt take no bribe: for a bribe blindeth them that have sight, and perverteth the words of the righteous.

Thou shalt not wrest justice: thou shalt not respect persons; neither shalt thou take a bribe; for a bribe doth blind the eyes of the wise, and pervert the words of the righteous.

A wicked man receiveth 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 have they taken bribes to shed blood; thou hast taken interest and increase, and thou hast greedily gained of thy neighbors by oppression, and hast forgotten me, saith the Lord Jehovah.

Their drink is 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 prince asketh, and the judge is ready for a reward; and the great man, he uttereth the evil desire of his soul: thus they weave it together.

They judge

Woe unto them that decree unrighteous decrees, and to the writers that write perverseness;

They are waxed fat, they shine: yea, they overpass in deeds of wickedness; they plead not the cause, the cause of the fatherless, that they may prosper; and the right of the needy do they not judge.

and oppress not the widow, nor the fatherless, the sojourner, nor the poor; 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 that oppress the hireling in his wages, the widow, and the fatherless, and that turn aside the sojourner from his right , and fear not me, saith Jehovah of hosts.

saying, There was in a city a judge, who feared not God, and regarded not man:

General references

Ye shall not afflict any widow, or fatherless child.

If there be a controversy between men, and they come unto judgment, and the judges judge them; then they shall justify the righteous, and condemn the wicked;

A wicked man receiveth 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.