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

He who shares with a thief hates his own soul; he hears an oath and does not tell.

And He said to them, It is written, "My house shall be called the house of prayer"; but you have made it a den of thieves.

And He taught, saying to them, Is it not written, "My house shall be called the house of prayer for all nations?" But you have made it a den of thieves.

saying to them, It is written, "My house is a house of prayer," but you have made it a den of thieves.

Every

He who walks righteously and speaks uprightly; he who despises the gain of oppressions, who shakes his hands free from holding bribes, who stops his ear from hearing of blood, and shuts his eyes from seeing evil;

And you shall take no bribe, for the bribe blinds the wise and perverts the words of the righteous.

You shall not pervert judgment; you shall not respect persons, nor take a gift. For a bribe blinds the eyes of the wise and perverts the words of the righteous.

A wicked man takes a bribe out of the bosom to pervert the ways of judgment.

But your eyes and your heart are for nothing but your unjust gain, and to shed innocent blood, and for cruelty, and to do violence.

In you they have taken bribes to shed blood. You have taken usury and increase, and you gained by extortion of your neighbors, and you have forgotten Me, says the Lord Jehovah.

Their drink is sour; they are continually fornicating; her rulers dearly love shame.

Both hands are on evil, to do it well. The ruler asks for a bribe, and the judge also; and the great man speaks the evil desire of his soul. So they weave it together.

They judge

Woe to those who decree unrighteous decrees, and to the scribes who write toil;

They have become fat, they shine. Yes, they go past the deeds of the wicked; they do not judge the cause, the cause of the fatherless, that they may get rich; and they do not judge the right of the needy.

And do not crush the widow or the orphan, the alien or the poor. And do not devise evil in your heart, of a man against his brother.

And I will come near you to judgment. And I will be a swift witness against the sorcerers, and against the adulterers, and against false swearers, and against those who extort from the hired laborer's wages, and turning away the widow, and the orphan, the alien, and not fearing Me, says Jehovah of Hosts.

saying, A certain judge was in a certain city, not fearing God, nor respecting man.

General references

You shall not afflict any widow or fatherless child.

If there is a controversy between men, and they come to judgment, and they have been judged, and the righteous one is declared righteous, and the wrongdoer declared guilty,

A wicked man takes a bribe out of the bosom to pervert the ways of judgment.

Open your mouth, judge righteously, and plead the cause of the poor and needy.