Isaiah 5:20

Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

Summary

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!

Them

General references

Leviticus 13:29

Luke 11:35

Bible References

Them

He who gives a decision for the evil-doer and he who gives a decision against the upright, are equally disgusting to the Lord.

You have made the Lord tired with your words. And still you say, How have we made him tired? By your saying, Everyone who does evil is good in the eyes of the Lord, and he has delight in them; or, Where is God the judge?

And now to us the men of pride seem happy; yes, the evil-doers are doing well; they put God to the test and are safe.

But if your eye is evil, all your body will be dark. If then the light which is in you is dark, how dark it will be!

And in answer he said to them, Why do you, yourselves, go against the word of God on account of the teaching which has been handed down to you?

A curse is on you, blind guides, who say, Whoever takes an oath by the Temple, it is nothing; but whoever takes an oath by the gold of the Temple, he is responsible.

So take care that the light which is in you is not dark.

And he said, You take care to seem right in the eyes of men, but God sees your hearts: and those things which are important in the opinion of men, are evil in the eyes of God.

But be certain of this, that in the last days times of trouble will come.

But there were false prophets among the people, as there will be false teachers among you, who will secretly put forward wrong teachings for your destruction, even turning away from the Lord who gave himself for them; whose destruction will come quickly, and they themselves will be the cause of it.

General references

And when a man or a woman has a disease on the head, or in the hair of the chin,

So take care that the light which is in you is not dark.