Treasury of Scripture Knowledge
Summary
Which justify the wicked for reward, and take away the righteousness of the righteous from him!
General references
Bible References
Justify
Exodus 23:6
You shall not pervert the justice of your poor in his dispute.
Proverbs 17:15
He that justifies the wicked, and he that condemns the just, even they both are abomination to the LORD.
Proverbs 24:24
He that says unto the wicked, you are righteous; him shall the people curse, nations shall abhor him:
Proverbs 31:4
It is not for kings, O Lemuel, it is not for kings to drink wine; nor for princes strong drink:
For reward
Isaiah 1:23
Your princes are rebellious, and companions of thieves: everyone loves bribes, and follows after rewards: they judge not the fatherless, neither does the cause of the widow come before them.
Deuteronomy 16:19
You shall not pervert judgment; you shall not show partiality, neither take a bribe: for a bribe does blind the eyes of the wise, and pervert the words of the righteous.
2 Chronicles 19:7
Therefore now let the fear of the LORD be upon you; take heed and do it: for there is no iniquity with the LORD our God, nor respect of persons, nor taking of bribes.
Proverbs 17:23
A wicked man takes a bribe out of the bosom to pervert the ways of justice.
Micah 3:11
Her heads judge for reward, and her priests teach for hire, and her prophets divine for money: yet will they lean upon the LORD, and say, Is not the LORD among us? no evil can come upon us.
Micah 7:3
That they may do evil with both hands earnestly, the prince asks, and the judge asks for a bribe; and the great man, he utters his evil desire: so they weave it together.
Take
Isaiah 10:2
To turn aside the needy from justice, and to take away the right from the poor of my people, that widows may be their prey, and that they may rob the fatherless!
1 Kings 21:13
And there came in two men, children of Belial, and sat before him: and the men of Belial witnessed against him, even against Naboth, in the presence of the people, saying, Naboth did blaspheme God and the king. Then they carried him forth out of the city, and stoned him with stones, so that he died.
Psalm 94:21
They gather themselves together against the soul of the righteous, and condemn the innocent blood.
Matthew 23:35
That upon you may come all the righteous blood shed upon the earth, from the blood of righteous Abel unto the blood of Zachariah son of Barachiah, whom you slew between the temple and the altar.
Matthew 27:24
When Pilate saw that he could gain nothing, but that rather a tumult was made, he took water, and washed his hands before the multitude, saying, I am innocent of the blood of this just person: see you to it.
James 5:6
You have condemned and killed the just; and he does not resist you.
General references
Deuteronomy 25:1
If there is a controversy between men, and they come unto judgment, that the judges may judge them; then they shall justify the righteous, and condemn the wicked.
Isaiah 59:14
And justice is turned back, and righteousness stands afar off: for truth is fallen in the street, and equity cannot enter.
John 7:24
Judge not according to the appearance, but judge righteous judgment.