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 judgment of your poor in his cause.
Proverbs 17:15
He who justifies the wicked, and he who condemns the just, even both of them are hateful to Jehovah.
Proverbs 24:24
He who says to the wicked, You are righteous; the people shall curse him and nations shall abhor him.
Proverbs 31:4
It is not for kings, O Lemuel, not for kings to drink wine; nor for princes to lust for strong drink;
For reward
Isaiah 1:23
your rulers are rebellious, and companions of thieves; everyone loves a bribe, and is pursuing rewards; they do not judge the orphan, nor does the cause of the widow come to them.
Deuteronomy 16:19
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.
2 Chronicles 19:7
And now let the fear of Jehovah be on you. Be careful and act wisely, for there is no iniquity with Jehovah our God, nor respect of persons, nor taking of gifts.
Proverbs 17:23
A wicked man takes a bribe out of the bosom to pervert the ways of judgment.
Micah 3:11
Her heads judge for a bribe, and her priests teach for pay, and her prophets divine for silver, yet they will lean on Jehovah and say, Is not Jehovah among us? No evil can come on us!
Micah 7:3
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.
Take
Isaiah 10:2
to turn aside the needy from judgment, and to steal the right from the poor of My people, that widows may be their prey, and they rob the orphans!
1 Kings 21:13
And there came in two men, sons of Belial, and sat before him. And the men of Belial witnessed against him, against Naboth, in the presence of the people, saying, Naboth blasphemed God and the king. And they carried him out of the city and stoned him with stones so that he died.
Psalm 94:21
They gather themselves against the soul of the righteous, and condemn the innocent blood.
Matthew 23:35
so that on you may come all the righteous blood shed on the earth, from the blood of righteous Abel to the blood of Zechariah the son of Berachiah, whom you killed between the temple and the altar.
Matthew 27:24
But when Pilate saw that it gained nothing, but rather that a tumult was made, he took water and washed his hands before the crowd, saying, I am innocent of the blood of this just person. You see to it.
James 5:6
You have condemned and murdered the just; he does not resist you.
General references
Deuteronomy 25:1
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,
Isaiah 59:14
And justice is driven back, and justice stands afar off; for truth has fallen in the street, and right cannot enter.
John 7:24
Do not judge according to sight, but judge righteous judgment.