Isaiah 5:23

Woes On The Wicked

²² Cursed are those who are strong to take wine, and great in making mixed drinks! ²³ Who for a reward give support to the cause of the sinner, and who take away the righteousness of the upright from him. ²⁴ For this cause, as the waste of the grain is burned up by tongues of fire, and as the dry grass goes down before the flame, so their root will be like the dry stems of grain, and their flower will go up in dust: because they have gone against the law of the Lord of armies, and have given no honour to the word of the Holy One of Israel.

Pervert Justice

Righteous Man

Turn Aside

Psalm 94:21

They are banded together against the soul of the upright, to give decisions against those who have done no wrong.

Isaiah 10:2

Who do wrong to the poor in their cause, and take away the right of the crushed among my people, so that they may have the property of widows, and get under their power those who have no father.

James 5:6

You have given your decision against the upright man and have put him to death. He puts up no fight against you.

Proverbs 17:15

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

Isaiah 1:23

Your chiefs have gone against the Lord, they have become friends of thieves; every one of them is looking for profit and going after rewards; they do not give right decisions for the child who has no father, and they do not let the cause of the widow come before them.

Micah 3:11

Its heads take rewards for judging, and the priests take payment for teaching, and the prophets get silver for reading the future: but still, supporting themselves on the Lord, they say, Is not the Lord among us? no evil will overtake us.

Micah 7:3

Their hands are made ready to do evil; the ruler makes requests for money, and the judge is looking for a reward; and the great man gives decisions at his pleasure, and the right is twisted.

Exodus 23:6-9

Let no wrong decisions be given in the poor man's cause.

Deuteronomy 16:19

You are not to be moved in your judging by a man's position, you are not to take rewards; for rewards make the eyes of the wise man blind, and the decisions of the upright false.

1 Kings 21:13

And the two good-for-nothing persons came in and took their seats before him and gave witness against Naboth, in front of the people, saying, Naboth has been cursing God and the king. Then they took him outside the town and had him stoned to death.

2 Chronicles 19:7

So now let the fear of the Lord be in you; do your work with care; for in the Lord our God there is no evil, or respect for high position, or taking of payment to do wrong.

Proverbs 17:23

A sinner takes an offering out of his robe, to get a decision for himself in a cause.

Proverbs 24:24

He who says to the evil-doer, You are upright, will be cursed by peoples and hated by nations.

Proverbs 31:4-5

It is not for kings, O Lemuel, it is not for kings to take wine, or for rulers to say, Where is strong drink?

Matthew 23:35

So that on you may come all the blood of the upright on the earth, from the blood of upright Abel to the blood of Zachariah, son of Barachiah, whom you put to death between the Temple and the altar.

Matthew 27:24-25

So when Pilate saw that he was able to do nothing, but that trouble was working up, he took water and, washing his hands before the people, said, The blood of this upright man is not on my hands: you are responsible.