Isaiah 5:23

Woes On The Wicked

²² Alas for them Who are heroes to drink wine, - And men of valour to mingle strong drink, ²³ Who justify the lawless, for a bribe, - Whereas the righteousness of the righteous, they take from him. ²⁴ Therefore, As a tongue of fire, eateth up straw, And a flame reduceth, dry grass, to powder, Their root, like rottenness, shall become, And their blossom, like dust shall ascend, - Because they refused the law of Yahweh of hosts, And the utterance of the Holy One of Israel, they despised.

Pervert Justice

Righteous Man

Turn Aside

Psalm 94:21

They make an attack on the life of the righteous one, - And, innocent blood, they condemn.

Isaiah 10:2

Turning aside from judgment, the poor, And robbing, of justice, the oppressed of my people, - So that, widows, become, their spoil, And of the fatherless, they make prey.

James 5:6

Ye sentenced - ye murdered the Righteous one! Is he not arraying himself against you?

Proverbs 17:15

He that justifieth the lawless, and he that condemneth the righteous, an abomination to Yahweh, are they, both.

Isaiah 1:23

Thy rulers, are unruly, and companions of thieves, Every one of the people, loveth a bribe, and runneth after rewards, - The fatherless, they do not vindicate, And, the plea of the widow, reacheth them not.

Micah 3:11

Her heads, for a bribe, pronounce sentence, and, her priests, for a price, give direction, and, her prophets, for silver, divine, - yet, on Yahweh, they lean, saying, Is not, Yahweh, in our midst? there shall not come upon us, calamity.

Micah 7:3

Of wickedness with both hands to make sure, the ruler, doth make demand - and the judge - for a recompense, - and, as for the great man, he, is putting into words the desire of his soul, So have they woven the net!

Exodus 23:6-9

Thou shalt not pervert the vindication of thy needy one in his quarrel.

Deuteronomy 16:19

Thou shalt not wrest judgment, thou shalt not take note of faces, - nor shalt thou accept a bribe, for the bribe, blindeth the eyes of wise men, and perverteth the words of righteous men.

1 Kings 21:13

Then came in the two reckless men, and sat before him, and the men bare witness against him, even against Naboth, before the people, saying, Naboth hath reviled God and king! So they carried him forth, outside the city, and stoned him with stones, that he died.

2 Chronicles 19:7

Now, therefore, let the dread of Yahweh be upon you, - observe and do, for there is, with Yahweh our God, neither perversity nor respect of persons nor the taking of bribes.

Proverbs 17:23

A bribe out of his bosom, doth a lawless man take, to pervert the ways of justice.

Proverbs 24:24

He that saith to the lawless man, Righteous, thou art, peoples shall denounce him, populations shall curse him;

Proverbs 31:4-5

It is not for kings, O Lemuel, it is not for kings to drink wine, nor, for dignitaries, to desire strong drink,

Matthew 23:35

That there may come upon you - all righteous blood poured out upon the earth, from the blood of Abel the righteous, unto the blood of Zachariah, son of Barachiah, whom ye murdered between the Temple and the altar.

Matthew 27:24-25

And Pilate, seeing, that, nothing, it availed, but rather, a tumult, was arising, taking water, washed his hands of it before the multitude, saying - Innocent, am I, of the blood of this man, - Ye, shall see to it for yourselves.