Isaiah 5:23 Cross References

Isaiah 5:23

23: They take bribes to pervert justice. They let the wicked go free while punishing the innocent.

They deprive the poor, the widows, and the orphans of justice. Yes, they rob widows and fatherless children!

You have condemned and killed good people who had no power to defend themselves against you.

They go about their evil deeds with both hands. How skilled they are at using them! Officials and judges alike demand bribes. The people with money and influence pay them off, and together they scheme to twist justice.

You rulers govern for the bribes you can get; you priests teach God's laws only for a price; you prophets won't prophesy unless you are paid. Yet all of you claim you are depending on the LORD. "No harm can come to us," you say, "for the LORD is here among us."

And it is not for kings, O Lemuel, to guzzle wine. Rulers should not crave liquor.
For if they drink, they may forget their duties and be unable to give justice to those who are oppressed.

Your leaders are rebels, the companions of thieves. All of them take bribes and refuse to defend the orphans and the widows.

You must never twist justice or show partiality. Never accept a bribe, for bribes blind the eyes of the wise and corrupt the decisions of the godly.

Pilate saw that he wasn't getting anywhere and that a riot was developing. So he sent for a bowl of water and washed his hands before the crowd, saying, "I am innocent of the blood of this man. The responsibility is yours!"
And all the people yelled back, "We will take responsibility for his death--we and our children!"

Fear the LORD and judge with care, for the LORD our God does not tolerate perverted justice, partiality, or the taking of bribes."

A judge who says to the wicked, "You are innocent," will be cursed by many people and denounced by the nations.

Then two scoundrels accused him before all the people of cursing God and the king. So he was dragged outside the city and stoned to death.

"Do not twist justice against people simply because they are poor.
"Keep far away from falsely charging anyone with evil. Never put an innocent or honest person to death. I will not allow anyone guilty of this to go free.
"Take no bribes, for a bribe makes you ignore something that you clearly see. A bribe always hurts the cause of the person who is in the right.
"Do not oppress the foreigners living among you. You know what it is like to be a foreigner. Remember your own experience in the land of Egypt.

As a result, you will become guilty of murdering all the godly people from righteous Abel to Zechariah son of Barachiah, whom you murdered in the Temple between the altar and the sanctuary.

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