Isaiah 5:23 References

23 aWho justify the wicked for a bribe, And btake away the rights of the ones who are in the right!

a Exodus 23:8, Isaiah 1:23, Isaiah 10:1, Isaiah 10:2, Micah 3:11, Micah 7:3

Exodus 23

8 "aYou shall not take a bribe, for a bribe blinds the clear-sighted and subverts the cause of the just.

Isaiah 1

23 Your arulers are rebels And companions of thieves; Everyone bloves a bribe And chases after rewards. They cdo not defend the orphan, Nor does the widow's plea come before them.

Isaiah 10

1 Woe to those who aenact evil statutes And to those who constantly record unjust decisions,

Isaiah 10

2 So as ato deprive the needy of justice And rob the poor of My people of their rights, So bthat widows may be their spoil And that they may plunder the orphans.

Micah 3

11 Her leaders pronounce ajudgment for a bribe, Her bpriests instruct for a price And her prophets divine for money. Yet they lean on the Lord saying, "cIs not the Lord in our midst? Calamity will not come upon us."

Micah 7

3 Concerning evil, both hands do it awell. The prince asks, also the judge, for a bbribe, And a great man speaks the desire of his soul; So they weave it together.

Other references for Isaiah 5:23

b Psalms 94:21, James 5:6