Isaiah 5:20
BSB · Public Domain (CC0)“Woe to those who call evil good and good evil, who turn darkness to light and light to darkness, who replace bitter with sweet and sweet with bitter.”
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“Woe to those who call evil good and good evil, who turn darkness to light and light to darkness, who replace bitter with sweet and sweet with bitter.”
Berean Standard Bible · Public Domain (CC0)“Woe unto them that call evil good, and good evil; that put darkness for light, and light for darkness; that put bitter for sweet, and sweet for bitter!”
King James Version · Public Domain“Woe unto them that call evil good, and good evil; that put darkness for light, and light for darkness; that put bitter for sweet, and sweet for bitter!”
American Standard Version · Public Domain“Woe <FI>to<Fi> those saying to evil `good,' And to good `evil,' Putting darkness for light, and light for darkness, Putting bitter for sweet, and sweet for bitter.”
Young's Literal Translation · Public DomainOther passages that echo Isaiah 5:20 — 20 related verses from the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge.
- Exodus 23:7Stay far away from a false accusation. Do not kill the innocent or the just, for I will not acquit the guilty.
- Deuteronomy 25:1If there is a dispute between men, they are to go to court to be judged, so that the innocent may be acquitted and the guilty condemned.
- Job 17:12They have turned night into day, making light seem near in the face of darkness.
- Proverbs 4:17For they eat the bread of wickedness and drink the wine of violence.
- Proverbs 17:15Acquitting the guilty and condemning the righteous— both are detestable to the LORD.
- Isaiah 29:21those who indict a man with a word, who ensnare the mediator at the gate, and who with false charges deprive the innocent of justice.
- Isaiah 32:5No longer will a fool be called noble, nor a scoundrel be respected.
- Ezekiel 13:19You have profaned Me among My people for handfuls of barley and scraps of bread. By lying to My people who would listen, you have killed those who should not have died and spared those who should not have lived.
- Amos 5:7There are those who turn justice into wormwood and cast righteousness to the ground.
- Micah 3:2You hate good and love evil. You tear the skin from my people and strip the flesh from their bones.
- Malachi 2:17You have wearied the LORD with your words; yet you ask, “How have we wearied Him?” By saying, “All who do evil are good in the sight of the LORD, and in them He delights,” or, “Where is the God of justice?”
- Malachi 3:15So now we call the arrogant blessed. Not only do evildoers prosper, they even test God and escape.’”
- Matthew 6:22The eye is the lamp of the body. If your eyes are good, your whole body will be full of light.
- Matthew 15:3Jesus replied, “And why do you break the command of God for the sake of your tradition?
- Matthew 23:16Woe to you, blind guides! You say, ‘If anyone swears by the temple, it means nothing; but if anyone swears by the gold of the temple, he is bound by his oath.’
- Luke 11:34Your eye is the lamp of your body. When your eyes are good, your whole body also is full of light. But when they are bad, your body is full of darkness.
- Luke 16:15So He said to them, “You are the ones who justify yourselves before men, but God knows your hearts. For what is prized among men is detestable before God.
- 2 Timothy 3:1But understand this: In the last days terrible times will come.
- 2 Peter 2:1Now there were also false prophets among the people, just as there will be false teachers among you. They will secretly introduce destructive heresies, even denying the Master who bought them—bringing swift destruction on themselves.
- 2 Peter 2:18With lofty but empty words, they appeal to the sensual passions of the flesh and entice those who are just escaping from others who live in error.
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