Isaiah 1:23
Isaiah · Old Testament · Chapter 1
“Thy princes are rebellious, and companions of thieves: every one loveth gifts, and followeth after rewards: they judge not the fatherless, neither doth the cause of the widow come unto them.”Isaiah 1:23
What Does Isaiah 1:23 Mean?
Isaiah 1:23 is found in the book of Isaiah, chapter 1, verse 23 of the Old Testament. This verse connects to 20 other passages through cross-references, placing it within a rich network of biblical meaning.
Cross-References (20)
These passages are connected to Isaiah 1:23 through shared themes, quotations, or prophetic fulfillment.
Isaiah 1:17“Learn to do well; seek judgment, relieve the oppressed, judge the fatherless, plead for the widow.”James 1:27“Pure religion and undefiled before God and the Father is this, To visit the fatherless and widows in their affliction, and to keep himself unspotted from the world.”Micah 3:11“The heads thereof judge for reward, and the priests thereof teach for hire, and the prophets thereof divine for money: yet will they lean upon the LORD, and say, Is not the LORD among us? none evil can come upon us.”Psalms 68:5“A father of the fatherless, and a judge of the widows, is God in his holy habitation.”Hosea 9:15“All their wickedness is in Gilgal: for there I hated them: for the wickedness of their doings I will drive them out of mine house, I will love them no more: all their princes are revolters.”Micah 7:3“That they may do evil with both hands earnestly, the prince asketh, and the judge asketh for a reward; and the great man, he uttereth his mischievous desire: so they wrap it up.”Exodus 22:22“Ye shall not afflict any widow, or fatherless child.”Exodus 23:8“And thou shalt take no gift: for the gift blindeth the wise, and perverteth the words of the righteous.”Ecclesiastes 7:7“Surely oppression maketh a wise man mad; and a gift destroyeth the heart.”Jeremiah 5:28“They are waxen fat, they shine: yea, they overpass the deeds of the wicked: they judge not the cause, the cause of the fatherless, yet they prosper; and the right of the needy do they not judge.”Ezekiel 12:2“Son of man, thou dwellest in the midst of a rebellious house, which have eyes to see, and see not; they have ears to hear, and hear not: for they are a rebellious house.”Micah 3:9“Hear this, I pray you, ye heads of the house of Jacob, and princes of the house of Israel, that abhor judgment, and pervert all equity.”Zechariah 7:10“And oppress not the widow, nor the fatherless, the stranger, nor the poor; and let none of you imagine evil against his brother in your heart.”1 Timothy 6:10“For the love of money is the root of all evil: which while some coveted after, they have erred from the faith, and pierced themselves through with many sorrows.”2 Chronicles 19:7“Wherefore now let the fear of the LORD be upon you; take heed and do it: for there is no iniquity with the LORD our God, nor respect of persons, nor taking of gifts.”Isaiah 65:2“I have spread out my hands all the day unto a rebellious people, which walketh in a way that was not good, after their own thoughts;”Micah 6:12“For the rich men thereof are full of violence, and the inhabitants thereof have spoken lies, and their tongue is deceitful in their mouth.”Psalms 82:3“Defend the poor and fatherless: do justice to the afflicted and needy.”Proverbs 29:24“Whoso is partner with a thief hateth his own soul: he heareth cursing, and bewrayeth it not.”Proverbs 31:9“Open thy mouth, judge righteously, and plead the cause of the poor and needy.”
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