Verse (Click for Chapter) Good News Translation You are doomed! You call evil good and call good evil. You turn darkness into light and light into darkness. You make what is bitter sweet, and what is sweet you make bitter. New Revised Standard Version Contemporary English Version New American Bible Douay-Rheims Bible Treasury of Scripture Knowledge Woe to you 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. them Proverbs 17:15 He that justifieth the wicked, and he that condemneth the just, both are abominable before God. Malachi 2:17 You have wearied the Lord with your words, and you said: Wherein have we wearied him? In that you say: Every one that doth evil, is good in the sight of the Lord, and such please him: or surely where is the God of judgment? Malachi 3:15 Wherefore now we call the proud people happy, for they that work wickedness are built up, and they have tempted God and are preserved. Matthew 6:23 But if thy eye be evil thy whole body shall be darksome. If then the light that is in thee, be darkness: the darkness itself how great shall it be! Matthew 15:3-6 But he answering, said to them: Why do you also transgress the commandment of God for your tradition? For God said: . . . Matthew 23:16-23 Woe to you, blind guides, that say, Whosoever shall swear by the temple, it is nothing; but he that shall swear by the gold of the temple is a debtor. . . . Luke 11:35 Take heed therefore that the light which is in thee be not darkness. Luke 16:15 And he said to them: you are they who justify yourselves before men, but God knoweth your hearts. For that which is high to men is an abomination before God. 2 Timothy 3:1-5 Know also this, that in the last days shall come dangerous times. . . . 2 Peter 2:1,18,19 But there were also false prophets among the people, even as there shall be among you lying teachers who shall bring in sects of perdition and deny the Lord who bought them: bringing upon themselves swift destruction. . . . call evil good. Context Woes to the Wicked…19That say: Let him make haste, and let his work come quickly, that we may see it: and let the counsel of the Holy One of Israel come, that we may know it. 20Woe to you 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.21Woe to you that are wise in your own eyes, and prudent in your own conceits.… Cross References Matthew 6:22 The light of thy body is thy eye. If thy eye be single, thy whole body shall be lightsome. Matthew 6:23 But if thy eye be evil thy whole body shall be darksome. If then the light that is in thee, be darkness: the darkness itself how great shall it be! Luke 11:34 The light of thy body is thy eye. If thy eye be single, thy whole body will be lightsome: but if it be evil, thy body also will be darksome. Luke 11:35 Take heed therefore that the light which is in thee be not darkness. Job 17:12 They have turned night into day, and after darkness I hope for light again. Proverbs 17:15 He that justifieth the wicked, and he that condemneth the just, both are abominable before God. Isaiah 24:9 They shall not drink wine with a song: the drink shall be bitter to them that drink it. Isaiah 30:10 Who say to the seers: See not: and to them that behold: Behold not for us those things that are right: speak unto us pleasant things, see errors for us. Amos 5:7 You that turn judgment into wormwood, and forsake justice in the land, Habakkuk 1:4 Therefore the law is torn in pieces, and judgment cometh not to the end: because the wicked prevaileth against the just, therefore wrong judgment goeth forth. Malachi 2:17 You have wearied the Lord with your words, and you said: Wherein have we wearied him? In that you say: Every one that doth evil, is good in the sight of the Lord, and such please him: or surely where is the God of judgment? Jump to Previous Bitter Change Cursed Dark Darkness Evil Good Light Putting Substitute Sweet WoeJump to Next Bitter Change Cursed Dark Darkness Evil Good Light Putting Substitute Sweet WoeLinks Isaiah 5:20 NIVIsaiah 5:20 NLT Isaiah 5:20 ESV Isaiah 5:20 NASB Isaiah 5:20 Bible Apps Isaiah 5:20 Biblia Paralela Isaiah 5:20 Chinese Bible Isaiah 5:20 French Bible Isaiah 5:20 German Bible Alphabetical: and bitter call darkness evil for good light put substitute sweet those to who Woe OT Prophets: Isaiah 5:20 Woe to those who call evil good (Isa Isi Is) Bible Study Resources, Dictionary, Concordance and Search Tools |
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