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. Cross References Matthew 6:22 The eye is the lamp of the body. If your eyes are good, your whole body will be full of light. Matthew 6:23 But if your eyes are bad, your whole body will be full of darkness. If then the light within you is darkness, how great is that darkness! Luke 11:34 Your 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 11:35 Be careful, then, that the light within you is not darkness. Job 17:12 They have turned night into day, making light seem near in the face of darkness. Proverbs 17:15 Acquitting the guilty and condemning the righteous--both are detestable to the LORD. Isaiah 24:9 They no longer sing and drink wine; strong drink is bitter to those who consume it. Isaiah 30:10 They say to the seers, "Stop seeing visions!" and to the prophets, "Do not prophesy to us the truth! Speak to us pleasant words; prophesy illusions. Amos 5:7 There are those who turn justice into wormwood and cast righteousness to the ground. Habakkuk 1:4 Therefore the law is paralyzed, and justice never goes forth. For the wicked hem in the righteous, so that justice is perverted. Malachi 2:17 You 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?" Treasury of Scripture Woe to 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! them Proverbs 17:15 Malachi 2:17 Malachi 3:15 call evil good. |