 | Thomas Dick - Education - 1845 - 752 pages
...them that call evil good, and good evil, that put darkness for light, and light for darkness, that justify the wicked for reward, and take away the righteousness of the righteous from him." Nothing is more common, among such persons, than to undertake a cause of any description, however untenable,... | |
 | Isaac Barrow - 1845 - 692 pages
...gladio jugnlastis, fundentes sangninem non corporis, sed honoris. — Op, lib. ii. Wo be to them who justify the wicked for reward, and take away the righteousness of the righteous from him. — Isa. v. 23. * 1 Cor. xiii. 7. ' Prov. ivii. 9. » Prov. xix. 28. petrateth all sorts of wrong against... | |
 | Church of Scotland - Presbyterianism - 1845 - 392 pages
...Ver. 13. — And (they) stoned him with stones, that he died. 11 fta. v. 23. Which justify the wicket! for reward, and take away the righteousness of the righteous from him. i PsaL cxix. 69. The proud have forced a lie against me: but 1 will keep thy precepts with my whole... | |
 | Thomas Wilson - Christians - 1846 - 498 pages
...mammon demands that they " call evil good and good evil, put darkness for light and light for darkness, justify the wicked for reward, and take away the righteousness of the righteous from him." The law of God commands that they "learn to do well, seek judgment, relieve the oppressed, judge the... | |
 | Joseph Benson - Bible - 1846 - 1102 pages
...' Wo unto them that are mighty to drink wine, and men of strength to mingle strong drink : 23 Which m her^ornaments. With respect to which the same thing is to be observed which was remarke ! 24 Therefore 'as 16the fire devoureth the stubble, and the flame consumeth the chaff, so " Heb. that... | |
 | 1847 - 918 pages
...whose only faith and hope was in " God her Saviour." The prophet also denounces a woe against those who "justify the wicked for reward, and take away the righteousness of the righteous from him 1 !" The true development of the popish system is like the Judaising Christians in St. Paul's time,... | |
 | William King Tweedie - Scotland - 1847 - 554 pages
..." Woe unto them that are wise in their own eyes, and prudent in their own sight!" Verse 23, " Which justify the wicked for reward, and take away the righteousness of the righteous from him!" Verse 24," Therefore, as the fire devoureth the stubble, and the flame consumeth the chaff, so their... | |
 | Richard Bentley Porson Kidd - Thirty-nine Articles of the Church of England - 1848 - 350 pages
...wicked." — (See also Exod. xxiii. 7. 2 Sam. xv. 4.) Isa. v. 23, " Which justify (oi SutamvfTcf itpffso) the wicked for reward, and take away the righteousness of the righteous from him. B. iri<mi, faith, Heb. xi. 1, "Faith ia the substance (wiro'orCNTii subsistence) of things hoped for,... | |
 | Isaac Barrow - Sermons, English - 1849 - 446 pages
...gladio jugulastis, fundentes sanguinem non corporis, sed honoris. — Op. lib. ii. " Wo be to them who justify the wicked for reward, and take away the righteousness of the righteous from him." — Isa. v. 2-3. matter. He draweth, thinks he, no blood, nor breaketh any bones, nor impresseth any... | |
 | 1849 - 772 pages
...prisoners' reasonings, before and after their defence. Well might the Prophet say, " Woe unto you * * who justify the wicked for reward, and take away the righteousness of the righteous (prosecutor) from him." This is something very different for the legitimate exercise of principles... | |
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... good evil; that put darkness for light, and light for darkness; that put bitter for sweet, and sweet for bitter! 
