Cross-references Explore similar Bible verses on Isaiah 5:23 in English Standard Version "who acquit the guilty for a bribe, and deprive the innocent of his right!" Ex 23:8 And you shall take no bribe, for a bribe blinds the clear-sighted and subverts the cause of those who are in the right. Pr 17:15 He who justifies the wicked and he who condemns the righteous are both alike an abomination to the Lord.