Cross references
Isaiah 5:20
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.
Isaiah 5:20 has 13 cross-references in the OpenBible.info data, 13 of them with at least 4 reader votes. The strongest point to Proverbs 17:15 (109 votes) and 2 Timothy 3:1–5 (71 votes). 12 other verses point back to it. It links with 12 other books, from Exodus 15 to 2 Peter 2.
Which verses does Isaiah 5:20 point to?
Ranked by reader votes. Links with fewer than 4 votes are marked weak.
- Proverbs 17:15109 votes
Acquitting the guilty and condemning the righteous—both are detestable to the LORD.
- 2 Timothy 3:1–571 votes
But understand this: In the last days terrible times will come. For men will be lovers of themselves, lovers of money, boastful, arrogant, abusive, disobedient to their parents, ungrateful, unholy, …
- Luke 16:1565 votes
So He said to them, “You are the ones who justify yourselves before men, but God knows your hearts. For what is prized among men is detestable before God.
- Malachi 2:1743 votes
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?”
- Job 17:1232 votes
They have turned night into day, making light seem near in the face of darkness.
- Matthew 6:22–2330 votes
The eye is the lamp of the body. If your eyes are good, your whole body will be full of light. 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!
- Amos 5:727 votes
There are those who turn justice into wormwood and cast righteousness to the ground.
- 2 Peter 2:127 votes
Now there were also false prophets among the people, just as there will be false teachers among you. They will secretly introduce destructive heresies, even denying the Master who bought them—bringing swift destruction on themselves.
- 2 Peter 2:18–1927 votes
With lofty but empty words, they appeal to the sensual passions of the flesh and entice those who are just escaping from others who live in error. They promise them freedom, while they themselves are slaves to depravity. For a man is a slave to whatever has mastered him.
- Luke 11:34–3523 votes
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. Be careful, then, that the light within you is not darkness.
- Malachi 3:1522 votes
- Matthew 15:3–614 votes
- Matthew 23:16–2313 votes
Which verses point to Isaiah 5:20?
The 10 strongest of 12.