Isaiah 59:4
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4 No one calls for justice,
Nor does any plead for truth.
They trust in (A)empty words and speak lies;
(B)They conceive [a]evil and bring forth iniquity.
Footnotes
- Isaiah 59:4 trouble
Job 15:35
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35 (A)They conceive trouble and bring forth futility;
Their womb prepares deceit.”
James 1:15
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15 Then, (A)when desire has conceived, it gives birth to sin; and sin, when it is full-grown, (B)brings forth death.
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Micah 7:2-5
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2 The (A)faithful[a] man has perished from the earth,
And there is no one upright among men.
They all lie in wait for blood;
(B)Every man hunts his brother with a net.
3 That they may successfully do evil with both hands—
The prince asks for gifts,
The judge seeks a (C)bribe,
And the great man utters his evil desire;
So they scheme together.
4 The best of them is (D)like a brier;
The most upright is sharper than a thorn hedge;
The day of your watchman and your punishment comes;
Now shall be their perplexity.
5 (E)Do not trust in a friend;
Do not put your confidence in a companion;
Guard the doors of your mouth
From her who lies in your (F)bosom.
Footnotes
- Micah 7:2 Or loyal
Jeremiah 7:8
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8 “Behold, you trust in (A)lying words that cannot profit.
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Jeremiah 7:4
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4 (A)Do not trust in these lying words, saying, ‘The temple of the Lord, the temple of the Lord, the temple of the Lord are these.’
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Micah 2:1
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Woe to Evildoers
2 Woe to those who devise iniquity,
And [a]work out evil on their beds!
At (A)morning light they practice it,
Because it is in the power of their hand.
Footnotes
- Micah 2:1 Plan
Isaiah 30:12
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12 Therefore thus says the Holy One of Israel:
“Because you (A)despise this word,
And trust in oppression and perversity,
And rely on them,
Proverbs 4:16
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16 (A)For they do not sleep unless they have done evil;
And their sleep is [a]taken away unless they make someone fall.
Footnotes
- Proverbs 4:16 Lit. robbed
Ezekiel 22:29-31
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29 The people of the land have used oppressions, committed robbery, and mistreated the poor and needy; and they wrongfully (A)oppress the stranger. 30 (B)So I sought for a man among them who would (C)make a wall, and (D)stand in the gap before Me on behalf of the land, that I should not destroy it; but I found no one. 31 Therefore I have (E)poured out My indignation on them; I have consumed them with the fire of My wrath; and I have recompensed (F)their deeds on their own heads,” says the Lord God.
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Jeremiah 5:4-5
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4 Therefore I said, “Surely these are poor.
They are foolish;
For (A)they do not know the way of the Lord,
The judgment of their God.
5 I will go to the great men and speak to them,
For (B)they have known the way of the Lord,
The judgment of their God.”
But these have altogether (C)broken the yoke
And burst the bonds.
Isaiah 59:16
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16 (A)He saw that there was no man,
And (B)wondered that there was no intercessor;
(C)Therefore His own arm brought salvation for Him;
And His own righteousness, it sustained Him.
Isaiah 59:13-14
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13 In transgressing and lying against the Lord,
And departing from our God,
Speaking oppression and revolt,
Conceiving and uttering (A)from the heart words of falsehood.
14 Justice is turned back,
And righteousness stands afar off;
For truth is fallen in the street,
And equity cannot enter.
Isaiah 59:3
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3 For (A)your hands are defiled with [a]blood,
And your fingers with iniquity;
Your lips have spoken lies,
Your tongue has muttered perversity.
Footnotes
- Isaiah 59:3 bloodshed
Psalm 62:10
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10 Do not trust in oppression,
Nor vainly hope in robbery;
(A)If riches increase,
Do not set your heart on them.
Psalm 7:13-14
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13 He also prepares for Himself instruments of death;
He makes His arrows into fiery shafts.
14 (A)Behold, the wicked brings forth iniquity;
Yes, he conceives trouble and brings forth falsehood.
Jeremiah 5:1
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The Justice of God’s Judgment
5 “Run to and fro through the streets of Jerusalem;
See now and know;
And seek in her open places
(A)If you can find a man,
(B)If there is anyone who executes [a]judgment,
Who seeks the truth,
(C)And I will pardon her.
Footnotes
- Jeremiah 5:1 justice
Psalm 62:4
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4 They only consult to cast him down from his high position;
They (A)delight in lies;
They bless with their mouth,
But they curse inwardly. Selah
Job 15:31
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31 Let him not (A)trust in futile things, deceiving himself,
For futility will be his reward.
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