Lamentations 3:36
New King James Version
36 Or subvert a man in his cause—
(A)The Lord does not approve.
Habakkuk 1:13
New King James Version
13 You are of purer eyes than to behold evil,
And cannot look on wickedness.
Why do You look on those who deal treacherously,
And hold Your tongue when the wicked devours
A person more righteous than he?
Isaiah 59:15
New King James Version
15 So truth fails,
And he who departs from evil makes himself a (A)prey.
The Redeemer of Zion
Then the Lord saw it, and [a]it displeased Him
That there was no justice.
Footnotes
- Isaiah 59:15 Lit. it was evil in His eyes
Jeremiah 22:3
New King James Version
3 Thus says the Lord: (A)“Execute[a] judgment and righteousness, and deliver the plundered out of the hand of the oppressor. Do no wrong and do no violence to the stranger, the (B)fatherless, or the widow, nor shed innocent blood in this place.
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- Jeremiah 22:3 Dispense justice
2 Samuel 11:27
New King James Version
27 And when her mourning was over, David sent and brought her to his house, and she (A)became his wife and bore him a son. But the thing that David had done (B)displeased[a] the Lord.
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- 2 Samuel 11:27 Lit. was evil in the eyes of
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