Psalm 82:5
New Living Translation
5 But these oppressors know nothing;
they are so ignorant!
They wander about in darkness,
while the whole world is shaken to the core.
Psalm 11:3
New Living Translation
3 The foundations of law and order have collapsed.
What can the righteous do?”
Micah 3:1
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Judgment against Israel’s Leaders
3 I said, “Listen, you leaders of Israel!
You are supposed to know right from wrong,
Proverbs 2:13
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13 These men turn from the right way
to walk down dark paths.
1 John 2:11
New Living Translation
11 But anyone who hates a fellow believer is still living and walking in darkness. Such a person does not know the way to go, having been blinded by the darkness.
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Romans 1:28
New Living Translation
28 Since they thought it foolish to acknowledge God, he abandoned them to their foolish thinking and let them do things that should never be done.
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John 12:35
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35 Jesus replied, “My light will shine for you just a little longer. Walk in the light while you can, so the darkness will not overtake you. Those who walk in the darkness cannot see where they are going.
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Proverbs 1:29
New Living Translation
29 For they hated knowledge
and chose not to fear the Lord.
Psalm 14:4
New Living Translation
4 Will those who do evil never learn?
They eat up my people like bread
and wouldn’t think of praying to the Lord.
2 Timothy 2:19
New Living Translation
19 But God’s truth stands firm like a foundation stone with this inscription: “The Lord knows those who are his,”[a] and “All who belong to the Lord must turn away from evil.”[b]
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John 3:19
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19 And the judgment is based on this fact: God’s light came into the world, but people loved the darkness more than the light, for their actions were evil.
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Isaiah 59:9
New Living Translation
9 So there is no justice among us,
and we know nothing about right living.
We look for light but find only darkness.
We look for bright skies but walk in gloom.
Isaiah 5:7
New Living Translation
7 The nation of Israel is the vineyard of the Lord of Heaven’s Armies.
The people of Judah are his pleasant garden.
He expected a crop of justice,
but instead he found oppression.
He expected to find righteousness,
but instead he heard cries of violence.
Ecclesiastes 3:16
New Living Translation
The Injustices of Life
16 I also noticed that under the sun there is evil in the courtroom. Yes, even the courts of law are corrupt!
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Ecclesiastes 2:14
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14 For the wise can see where they are going, but fools walk in the dark.” Yet I saw that the wise and the foolish share the same fate.
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Proverbs 4:19
New Living Translation
19 But the way of the wicked is like total darkness.
They have no idea what they are stumbling over.
Psalm 75:3
New Living Translation
3 When the earth quakes and its people live in turmoil,
I am the one who keeps its foundations firm. Interlude
Psalm 53:4
New Living Translation
4 Will those who do evil never learn?
They eat up my people like bread
and wouldn’t think of praying to God.
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