Isaiah 59:4

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No one calls for justice, and no one pleads with integrity. They rely on empty words and speak lies; they conceive trouble and give birth to iniquity.

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  • Job 15:35 : 35 They conceive trouble and give birth to wickedness; their womb prepares deceit.
  • Isa 30:12 : 12 Therefore, this is what the Holy One of Israel says: 'Because you have rejected this message and relied on oppression and deceit, leaning on them for support—'
  • Jer 7:4 : 4 Do not trust deceitful words, saying: ‘This is the temple of the LORD, the temple of the LORD, the temple of the LORD.’
  • Jer 7:8 : 8 But look, you are trusting in deceptive words that are worthless.
  • Ezek 22:29-31 : 29 The people of the land practice extortion and commit robbery; they oppress the poor and needy and mistreat the foreigner, denying them justice. 30 I searched for someone among them who would build up the wall and stand in the gap before me on behalf of the land so that I would not destroy it, but I found no one. 31 So I have poured out my indignation upon them, consumed them with the fire of my wrath, and brought their own ways down upon their heads, declares the Sovereign LORD.
  • Mic 2:1 : 1 Woe to those who devise wickedness and plan evil on their beds! At dawn, they carry it out because they have the power to do it.
  • Mic 7:2-5 : 2 The godly have perished from the land, and there is no upright person among humanity. All of them lie in wait for blood; they hunt each other with nets. 3 Their hands are skilled at doing evil: the ruler demands gifts, the judge accepts bribes, and the powerful speak out their selfish desires. Together they weave a web of corrupt schemes. 4 The best of them is like a brier; the most upright is sharper than a thorn hedge. The day your watchmen foretold has come, the day of your visitation. Now confusion is upon them. 5 Do not trust a neighbor; put no confidence in a close friend. Guard the words of your mouth from her who lies in your embrace.
  • Jas 1:15 : 15 Then, after desire has conceived, it gives birth to sin; and when sin is fully grown, it gives birth to death.
  • Job 15:31 : 31 Let him not trust in worthlessness, deceiving himself, for worthlessness will be his reward.
  • Isa 59:3 : 3 For your hands are stained with blood, and your fingers with guilt. Your lips have spoken falsehood, and your tongue mutters injustice.
  • Isa 59:13-14 : 13 We have rebelled and denied the LORD; we have turned away from following our God. We speak of oppression and revolt, conceiving lies and uttering them from the heart. 14 Justice is driven back, and righteousness stands far off, for truth has stumbled in the streets, and honesty cannot enter.
  • Isa 59:16 : 16 He saw that there was no one; He was appalled that there was no intercessor. So His own arm brought salvation, and His righteousness sustained Him.
  • Jer 5:1 : 1 Roam through the streets of Jerusalem, look and understand, search in her squares. If you find one person who acts justly and seeks truth, I will forgive the city.
  • Jer 5:4-5 : 4 Then I thought, 'These are only the poor; they are foolish because they do not know the way of the Lord, the justice of their God.' 5 So I will go to the great leaders and speak to them, for they should know the way of the Lord, the justice of their God. But they too, as one, have broken off the yoke and torn off the bonds.
  • Ps 7:13-14 : 13 If a person does not repent, He will sharpen His sword; He has bent His bow and made it ready. 14 He has prepared His deadly weapons; He makes His arrows fiery shafts.
  • Ps 62:4 : 4 How long will you assault a man? Would you all throw him down—like a leaning wall, a tottering fence?
  • Ps 62:10 : 10 Surely the lowborn are but a breath, the highborn are but a lie. If weighed on a balance, they are nothing; together they are only a breath.
  • Prov 4:16 : 16 For they cannot rest until they do evil; they are robbed of sleep until they make someone stumble.

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    3For your hands are stained with blood, and your fingers with guilt. Your lips have spoken falsehood, and your tongue mutters injustice.

  • Isa 59:13-15
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    13We have rebelled and denied the LORD; we have turned away from following our God. We speak of oppression and revolt, conceiving lies and uttering them from the heart.

    14Justice is driven back, and righteousness stands far off, for truth has stumbled in the streets, and honesty cannot enter.

    15Truth is nowhere to be found, and whoever shuns evil becomes a prey. The LORD saw this and was displeased, for there was no justice.

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    3Beware of your neighbor; do not trust even a brother. Every brother utterly deceives, and every friend spreads slander.

  • Jer 9:5-6
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    5You live in the midst of deceit, and because of deceit, they refuse to know me, declares the Lord.

    6Therefore, this is what the Lord of Hosts says: Behold, I will refine them and test them, for what else can I do because of the sin of my people?

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    5They hatch the eggs of vipers and spin spider webs. Whoever eats their eggs dies, and when one is crushed, a viper hatches.

    6Their webs will not become clothing, and they cannot cover themselves with their works. Their deeds are works of iniquity, and acts of violence are in their hands.

    7Their feet run to do evil, and they are quick to shed innocent blood. Their thoughts are sinful; ruin and destruction are in their paths.

    8The way of peace they do not know, and there is no justice in their ways. They have made their paths crooked; whoever walks in them does not know peace.

    9Therefore, justice is far from us, and righteousness does not reach us. We hope for light, but behold, there is darkness; for brightness, but we walk in gloom.

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    35They conceive trouble and give birth to wickedness; their womb prepares deceit.

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    14He has prepared His deadly weapons; He makes His arrows fiery shafts.

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    9LORD, lead me in Your righteousness because of my enemies; make Your way straight before me.

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    2The godly have perished from the land, and there is no upright person among humanity. All of them lie in wait for blood; they hunt each other with nets.

    3Their hands are skilled at doing evil: the ruler demands gifts, the judge accepts bribes, and the powerful speak out their selfish desires. Together they weave a web of corrupt schemes.

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    1Hear the word of the LORD, O people of Israel! For the LORD has a charge against the inhabitants of the land: there is no truth, no steadfast love, and no knowledge of God in the land.

    2There is swearing, lying, murder, stealing, and adultery; they break all bounds, and bloodshed follows bloodshed.

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    4Whom are you mocking? Against whom do you open wide your mouth and stick out your tongue? Are you not children of rebellion, offspring of deceit?

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    3They have all turned aside; together they have become corrupt. There is no one who does good, not even one.

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    8But look, you are trusting in deceptive words that are worthless.

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    4They speak mere words, making covenants with false oaths, and judgment springs up like poisonous weeds in the furrows of the field.

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    2Help, LORD, for the godly have vanished; the faithful have disappeared from among humanity.

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    20For they do not speak peace, but they devise deceitful words against those who are quiet in the land.

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    19You let your mouth speak evil, and your tongue devises deceit.

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    5They shoot from hiding places at the innocent; they shoot suddenly, without fear.

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    23who acquit the guilty for a bribe and deny justice to the righteous!

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    7His mouth is full of curses and deceit and oppression; under his tongue are trouble and iniquity.