Isaiah 59:14

Bible in Basic English 1965

And the right is turned back, and righteousness is far away: for good faith is not to be seen in the public places, and upright behaviour may not come into the town.

Cross References

1 Kings 21:10

And get two good-for-nothing persons to come before him and give witness that he has been cursing God and the king. Then take him out and have him stoned to death.

1 Kings 21:11

So the responsible men and the chiefs who were in authority in his town, did as Jezebel had said in the letter she sent them.

Psalm 119:150

Those who have evil designs against me come near; they are far from your law.

Ecclesiastes 3:16

And again, I saw under the sun, in the place of the judges, that evil was there; and in the place of righteousness, that evil was there.

Isaiah 1:21

The upright town has become untrue; there was a time when her judges gave right decisions, when righteousness had a resting-place in her, but now she is full of those who take men's lives.

Isaiah 46:12

Give ear to me, you feeble-hearted, who have no faith in my righteousness:

Isaiah 5:23

Who for a reward give support to the cause of the sinner, and who take away the righteousness of the upright from him.

Isaiah 5:7

For the vine-garden of the Lord of armies is the people of Israel, and the men of Judah are the plant of his delight: and he was looking for upright judging, and there was blood; for righteousness, and there was a cry for help.

Isaiah 59:11

We make noises of grief, like bears, and sad sounds like doves: we are looking for our right, but it is not there; for salvation, but it is far from us.

Isaiah 59:4

No one puts forward an upright cause, or gives a true decision: their hope is in deceit, and their words are false; they are with child with sin, and give birth to evil.

Isaiah 59:9

For this cause our right is far from us, and righteousness does not overtake us: we are looking for light, but there is only the dark; for the shining of the sun, but our way is in the night.

Jeremiah 5:31

The prophets give false words and the priests give decisions by their direction; and my people are glad to have it so: and what will you do in the end?

Jeremiah 7:28

And you are to say to them, This is the nation which has not given ear to the voice of their God, or taken his teaching to heart: good faith is dead and is cut off from their mouths.

Daniel 8:12

(UNTRANSLATED TEXT) against the regular burned offering; and (UNTRANSLATED TEXT) crushed down to the earth, and it did its pleasure and things went well for it.

Hosea 7:1

When my desire was for the fate of my people to be changed and to make Israel well, then the sin of Ephraim was made clear, and the evil-doing of Samaria; for their ways are false, and the thief comes into the house, while the band of outlaws takes property by force in the streets.

Amos 5:11

So because the poor man is crushed under your feet, and you take taxes from him of grain: you have made for yourselves houses of cut stone, but you will not take your rest in them; the fair vine-gardens planted by your hands will not give you wine.

Amos 5:7

You who make the work of judging a bitter thing, crushing down righteousness to the earth;

Amos 6:12

Is it possible for horses to go running on the rock? may the sea be ploughed with oxen? for the right to be turned by you into poison, and the fruit of righteousness into a bitter plant?

Habakkuk 1:4

For this reason the law is feeble and decisions are not effected: for the upright man is circled round by evil-doers; because of which right is twisted.