Isaiah 29:21

Conservative English Version

together with everyone who tells lies in court and keeps innocent people from getting a fair trial.

Cross References

Psalm 127:5

The more you have, the better off you will be, because they will protect you when your enemies attack with arguments.

Proverbs 28:21

It isn't right to be unfair, but some people can be bribed with only a piece of bread.

Isaiah 10:1

You people are in for trouble! You have made cruel and unfair laws

Isaiah 32:7

Cruel people tell lies-- they do evil things, and make cruel plans to destroy the poor and needy, even when they beg for justice.

Isaiah 5:20

You are headed for trouble! You say wrong is right, darkness is light, and bitter is sweet.

Isaiah 5:23

You accept bribes to let the guilty go free, and you cheat the innocent out of a fair trial.

Isaiah 59:15

Everyone tells lies; those who turn from crime end up ruined. When the LORD noticed that justice had disappeared, he became very displeased.

Jeremiah 18:18

Some of the people said, "Let's get rid of Jeremiah! We will always have priests to teach us God's laws, as well as wise people to give us advice, and prophets to speak the LORD's messages. So, instead of listening to Jeremiah any longer, let's accuse him of a crime."

Jeremiah 36:29

Then he told me to say to King Jehoiakim: Not only did you burn Jeremiah's scroll, you had the nerve to ask why he had written that the king of Babylonia would attack and ruin the land, killing all the people and even the animals.

Ezekiel 13:19

They charge my people a few handfuls of barley and a couple pieces of bread, and then give messages that are insulting to me. They use lies to sentence the innocent to death and to help the guilty go free. And my people believe them!

Malachi 3:5

The LORD All-Powerful said: I'm now on my way to judge you. And I will quickly condemn all who practice witchcraft or cheat in marriage or tell lies in court or rob workers of their pay or mistreat widows and orphans or steal the property of foreigners or refuse to respect me.

Matthew 22:15

The Pharisees got together and planned how they could trick Jesus into saying something wrong.

Matthew 26:15

and asked, "How much will you give me if I help you arrest Jesus?" They paid Judas thirty silver coins,

Acts 3:14

You rejected Jesus, who was holy and good. You asked for a murderer to be set free,

James 5:6

You have condemned and murdered innocent people, who couldn't even fight back.

Judges 12:6

The guards would then tell them to say "Shiboleth," because they knew that people of Ephraim could say "Sibboleth," but not "Shiboleth." If the man said "Sibboleth," the guards would grab him and kill him right there. Altogether, forty-two thousand men from Ephraim were killed in the battle and at the Jordan.