Isaiah 29:21

Easy To Read Version

(Those people lie about good people. They try to trap people in court. They try to destroy innocent people.)

Cross References

Psalm 127:5

A man that fills his arrow bag with sons\par will be very happy.\par

Proverbs 28:21

A judge must be fair. He must not support a person simply because of who that person is. But some judges will change their decisions for only the smallest payment.

Isaiah 10:1

Look at the lawmakers that write evil laws. Those lawmakers write laws that make life hard for people.

Isaiah 32:7

That foolish person uses evil like a tool. He plans ways to take everything from poor people. That foolish person tells lies about the poor people. And his lies keep the poor people from being judged fairly.

Isaiah 5:20

Those people say that good things are bad, and bad things are good. Those people think light is darkness, and darkness is light. Those people think sour is sweet, and sweet is sour.

Isaiah 5:23

And if you pay those people money, they will forgive a criminal. But they don’t allow good people to be judged fairly.

Isaiah 59:15

Truth is gone.\par And people that try to do good are robbed.\par

Jeremiah 18:18

Then the enemies of Jeremiah said, “Come, let us make plans against Jeremiah. Surely the teaching of the law by the priest will not be lost. And the advice from the wise men will still be with us. We will still have the words of the prophets. So let us tell lies about him. That will ruin him. We will not pay attention to anything he says.”

Jeremiah 36:29

Jeremiah, also say this to Jehoiakim king of Judah, ‘This is what the Lord says: Jehoiakim, you burned that scroll. You said, “Why did Jeremiah write that the king of Babylon will surely come and destroy this land? Why did he say that the king of Babylon will destroy both men and animals in this land?”

Ezekiel 13:19

You make the people think I am not important. You turn them against me for a few handfuls of barley and a few scraps of bread. You tell lies to my people. Those people love to listen to lies. You kill people that should live. And you let people live that should die.

Malachi 3:5

Then I will come to you—and I will do the right thing. I will be like a person that is ready to tell the judge about the bad things people did. Some people do evil magic. Some people do the sin of adultery. {\cf2\super [19]} Some people make false promises. Some people cheat their workers—they don’t pay them the money they promised. People don’t help widows and orphans. {\cf2\super [20]} People don’t help strangers. People don’t respect me!” The Lord All-Powerful said these things.

Matthew 22:15

Then the Pharisees {\cf2\super [305]} left the place where Jesus was teaching. They made plans to catch Jesus saying something wrong.

Matthew 26:15

Judas said, “I will give you Jesus. What will you pay me for doing this?” The priests gave Judas 30 silver coins.

Acts 3:14

Jesus was pure and good (innocent), but you said you did not want him. You told Pilate to give you a murderer {\cf2\super [54]} instead of Jesus.

James 5:6

You showed no mercy to good people. They were not against you, but you killed them.

Judges 12:6

they would say, “Say the word ‘Shibboleth.’” The men of Ephraim could not say that word correctly. They pronounced the word “Sibboleth.” So if the person said, “Sibboleth,” then the men of Gilead knew he was from Ephraim. So they would kill him at the crossing place. They killed 42,000 men from Ephraim.