Isaiah 59:4

God's Word

No one calls for justice, and no one pleads his case truthfully. People trust pointless arguments and speak lies. They conceive trouble and give birth to evil.

Cross References

Job 15:35

They conceive trouble and give birth to evil. Their wombs produce deception.”

James 1:15

Then desire becomes pregnant and gives birth to sin. When sin grows up, it gives birth to death.

Jeremiah 7:8

“ ‘You are trusting the words of a saying. It’s a lie that cannot help you.

Jeremiah 7:4

Do not trust the words of this saying, “This is the Lord’s temple, the Lord’s temple, the Lord’s temple!” It’s a lie.

Micah 2:1

How horrible it will be for those who invent trouble and work out plans for disaster while in bed. When the morning dawns, they carry out their plans because they are able to.

Isaiah 30:12

This is what the Holy One of Israel says: You have rejected this warning, trusted oppression and deceit, and leaned on them.

Proverbs 4:16

Wicked people cannot sleep unless they do wrong, and they are robbed of their sleep unless they make someone stumble.

Isaiah 59:16

He sees that there’s no one to help. He’s astounded that there’s no one to intercede. So with his own power he wins a victory. His righteousness supports him.

Isaiah 59:3

Your hands are stained with blood, and your fingers are stained with sin. You speak lies, and you mutter wicked things.

Psalm 62:10

Do not count on extortion ⌞to make you rich⌟. Do not hope to gain anything through robbery. When riches increase, do not depend on them.

Jeremiah 5:1

Walk around the streets of Jerusalem. Look around, and think about these things. Search the city squares. See if you can find anyone who does what is right and seeks the truth. Then I will forgive Jerusalem.

Psalm 62:4

They plan to force him out of his high position. They are happy to lie. They bless with their mouths, but in their hearts they curse. Selah

Job 15:31

He shouldn’t trust in worthless things and deceive himself because he will get worthless things in return.

Isaiah 5:7

The vineyard of the Lord of Armies is the nation of Israel, and the people of Judah are the garden of his delight. He hoped for justice but saw only slaughter, for righteousness but heard only cries of distress.

Isaiah 5:18

How horrible it will be for those who string people along with lies and empty promises, whose lives are sinful.

Isaiah 9:15

Respected and honored leaders are the head. Prophets who teach lies are the tail.

Isaiah 10:1

How horrible it will be for those who make unjust laws and who make oppressive regulations.

Isaiah 26:18

We were pregnant; we writhed with labor pains only to give birth to the wind. We weren’t able to bring salvation to the land, and no new people were born on earth.

Isaiah 28:15

You say, “We made a treaty with death and an agreement with the grave. When the overwhelming disaster passes by, it won’t matter to us, because we have taken refuge in our lies, and falsehood is our hiding place.”

Isaiah 29:20

Tyrants will be gone. Mockers will be finished. All who look for ways to do wrong will come to an end:

Isaiah 30:9

These people are rebellious and deceitful children, children who refuse to listen to the Lord’s teachings.

Isaiah 33:11

You will be pregnant with hay. You will give birth to straw. Your breath will be a fire which will burn you up.

Isaiah 44:20

They eat ashes because they are deceived. Their own misguided minds lead them astray. They can’t rescue themselves or ask themselves, “Isn’t what I hold in my right hand a false god?”

Isaiah 47:10

You feel safe in your wickedness and say, “No one can see me.” Your wisdom and knowledge have led you astray, so you say to yourself, “I’m the only one, and there’s no one else.”

Isaiah 59:15

Truth is missing. Those who turn away from evil make themselves victims. The Lord sees it, and he’s angry because there’s no justice.

Isaiah 64:7

No one calls on your name or tries to hold on to you. You have hidden your face from us. You have let us be ruined by our sins.

Jeremiah 48:7

Since you trust the things you do and your treasures, you will be captured. Chemosh will go into captivity with all its priests and officials.

Hosea 4:1

Listen to the Lord’s word, you Israelites. The Lord has brought these charges against those who live in the land: “There is no faith, no love, and no knowledge of God in the land.

Psalm 7:15

He digs a pit and shovels it out. Then he falls into the hole that he made ⌞for others⌟.

Psalm 12:3

May the Lord cut off every flattering lip and every bragging tongue

Acts 24:9

The Jews supported Tertullus’ accusations and asserted that everything Tertullus said was true.