Isaiah 59:3

Holy Bible: Easy-to-Read Version

That’s because your hands are covered with blood from the people you murdered. You tell lies and say evil things.

Cross References

Isaiah 1:15

“When you raise your arms to pray to me, I will refuse to look at you. You will say more and more prayers, but I will refuse to listen because your hands are covered with blood.

Ezekiel 13:8

So now, the Lord GOD really will speak. He says, “You told lies. You saw visions that were not true. So now I am against you!” This is what the Lord GOD said.

Jeremiah 2:34

You have blood on your hands! It is the blood of poor, innocent people. You did not catch them breaking into your house. You killed them for no reason!

Jeremiah 2:30

“I punished you people of Judah, but it did not help. You did not come back when you were punished. With your swords you killed the prophets who came to you. Like a dangerous lion, you killed the prophets.”

Isaiah 1:21

Look at Jerusalem. She was a faithful city. What made her become like a prostitute? In the past, Jerusalem was filled with justice, and goodness should live there now. Instead, there are murderers.

Micah 7:2

By this I mean that all the faithful people are gone. There are no good people left. Everyone is planning to kill someone. Everyone is trying to trap their brother.

Micah 6:12

The rich in that city are still cruel. The people there still tell lies. Yes, they tell their lies.

Hosea 7:13

It will be very bad for those who left me. They refused to obey me, so they will be destroyed. I saved them, but they speak lies against me.

Hosea 4:2

They are always cursing, lying, killing, stealing, and committing adultery. They murder one person after another.

Ezekiel 35:6

So the Lord GOD says, “But I promise by my own life that I will let death have you. Death will chase you. You did not hate killing people, so death will chase you.

Ezekiel 9:9

He said, “The family of Israel and Judah has committed many terrible sins! People are being murdered everywhere in this country, and the city is filled with crime. That is because the people say to themselves, ‘The Lord has left this country. The Lord cannot see what we are doing.’

Ezekiel 7:23

“Make chains for the prisoners, because many people will be punished for killing other people. There will be violence every place in the city.

Jeremiah 7:8

“‘But you are trusting lies that are worthless.

1 Timothy 4:2

Those teachings come through people who tell lies and trick others. These evil people cannot see what is right and what is wrong. It is like their conscience has been destroyed with a hot iron.

Matthew 27:4

Judas said, “I sinned. I handed over to you an innocent man to be killed.” The Jewish leaders answered, “We don’t care! That’s a problem for you, not us.”

Hosea 7:3

Their evil makes their king happy. Their false gods please their leaders.

Ezekiel 22:2

“Son of man, will you judge the city of murderers? Will you tell her about all the terrible things she has done?

Jeremiah 22:17

“Jehoiakim, your eyes look only for what benefits yourself. You are always thinking about getting more for yourself. You are willing to kill innocent people. You are willing to steal things from other people.”

Isaiah 3:8

This will happen because Jerusalem has stumbled, and Judah has fallen. They turned against the Lord. They said and did things against him, right in front of his glorious eyes.

Isaiah 6:5

I was frightened and said, “Oh, no! I will be destroyed. I am not pure enough to speak to God, and I live among people who are not pure enough to speak to him. But I have seen the King, the Lord All-Powerful.”

Isaiah 9:15

(The head means the elders and important leaders. The tail means the prophets who told lies.)

Isaiah 28:15

You have said, “We have made an agreement with death. We have a contract with death. So we will not be punished. Punishment will pass us without hurting us. We will hide behind our tricks and lies.”

Isaiah 30:9

These people are like children who refuse to obey. They lie and refuse to listen to the Lord’s teachings.

Isaiah 44:20

Someone like that is deceived. They don’t know what they are doing. They cannot save themselves, and they will not admit, “This statue I am holding is a lie!”

Isaiah 59:13

We rebelled against the Lord and lied to him. We turned away from our God and left him. We planned to hurt others and to rebel against God. From hearts filled with lies, we talked about it and made our plans.

Proverbs 6:17

eyes that show pride, tongues that tell lies, hands that kill innocent people,

Jeremiah 9:2

If only I had a place in the desert— a house where travelers spend the night— so I could leave my people. I could go away from them, because they are all unfaithful to God. They have all turned against him.

Jeremiah 9:7

So the Lord All-Powerful says, “A worker heats metal in a fire to test it and see if it is pure. I will test the people of Judah like that. I have no other choice. My people have sinned.

Micah 3:4

Then you will pray to the Lord, but he will not answer you. No, he will hide his face from you, because what you do is evil.”