Isaiah 59:4

Holy Bible: Easy-to-Read Version

You can’t be trusted, even in court. You lie about each other and depend on false arguments to win your cases. You create pain and produce wickedness.

Cross References

Job 15:35

They are always thinking of ways to do evil and cause trouble. They are always planning how they might cheat others.”

James 1:15

Your desire grows inside you until it results in sin. Then the sin grows bigger and bigger and finally ends in death.

Jeremiah 7:8

“‘But you are trusting lies that are worthless.

Jeremiah 7:4

Don’t trust the lies that some people say. They say, “This is the Temple of the Lord, the Temple of the Lord, the Temple of the Lord!”

Micah 2:1

Trouble will come to those who make plans to sin. They lie on their beds making their evil plans. Then when the morning light comes, they do what they planned, because they have the power to do what they want.

Isaiah 30:12

The Holy One of Israel says, “You people have refused to accept this message from me. You depend on fighting and lies to help you.

Proverbs 4:16

The wicked cannot sleep until they have done something evil. They will not rest until they bring someone down.

Isaiah 59:16

He did not see anyone speak up for the people. He was shocked to see that no one stood up for them. So with his own power he saved them. His desire to do what is right gave him strength.

Isaiah 59:3

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

Psalm 62:10

Don’t trust in your power to take things by force. Don’t think you will gain anything by stealing. And if you become wealthy, don’t put your trust in riches.

Jeremiah 5:1

The Lord says, “Walk the streets of Jerusalem. Look around and think about these things. Search the public squares of the city. See if you can find one good person, one who does honest things and who searches for the truth. If you find one good person, I will forgive Jerusalem.

Psalm 62:4

You want only to destroy me, to bring me down from my important position. It makes you happy to tell lies about me. In public, you say nice things, but in private, you curse me. Selah

Job 15:31

That evil man should not fool himself by trusting in worthless things, because he will keep nothing.

Isaiah 5:7

The vineyard that belongs to the Lord All-Powerful is the house of Israel. The grapevine, the plant he loves, is the man of Judah. The Lord hoped for justice, but there was only killing. He hoped for fairness, but there were only cries from people being treated badly.

Isaiah 5:18

Look at those people! They pull their guilt and sins behind them like people pulling wagons with ropes.

Isaiah 9:15

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

Isaiah 10:1

Just look at those lawmakers who write evil laws and make life hard for the people.

Isaiah 26:18

But we struggled in pain for nothing. We gave birth only to wind. We did nothing to save the land. No one was born to live in the world.

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 29:20

This will happen when the people who are mean and cruel have come to an end. It will happen when those who enjoy doing bad things are gone.

Isaiah 30:9

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

Isaiah 33:11

You people have done useless things. These things are like hay and straw. They are worth nothing! Your breath will be like a fire and burn you.

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 47:10

You do bad things but still feel safe. You say to yourself, ‘No one sees the wrong I do.’ You thought that your wisdom and knowledge would save you. You tell yourself, ‘I alone am important, and no one else matters.’

Isaiah 59:15

Loyalty is gone, and people who try to do good are robbed. The Lord looked and saw there was no justice. He did not like what he saw.

Isaiah 64:7

We don’t call to you for help. We aren’t excited about following you, so you have turned away from us. We are helpless before you, because we are full of sin.

Jeremiah 48:7

“You trust in the things you made and in your wealth, so you will be captured. The god Chemosh will be taken into captivity, and his priests and officials will be taken with him.

Hosea 4:1

People of Israel, listen to the Lord’s message. The Lord has something to say against those who live in this land: “The people in this land are not honest or loyal. They don’t really know God.

Psalm 7:15

They dig a pit to trap others, but they are the ones who will fall into it.

Psalm 12:3

The Lord should cut off their lying lips and cut out their bragging tongues.

Acts 24:9

The other Jews agreed and said it was all true.