Isaiah 59:14

Lighthouse Bible 2006

And justice is turned away backward, and righteousness stands afar off: for truth has fallen in the street, and equity cannot enter.

Cross References

1 Kings 21:10

And set two men, sons of Belial, before him, to bear witness against him, saying, You blasphemed God and the king. And then take him out, and stone him, that he may die.

1 Kings 21:11

And the men of his city, even the elders and the nobles who were the inhabitants in his city, did as Jezebel had sent to them, and as it was written in the letters which she had sent to them.

Psalm 119:150

They draw near that follow after mischief: they are far from your law.

Ecclesiastes 3:16

And moreover I saw under the sun the place of judgment, that wickedness was there; and the place of righteousness, that iniquity was there.

Isaiah 1:21

How the faithful city has become a harlot! it was full of justice; righteousness lodged in it; but now murderers.

Isaiah 46:12

Listen to me, you proud hearted, that are far from righteousness:

Isaiah 5:23

Who justify the wicked for reward, and take away the righteousness of the righteous from him!

Isaiah 5:7

For the vineyard of the LORD of hosts is the house of Israel, and the men of Judah his pleasant plant: and he looked for justice, but behold oppression; for righteousness, but behold a cry.

Isaiah 59:11

We all roar like bears, and mourn bitterly like doves: we look for judgment, but there is none; for salvation, but it is far off from us.

Isaiah 59:4

None calls for justice, nor does any plead for truth: they trust in vanity, and speak lies; they conceive mischief, and bring forth iniquity.

Isaiah 59:9

Therefore is judgment far from us, neither does justice overtake us: we wait for light, but behold obscurity; for brightness, but we walk in darkness.

Jeremiah 5:31

The prophets prophesy falsely, and the priests bear rule by their means; and my people love to have it so: and what will you do at the end of it?

Jeremiah 7:28

But you shall say to them, This is a nation that does not obey the voice of the LORD their God, nor receive correction: truth is perished, and is cut off from their mouth.

Daniel 8:12

And a host was given him against the daily service because of transgression, and it threw down the truth to the ground; and it practiced, and prospered.

Hosea 7:1

When I would have healed Israel, then the iniquity of Ephraim was uncovered, and the wickedness of Samaria: for they commit falsehood; and the thief comes in, and the troop of robbers plunders outside.

Amos 5:11

Seeing therefore that your trampling is upon the poor, and you take from him loads of wheat: you have built houses of cut stone, but you shall not dwell in them; you have planted pleasant vineyards, but you shall not drink wine from them.

Amos 5:7

You who turn judgment to wormwood, and cease to do righteousness in the earth,

Amos 6:12

Shall horses run upon the rock? will one plow there with oxen? for you have turned justice into bitterness, and the fruit of righteousness into hemlock:

Habakkuk 1:4

Therefore the law is weakened, and justice never goes forth: for the wicked surround the righteous; therefore wrong judgment proceeds.