Isaiah 29:21

Modern English Version

those who cause a man to be indicted by a word, and lay a snare for him who reproves in the gate, and turn aside the righteous with meaningless arguments.

Cross References

James 5:6

You have condemned and killed the righteous man who does not resist you.

Acts 3:14

You denied the Holy and Righteous One and asked for a murderer to be granted to you,

Matthew 26:15

and said to them, “What will you give me if I hand Him over to you?” And they paid him thirty pieces of silver.

Matthew 22:15

Then the Pharisees went and took counsel to entangle Him in His words.

Malachi 3:5

Then I will draw near to you for judgment. I will be a swift witness against the sorcerers, against the adulterers, against the perjurers, against those who oppress the hired worker in his wages, the widow and the fatherless, against those who turn aside the stranger, and do not fear Me, says the Lord of Hosts.

Ezekiel 13:19

And you pollute Me among My people for handfuls of barley and pieces of bread to slay the souls of those who should not die and to save the souls alive of those who should not live by your lying to My people who hear your lies.

Jeremiah 18:18

Then they said, “Come and let us devise plans against Jeremiah. For the law will not be lost from the priest, nor counsel from the wise, nor the word from the prophet. Come and let us strike him with the tongue, and let us not give heed to any of his words.”

Isaiah 32:7

The instruments also of the rogue are evil; he devises wicked schemes to destroy the poor with lying words, even when the needy speaks right.

Proverbs 28:21

To show partiality is not good, but for a piece of bread will a man transgress.

Judges 12:6

then they would say to him, “Say, ‘Shibboleth’!” Yet he would say, “Sibboleth,” for he could not pronounce it correctly. Then they would grab him and kill him at the Jordan fords. During that time forty-two thousand from Ephraim fell.

Psalm 127:5

Happy is the man who has his quiver full of them; they shall not be ashamed when they speak with their enemies in the gate.

Isaiah 10:1

Woe to those who decree unrighteous decrees and who write unjust judgments which they have prescribed

Isaiah 59:15

Truth is lacking, and he who departs from evil makes himself a prey. Then the Lord saw it, and it displeased Him that there was no justice.

Jeremiah 36:29

You shall say to Jehoiakim king of Judah: Thus says the Lord: You have burned this book, saying, Why have you written in it that the king of Babylon will certainly come and destroy this land, and will cause man and beast to cease from here?

Isaiah 5:20

Woe to those who call evil good, and good evil; who exchange darkness for light, and light for darkness; who exchange bitter for sweet, and sweet for bitter!

Isaiah 5:23

who justify the wicked for a reward, and take away the justice of the righteous from him!