Isaiah 59:14

Modern King James Version

And justice is driven back, and justice stands afar off; for truth has fallen in the street, and right 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 carry him out and stone him so that he may die.

1 Kings 21:11

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

Psalm 119:150

They draw near, those who follow after wickedness; they are far from Your Law.

Ecclesiastes 3:16

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

Isaiah 1:21

How has the faithful city become a harlot? It was full of judgment; righteousness lodged in it, but now murderers.

Isaiah 46:12

Listen to me, stubborn-hearted who are far from righteousness;

Isaiah 5:23

who justify the wicked for a bribe, and take away the righteousness of the righteous from him!

Isaiah 5:7

For the vineyard of Jehovah of Hosts is the house of Israel, and the men of Judah His pleasant plant; and He looked for justice, but behold bloody iniquity; for righteousness, but behold a cry!

Isaiah 59:11

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

Isaiah 59:4

None calls for justice, nor does anyone plead for truth; they trust in vanity and speak lies. They conceive mischief and bring out iniquity.

Isaiah 59:9

Therefore judgment is far from us; nor does justice overtake us. We wait for light, but behold, dimness; 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 which does not obey the voice of Jehovah their God, nor receives instruction; truth has perished, and is cut off from their mouth.

Daniel 8:12

And an army was given to him against the daily sacrifice because of transgression, and it cast the truth to the ground. And it worked and succeeded.

Hosea 7:1

When I would have healed Israel, then the iniquity of Ephraim was uncovered, and the wickedness of Samaria. For they have worked falsehood. And the thief comes in, the troop of robbers plunders outside.

Amos 5:11

So, because of your trampling on the poor, and you take tribute of grain from him; you have built houses of carved stone, but you shall not dwell in them; you have planted desirable vineyards, but you shall not drink wine from them.

Amos 5:7

You who turn judgment to wormwood and leave off righteousness in the earth,

Amos 6:12

Shall horses run on the rock? Will one plow there with oxen? For you have turned justice into gall, and the fruit of righteousness into hemlock;

Habakkuk 1:4

Therefore the law has become helpless, and justice does not always go forth. For the wicked entraps the righteous; therefore justice goes forth, being perverted.