Isaiah 59:4

New American Bible - revised edition

No one brings suit justly, no one pleads truthfully; They trust an empty plea and tell lies; they conceive mischief and bring forth malice.

Cross References

Job 15:31

Let him not trust in his height, misled, even though his height be like the palm tree.

Job 15:35

They conceive malice, bring forth deceit, give birth to fraud.

Psalm 12:3

They tell lies to one another, speak with deceiving lips and a double heart.

Psalm 62:10

Mortals are a mere breath, the sons of man but an illusion; On a balance they rise; together they weigh nothing.

Psalm 62:4

How long will you set yourself against a man? You shall all be destroyed, Like a sagging wall or a tumbled down fence!

Psalm 7:15

Consider how one conceives iniquity; is pregnant with mischief, and gives birth to deception.

Proverbs 4:16

For they cannot rest unless they have done evil; if they do not trip anyone they lose sleep.

Isaiah 10:1

Ah! Those who enact unjust statutes, who write oppressive decrees,

Isaiah 26:18

We conceived and writhed in pain, giving birth only to wind; Salvation we have not achieved for the earth, no inhabitants for the world were born.

Isaiah 28:15

You have declared, “We have made a covenant with death, with Sheol we have made a pact; When the raging flood passes through, it will not reach us; For we have made lies our refuge, and in falsehood we have found a hiding place,”—

Isaiah 29:20

For the tyrant shall be no more, the scoffer shall cease to be; All who are ready for evil shall be cut off,

Isaiah 30:12

Therefore, thus says the Holy One of Israel: Because you reject this word, And put your trust in oppression and deceit, and depend on them,

Isaiah 30:9

For this is a rebellious people, deceitful children, Children who refuse to listen to the instruction of the Lord;

Isaiah 33:11

You conceive dry grass, bring forth stubble; my spirit shall consume you like fire.

Isaiah 44:20

He is chasing ashes! A deluded mind has led him astray; He cannot save himself, does not say, “This thing in my right hand—is it not a fraud?”

Isaiah 47:10

Secure in your wickedness, you said, “No one sees me.” Your wisdom and your knowledge led you astray, And you said in your heart, “I, and no one else!”

Isaiah 5:18

Ah! Those who tug at guilt with cords of perversity, and at sin as if with cart ropes!

Isaiah 5:7

The vineyard of the Lord of hosts is the house of Israel, the people of Judah, his cherished plant; He waited for judgment, but see, bloodshed! for justice, but hark, the outcry!

Isaiah 59:15

Fidelity is lacking, and whoever turns from evil is despoiled. The Lord saw this, and was aggrieved that there was no justice.

Isaiah 59:16

He saw that there was no one, was appalled that there was none to intervene; Then his own arm brought about the victory, and his justice sustained him.

Isaiah 59:3

For your hands are defiled with blood, and your fingers with crime; Your lips speak falsehood, and your tongue utters deceit.

Isaiah 64:7

Yet, Lord, you are our father; we are the clay and you our potter: we are all the work of your hand.

Isaiah 9:15

Those who lead this people lead them astray, and those who are led are swallowed up.

Jeremiah 48:7

Because you trusted in your works and your treasures, you also shall be captured. Chemosh shall go into exile, his priests and princes with him.

Jeremiah 5:1

Roam the streets of Jerusalem, look about and observe, Search through her squares, to find even one Who acts justly and seeks honesty, and I will pardon her!

Jeremiah 7:4

Do not put your trust in these deceptive words: “The temple of the Lord! The temple of the Lord! The temple of the Lord!”

Jeremiah 7:8

But look at you! You put your trust in deceptive words to your own loss!

Hosea 4:1

Hear the word of the Lord, Israelites, for the Lord has a dispute with the inhabitants of the land: There is no fidelity, no loyalty, no knowledge of God in the land.

Micah 2:1

Ah! you plotters of iniquity, who work out evil on your beds! In the morning light you carry it out for it lies within your power.

Acts 24:9

The Jews also joined in the attack and asserted that these things were so.

James 1:15

Then desire conceives and brings forth sin, and when sin reaches maturity it gives birth to death.