Isaiah 59:13

New Century Version

sinning and rejecting the Lord, turning away from our God, planning to hurt others and to disobey God, planning and speaking lies.

Cross References

James 3:6

And the tongue is like a fire. It is a whole world of evil among the parts of our bodies. The tongue spreads its evil through the whole body. The tongue is set on fire by hell, and it starts a fire that influences all of life.

Hebrews 3:12

So brothers and sisters, be careful that none of you has an evil, unbelieving heart that will turn you away from the living God.

James 1:15

This desire leads to sin, and then the sin grows and brings death.

Titus 1:16

They say they know God, but their actions show they do not accept him. They are hateful people, they refuse to obey, and they are useless for doing anything good.

Matthew 10:33

But all who stand before others and say they do not believe in me, I will say before my Father in heaven that they do not belong to me.

Hosea 11:12

Israel has surrounded me with lies; the people have made evil plans. And Judah turns against God, the faithful Holy One.

Hosea 7:13

How terrible for them because they left me! They will be destroyed, because they turned against me. I want to save them, but they have spoken lies against me.

Hosea 6:7

But they have broken the agreement as Adam did; they have been unfaithful to me.

Hosea 1:2

When the Lord began speaking through Hosea, the Lord said to him, “Go, and marry an unfaithful woman and have unfaithful children, because the people in this country have been completely unfaithful to the Lord.”

Ezekiel 18:25

“But you say, ‘What the Lord does isn’t fair.’ Listen, people of Israel. I am fair. It is what you do that is not fair!

Ezekiel 6:9

Then those who have escaped will remember me, as they live among the nations where they have been taken as captives. They will remember how I was hurt because they were unfaithful to me and turned away from me and desired to worship their idols. They will hate themselves because of the evil things they did that I hate.

Jeremiah 42:20

that you are making a mistake that will cause your deaths. You sent me to the Lord your God, saying, ‘Pray to the Lord our God for us. Tell us everything the Lord our God says, and we will do it.’

Jeremiah 32:40

“I will make an agreement with them that will last forever. I will never turn away from them; I will always do good to them. I will make them want to respect me so they will never turn away from me.

Jeremiah 17:13

Lord, hope of Israel, those who leave you will be shamed. People who quit following the Lord will be like a name written in the dust, because they have left the Lord, the spring of living water.

Jeremiah 5:23

But the people of Judah are stubborn and have turned against me. They have turned aside and gone away from me.

Jeremiah 3:20

But like a woman who is unfaithful to her husband, family of Israel, you have been unfaithful to me,” says the Lord.

Jeremiah 3:10

Israel’s wicked sister didn’t even come back to me with her whole heart, but only pretended,” says the Lord.

Jeremiah 2:13

“My people have done two evils: They have turned away from me, the spring of living water. And they have dug their own wells, which are broken wells that cannot hold water.

Isaiah 57:11

“Whom were you so afraid of that you lied to me? You have not remembered me or even thought about me. I have been quiet for a long time. Is that why you are not afraid of me?

Isaiah 48:8

But you have not heard me; you have not understood. Even long ago you did not listen to me. I knew you would surely turn against me; you have fought against me since you were born.

Isaiah 32:6

A fool says foolish things, and in his mind he plans evil. A fool does things that are wicked, and he says wrong things about the Lord. A fool does not feed the hungry or let thirsty people drink water.

Isaiah 31:6

You children of Israel, come back to the God you fought against.

Isaiah 5:7

The vineyard belonging to the Lord All-Powerful is the nation of Israel; the garden that he loves is the people of Judah. He looked for justice, but there was only killing. He hoped for right living, but there were only cries of pain.

Proverbs 30:9

If I have too much, I might reject you and say, ‘I don’t know the Lord.’ If I am poor, I might steal and disgrace the name of my God.

Psalm 78:36

But their words were false, and their tongues lied to him.

Psalm 18:21

I have followed the ways of the Lord; I have not done evil by turning away from my God.

Joshua 24:27

Joshua said to all the people, “See this stone! It will remind you of what we did today. It was here the Lord spoke to us today. It will remind you of what happened so you will not turn against your God.”

Job 31:28

If I had, these also would have been sins to be punished, because I would have been unfaithful to God.

Isaiah 10:1

How terrible it will be for those who make unfair laws, and those who write laws that make life hard for people.

Isaiah 30:12

So this is what the Holy One of Israel says: “You people have refused to accept this message and have depended on cruelty and lies to help you.

Isaiah 58:2

They still come every day looking for me and want to learn my ways. They act just like a nation that does what is right, that obeys the commands of its God. They ask me to judge them fairly. They want God to be near them.

Isaiah 58:9

Then you will call out, and the Lord will answer. You will cry out, and he will say, ‘Here I am.’ “If you stop making trouble for others, if you stop using cruel words and pointing your finger at others,

Isaiah 58:13

“You must obey God’s law about the Sabbath and not do what pleases yourselves on that holy day. You should call the Sabbath a joyful day and honor it as the Lord’s holy day. You should honor it by not doing whatever you please nor saying whatever you please on that day.

Jeremiah 12:8

My people have become to me like a lion in the forest. They roar at me, so I hate them.

Amos 6:12

Horses do not run on rocks, and people do not plow rocks with oxen. But you have changed fairness into poison; you have changed what is right into a bitter taste.

Jeremiah 2:16

The men from the cities of Memphis and Tahpanhes have disgraced you by shaving the top of your head.

Jeremiah 2:17

Haven’t you brought this on yourselves by turning away from the Lord your God when he was leading you in the right way?

Hosea 7:1

When I heal Israel, Israel’s sin will go away, and so will Samaria’s evil. “They cheat a lot! Thieves break into houses, and robbers are in the streets.