Isaiah 59:4

New Century Version

People take each other to court unfairly, and no one tells the truth in arguing his case. They accuse each other falsely and tell lies. They cause trouble and create more evil.

Cross References

Job 15:31

The wicked should not fool themselves by trusting what is useless. If they do, they will get nothing in return.

Job 15:35

who plan trouble and give birth to evil, whose hearts plan ways to trick others.”

Psalm 12:3

The Lord will stop those flattering lips and cut off those bragging tongues.

Psalm 62:10

Do not trust in force. Stealing is of no use. Even if you gain more riches, don’t put your trust in them.

Psalm 62:4

They are planning to make that person fall. They enjoy telling lies. With their mouths they bless, but in their hearts they curse.Selah

Psalm 7:15

They dig a hole to trap others, but they will fall into it themselves.

Proverbs 4:16

because they cannot sleep until they do evil. They cannot rest until they harm someone.

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 26:18

In the same way, we had pain. We gave birth, but only to wind. We don’t bring salvation to the land or make new people for the world.

Isaiah 28:15

You say, “We have made an agreement with death; we have a contract with death. When terrible punishment passes by, it won’t hurt us. Our lies will keep us safe, and our tricks will hide us.”

Isaiah 29:20

Then the people without mercy will come to an end; those who do not respect God will disappear. Those who enjoy doing evil will be gone:

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 30:9

These people are like children who lie and refuse to obey; they refuse to listen to the Lord’s teachings.

Isaiah 33:11

You people do useless things that are like hay and straw. A destructive wind will burn you like fire.

Isaiah 44:20

He doesn’t know what he is doing; his confused mind leads him the wrong way. He cannot save himself or say, “This statue I am holding is a false god.”

Isaiah 47:10

You do evil things, but you feel safe and say, ‘No one sees what I do.’ Your wisdom and knowledge have fooled you. You say to yourself, ‘I am God, and no one is equal to me.’

Isaiah 5:18

How terrible it will be for those people! They pull their guilt and sins behind them as people pull wagons with ropes.

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.

Isaiah 59:15

Truth cannot be found anywhere, and people who refuse to do evil are attacked. The Lord looked and could not find any justice, and he was displeased.

Isaiah 59:16

He could not find anyone to help the people, and he was surprised that there was no one to help. So he used his own power to save the people; his own goodness gave him strength.

Isaiah 59:3

With your hands you have killed others, and with your fingers you have done wrong. With your lips you have lied, and with your tongue you say evil things.

Isaiah 64:7

No one worships you or even asks you to help us. That is because you have turned away from us and have let our sins destroy us.

Isaiah 9:15

The elders and important men were the head, and the prophets who speak lies were the tail.

Jeremiah 48:7

You trust in the things you do and in your wealth, so you also will be captured. The god Chemosh will go into captivity and his priests and officers with him.

Jeremiah 5:1

The Lord says, “Walk up and down the streets of Jerusalem. Look around and discover these things. Search the public squares of the city. If you can find one person who does honest things, who searches for the truth, I will forgive this city.

Jeremiah 7:4

Don’t trust the lies of people who say, “This is the Temple of the Lord. This is the Temple of the Lord. This is the Temple of the Lord!”

Jeremiah 7:8

“ ‘But look, you are trusting lies, which is useless.

Hosea 4:1

People of Israel, listen to the Lord’s message. The Lord has this against you who live in the land: “The people are not true, not loyal to God, nor do those who live in the land even know him.

Micah 2:1

How terrible it will be for people who plan wickedness, who lie on their beds and make evil plans. When the morning light comes, they do what they planned, because they have the power to do so.

Acts 24:9

The others agreed and said that all of this was true.

James 1:15

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