Isaiah 59:4

New English Translation

No one is concerned about justice; no one sets forth his case truthfully. They depend on false words and tell lies; they conceive of oppression and give birth to sin.

Cross References

Job 15:31

Let him not trust in what is worthless, deceiving himself; for worthlessness will be his reward.

Job 15:35

They conceive trouble and bring forth evil; their belly prepares deception.”

Psalm 12:3

May the Lord cut off all flattering lips, and the tongue that boasts!

Psalm 62:10

Do not trust in what you can gain by oppression! Do not put false confidence in what you can gain by robbery! If wealth increases, do not become attached to it!

Psalm 62:4

They spend all their time planning how to bring him down. They love to use deceit; they pronounce blessings with their mouths, but inwardly they utter curses. (Selah)

Psalm 7:15

he digs a pit and then falls into the hole he has made.

Proverbs 4:16

For they cannot sleep unless they cause harm; they are robbed of sleep until they make someone stumble.

Isaiah 10:1

Those who enact unjust policies are as good as dead, those who are always instituting unfair regulations,

Isaiah 26:18

We were pregnant, we strained, we gave birth, as it were, to wind. We cannot produce deliverance on the earth; people to populate the world are not born.

Isaiah 28:15

For you say, “We have made a treaty with death, with Sheol we have made an agreement. When the overwhelming judgment sweeps by it will not reach us. For we have made a lie our refuge, we have hidden ourselves in a deceitful word.”

Isaiah 29:20

For tyrants will disappear, those who taunt will vanish, and all those who love to do wrong will be eliminated –

Isaiah 30:12

For this reason this is what the Holy One of Israel says: “You have rejected this message; you trust instead in your ability to oppress and trick, and rely on that kind of behavior.

Isaiah 30:9

For these are rebellious people – they are lying children, children unwilling to obey the Lord’s law.

Isaiah 33:11

You conceive straw, you give birth to chaff; your breath is a fire that destroys you.

Isaiah 44:20

He feeds on ashes; his deceived mind misleads him. He cannot rescue himself, nor does he say, ‘Is this not a false god I hold in my right hand?’

Isaiah 47:10

You were complacent in your evil deeds; you thought, ‘No one sees me.’ Your self-professed wisdom and knowledge lead you astray, when you say, ‘I am unique! No one can compare to me!’

Isaiah 5:18

Those who pull evil along using cords of emptiness are as good as dead, who pull sin as with cart ropes.

Isaiah 5:7

Indeed Israel is the vineyard of the Lord who commands armies, the people of Judah are the cultivated place in which he took delight. He waited for justice, but look what he got – disobedience! He waited for fairness, but look what he got – cries for help!

Isaiah 59:15

Honesty has disappeared; the one who tries to avoid evil is robbed. The Lord watches and is displeased, for there is no justice.

Isaiah 59:16

He sees there is no advocate; he is shocked that no one intervenes. So he takes matters into his own hands; his desire for justice drives him on.

Isaiah 59:3

For your hands are stained with blood and your fingers with sin; your lips speak lies, your tongue utters malicious words.

Isaiah 64:7

No one invokes your name, or makes an effort to take hold of you. For you have rejected us and handed us over to our own sins.

Isaiah 9:15

The leaders and the highly respected people are the head, the prophets who teach lies are the tail.

Jeremiah 48:7

“Moab, you trust in the things you do and in your riches. So you too will be conquered. Your god Chemosh will go into exile along with his priests and his officials.

Jeremiah 5:1

The Lord said, “Go up and down through the streets of Jerusalem. Look around and see for yourselves. Search through its public squares. See if any of you can find a single person who deals honestly and tries to be truthful. If you can, then I will not punish this city.

Jeremiah 7:4

Stop putting your confidence in the false belief that says, “We are safe! The temple of the Lord is here! The temple of the Lord is here! The temple of the Lord is here!”

Jeremiah 7:8

“‘But just look at you! You are putting your confidence in a false belief that will not deliver you.

Hosea 4:1

Hear the word of the Lord, you Israelites! For the Lord has a covenant lawsuit against the people of Israel. For there is neither faithfulness nor loyalty in the land, nor do they acknowledge God.

Micah 2:1

Those who devise sinful plans are as good as dead, those who dream about doing evil as they lie in bed. As soon as morning dawns they carry out their plans, because they have the power to do so.

Acts 24:9

The Jews also joined in the verbal attack, claiming that these things were true.

James 1:15

Then when desire conceives, it gives birth to sin, and when sin is full grown, it gives birth to death.