Isaiah 29:21

The Scriptures 1998

those who make a man to sin in word, and lay a snare for him who reproves in the gate, and turn aside the righteous with empty reasoning.

Cross References

James 5:6

You have condemned, you have murdered the righteous – he does not resist you.

Acts 3:14

“But you denied the Set-apart and Righteous One, and asked that a man, a murderer, be granted you.

Matthew 26:15

and said, “What would you give me to deliver Him to you?” And they counted out to him thirty pieces of silver.

Matthew 22:15

Then the Pharisees went and plotted how to trap Him in His words.

Malachi 3:5

“And I shall draw near to you for right-ruling. And I shall be a swift witness against the practisers of witchcraft, and against adulterers, and against them that swear to falsehood, and against those who oppress the wage earner in his wages and widows and the fatherless, and those who turn away a sojourner and do not fear Me,” said יהוה  of hosts.

Ezekiel 13:19

“And you have profaned Me among My people for handfuls of barley and for pieces of bread, to put to death beings that should not die, and to keep alive beings who should not live, by your lying to My people who listen to lies!”

Jeremiah 18:18

Then they said, “Come and let us devise plans against Yirmeyahu, for the Torah shall not perish from the priest, nor counsel from the wise, nor the word from the prophet. Come and let us smite him with the tongue, and let us not listen to any of his words.”

Isaiah 32:7

And the methods of the scoundrel are evil – he has devised wicked plans to destroy the poor with words of falsehood, even when the needy pleads for right-ruling.

Proverbs 28:21

To show partiality is not good, Because for a piece of bread a man would transgress.

Judges 12:6

then they would say to him, “Please say, ‘Shibboleth’!” And he would say, “Sibboleth,” for he was unable to pronounce it right. Then they seized him and slew him at the fords of the Yardĕ

Psalm 127:5

Blessed is the man Who has filled his quiver with them. They are not ashamed, When they speak with their enemies in the gate.

Isaiah 10:1

“Woe to those making unrighteous laws, and writers who have prescribed toil,

Isaiah 59:15

And the truth is lacking, and whoever turns away from evil makes himself a prey. And יהוה  saw, and it displeased Him that there was no right-ruling.

Jeremiah 36:29

and say to Yehoyaqim sovereign of Yehuḏ

Isaiah 5:20

Woe to those who call evil good, and good evil; who put darkness for light, and light for darkness; who put bitter for sweet, and sweet for bitter!

Isaiah 5:23

who declare right the wrong for a bribe, and the righteousness of the righteous they turn aside from him!