Isaiah 59:14
"And judgment is turned away backward, and justice standeth afar off: for truth is fallen in the street, and equity cannot enter."
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- Habakkuk 1:4
"Therefore the law is slacked, and judgment doth never go forth: for the wicked doth compass about the righteous; therefore wrong judgment proceedeth."
Read in chapter → - Ecclesiastes 3:16
"And moreover I saw under the sun the place of judgment, that wickedness was there; and the place of righteousness, that iniquity was there."
Read in chapter → - Isaiah 5:23
"Which justify the wicked for reward, and take away the righteousness of the righteous from him!"
Read in chapter → - Jeremiah 5:27
"As a cage is full of birds, so are their houses full of deceit: therefore they are become great, and waxen rich."
Read in chapter → - Jeremiah 5:31
"The prophets prophesy falsely, and the priests bear rule by their means; and my people love to have it so: and what will ye do in the end thereof?"
Read in chapter → - Amos 5:11
"Forasmuch therefore as your treading is upon the poor, and ye take from him burdens of wheat: ye have built houses of hewn stone, but ye shall not dwell in them; ye have planted pleasant vineyards, but ye shall not drink wine of them."
Read in chapter → - Isaiah 10:1
"Woe unto them that decree unrighteous decrees, and that write grievousness which they have prescribed;"
Read in chapter → - Isaiah 1:21
"How is the faithful city become an harlot! it was full of judgment; righteousness lodged in it; but now murderers."
Read in chapter → - Micah 3:9
"Hear this, I pray you, ye heads of the house of Jacob, and princes of the house of Israel, that abhor judgment, and pervert all equity."
Read in chapter → - Isaiah 59:4
"None calleth for justice, nor any pleadeth for truth: they trust in vanity, and speak lies; they conceive mischief, and bring forth iniquity."
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