Bible Cross References
And judgment is turned away backward, and justice standeth afar off: for truth is fallen in the street, and equity cannot enter.
Isaiah 59:4
No one calls for justice, nor does anyone plead for truth; they trust in vanity and speak lies. They conceive mischief and bring forth iniquity.
Isaiah 5:23
who justify the wicked for a bribe, and take away justice from the righteous!
Isaiah 10:1
Woe to those who decree unrighteous decrees, and who have written and continue to write toil;
Isaiah 10:2
to thrust aside the needy from judgment, and to rob the right from the poor of My people, that widows may be their prey, and that they may plunder the orphans!
Psalm 82:2-5
2
How long will you judge unjustly, and show partiality to the wicked? Selah
3
Defend the poor and fatherless; do justice to the afflicted and needy.
4
Deliver the poor and needy; rescue them out of the hand of the wicked.
5
They do not know, nor do they understand; they walk about in darkness; all the foundations of the earth are shaken.
Ecclesiastes 3:16
Moreover I saw under the sun in the place of judgment, that wickedness was there; and in the place of righteousness, that wickedness was there.
Jeremiah 5:27
Like a cage full of birds, so their houses are full of deceit; therefore they have become great and grown rich.
Jeremiah 5:28
They have grown fat, they gleam. Yes, they surpass the deeds of the wicked; they do not plead the cause, the cause of the fatherless, that they may get rich; and they do not judge the right of the needy.
Jeremiah 5:31
The prophets prophesy falsely, and the priests bear rule by their own power; and my people love to have it so, and what will you do in the end?
Amos 5:7
you who turn justice into wormwood, and lay righteousness to rest on the earth.
Amos 5:11
So, therefore because you trample on the poor, and you take tribute of grain from him; you have built houses of hewn stones, but you shall not dwell in them; you have planted desirable vineyards, but you shall not drink wine from them.
Micah 3:9-11
9
Now hear this, you heads of the house of Jacob, and rulers of the house of Israel, you who abhor justice and pervert all equity,
10
who build up Zion with blood and Jerusalem with iniquity:
11
Her heads judge for a bribe, and her priests teach for pay, and her prophets divine for money; yet they lean on Jehovah, saying, Is not Jehovah among us? No evil can come upon us.
Micah 7:3-5
3
Both hands are on evil, to do it well. Both the ruler and the judge ask for a bribe. And the great one speaks the lust of his soul; and they weave it together.
4
The best of them is like a thorn; the upright more than a hedge of thorns. The day of your watchman and your punishment comes; now shall be their perplexity.
5
Put no faith in a companion; put no trust in a friend; keep the doors of your mouth from her who lies in your bosom;
Habakkuk 1:4
On account of this the law has become feeble, and justice does not continue to go forth. For the wicked surrounds the righteous, so justice goes forth, perverted.
Zephaniah 3:1-3
1
Woe to her that is filthy and polluted, to the oppressing city!
2
She did not give heed to the voice; she did not receive correction; she did not trust in Jehovah; she did not draw near to her God.
3
Her rulers within her are roaring lions; her judges are evening wolves, that do not leave the bones till the morning.