Isaiah 5:18
BSB · Public Domain (CC0)“Woe to those who draw iniquity with cords of deceit and pull sin along with cart ropes,”
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“Woe to those who draw iniquity with cords of deceit and pull sin along with cart ropes,”
Berean Standard Bible · Public Domain (CC0)“Woe unto them that draw iniquity with cords of vanity, and sin as it were with a cart rope:”
King James Version · Public Domain“Woe unto them that draw iniquity with cords of falsehood, and sin as it were with a cart rope;”
American Standard Version · Public Domain“Woe <FI>to<Fi> those drawing out iniquity with cords of vanity, And as <FI>with<Fi> thick ropes of the cart--sin.”
Young's Literal Translation · Public DomainOther passages that echo Isaiah 5:18 — 22 related verses from the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge.
- Judges 17:5Now this man Micah had a shrine, and he made an ephod and some household idols, and ordained one of his sons as his priest.
- Judges 17:13Then Micah said, “Now I know that the LORD will be good to me, because a Levite has become my priest.”
- 2 Samuel 16:20Then Absalom said to Ahithophel, “Give me counsel. What should we do?”
- Psalms 10:11He says to himself, “God has forgotten; He hides His face and never sees.”
- Psalms 14:1The fool says in his heart, “There is no God.” They are corrupt; their acts are vile. There is no one who does good.
- Psalms 36:2For his eyes are too full of conceit to detect or hate his own sin.
- Psalms 94:5They crush Your people, O LORD; they oppress Your heritage.
- Proverbs 4:17For they eat the bread of wickedness and drink the wine of violence.
- Isaiah 28:15For you said, “We have made a covenant with death; we have fashioned an agreement with Sheol. When the overwhelming scourge passes through it will not touch us, because we have made lies our refuge and falsehood our hiding place.”
- Isaiah 59:4No one calls for justice; no one pleads his case honestly. They rely on empty pleas; they tell lies; they conceive mischief and give birth to iniquity.
- Jeremiah 5:31The prophets prophesy falsely, and the priests rule by their own authority. My people love it so, but what will you do in the end?
- Jeremiah 8:5Why then have these people turned away? Why does Jerusalem always turn away? They cling to deceit; they refuse to return.
- Jeremiah 23:10For the land is full of adulterers— because of the curse, the land mourns and the pastures of the wilderness have dried up— their course is evil and their power is misused.
- Jeremiah 23:14And among the prophets of Jerusalem I have seen a horrible thing: They commit adultery and walk in lies. They strengthen the hands of evildoers, so that no one turns his back on wickedness. They are all like Sodom to Me; the people of Jerusalem are like Gomorrah.”
- Jeremiah 23:24“Can a man hide in secret places where I cannot see him?” declares the LORD. “Do I not fill the heavens and the earth?” declares the LORD.
- Jeremiah 28:15Then the prophet Jeremiah said to the prophet Hananiah, “Listen, Hananiah! The LORD did not send you, but you have persuaded this people to trust in a lie.
- Jeremiah 44:15Then all the men who knew that their wives were burning incense to other gods, and all the women standing by—a great assembly—along with all the people living in the land of Egypt and in Pathros, said to Jeremiah,
- Ezekiel 13:10Because they have led My people astray, saying, ‘Peace,’ when there is no peace, and whitewashing any flimsy wall that is built,
- Ezekiel 13:22Because you have disheartened the righteous with your lies, even though I have caused them no grief, and because you have encouraged the wicked not to turn from their evil ways to save their lives,
- Zephaniah 1:12And at that time I will search Jerusalem with lamps and punish the men settled in complacency, who say to themselves, ‘The LORD will do nothing, either good or bad.’
- John 16:2They will put you out of the synagogues. In fact, a time is coming when anyone who kills you will think he is offering a service to God.
- Acts 26:9So then, I too was convinced that I ought to do all I could to oppose the name of Jesus of Nazareth.
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