Isaiah 59:14
BSB · Public Domain (CC0)“So justice is turned away, and righteousness stands at a distance. For truth has stumbled in the public square, and honesty cannot enter.”
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“So justice is turned away, and righteousness stands at a distance. For truth has stumbled in the public square, and honesty cannot enter.”
Berean Standard Bible · Public Domain (CC0)“And judgment is turned away backward, and justice standeth afar off: for truth is fallen in the street, and equity cannot enter.”
King James Version · Public Domain“And justice is turned away backward, and righteousness standeth afar off; for truth is fallen in the street, and uprightness cannot enter.”
American Standard Version · Public Domain“And removed backward is judgment, And righteousness afar off standeth, For truth hath been feeble in the street, And straightforwardness is not able to enter,”
Young's Literal Translation · Public DomainOther passages that echo Isaiah 59:14 — 18 related verses from the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge.
- 1 Kings 21:10But seat two scoundrels opposite him and have them testify, ‘You have cursed both God and the king!’ Then take him out and stone him to death.”
- 1 Kings 21:11So the elders and nobles who lived in Naboth’s city did as Jezebel had instructed in the letters she had written to them.
- Psalms 82:2“How long will you judge unjustly and show partiality to the wicked? Selah
- Psalms 119:150Those who follow after wickedness draw near; they are far from Your law.
- Ecclesiastes 3:16Furthermore, I saw under the sun that in the place of judgment there is wickedness, and in the place of righteousness there is wickedness.
- Isaiah 1:21See how the faithful city has become a harlot! She once was full of justice; righteousness resided within her, but now only murderers!
- Isaiah 5:23who acquit the guilty for a bribe and deprive the innocent of justice.
- Isaiah 10:1Woe to those who enact unjust statutes and issue oppressive decrees,
- 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 5:27Like cages full of birds, so their houses are full of deceit. Therefore they have become powerful and rich.
- 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?
- Hosea 7:1When I heal Israel, the iniquity of Ephraim will be exposed, as well as the crimes of Samaria. For they practice deceit and thieves break in; bandits raid in the streets.
- Amos 5:7There are those who turn justice into wormwood and cast righteousness to the ground.
- Amos 5:11Therefore, because you trample on the poor and exact from him a tax of grain, you will never live in the stone houses you have built; you will never drink the wine from the lush vineyards you have planted.
- Micah 3:9Now hear this, O leaders of the house of Jacob and rulers of the house of Israel, who despise justice and pervert all that is right,
- Micah 7:3Both hands are skilled at evil; the prince and the judge demand a bribe. When the powerful utters his evil desire, they all conspire together.
- Habakkuk 1:4Therefore the law is paralyzed, and justice never goes forth. For the wicked hem in the righteous, so that justice is perverted.
- Zephaniah 3:1Woe to the city of oppressors, rebellious and defiled!
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