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Verse 12

For I know{H3045} how manifold{H7227} are your transgressions,{H6588} and how mighty{H6099} are your sins—{H2403} ye that afflict{H6887} the just,{H6662} that take{H3947} a bribe,{H3724} and that turn aside{H5186} the needy{H34} in the gate{H8179} [from their right].

Referenced Verses

Amos 2:6-7 : 6 Thus saith{H559} Jehovah:{H3068} For three{H7969} transgressions{H6588} of Israel,{H3478} yea, for four,{H702} I will not turn away{H7725} the punishment thereof; because they have sold{H4376} the righteous{H6662} for silver,{H3701} and the needy{H34} for a pair of shoes—{H5275} 7 they that pant{H7602} after the dust{H6083} of the earth{H776} on the head{H7218} of the poor,{H1800} and turn aside{H5186} the way{H1870} of the meek:{H6035} and a man{H376} and his father{H1} go{H3212} unto the [same] maiden,{H5291} to profane{H2490} my holy{H6944} name:{H8034}
Isa 29:21 : 21 that make a man{H120} an offender{H2398} in [his] cause,{H1697} and lay a snare{H6983} for him that reproveth{H3198} in the gate,{H8179} and turn aside{H5186} the just{H6662} with a thing of nought.{H8414}
1 Sam 8:3 : 3 And his sons{H1121} walked{H1980} not in his ways,{H1870} but turned aside{H5186} after{H310} lucre,{H1215} and took{H3947} bribes,{H7810} and perverted{H5186} justice.{H4941}
Isa 1:23 : 23 Thy princes{H8269} are rebellious,{H5637} and companions{H2270} of thieves;{H1590} every one loveth{H157} bribes,{H7810} and followeth{H7291} after rewards:{H8021} they judge{H8199} not the fatherless,{H3490} neither doth the cause{H7379} of the widow{H490} come{H935} unto them.
Amos 5:10 : 10 They hate{H8130} him that reproveth{H3198} in the gate,{H8179} and they abhor{H8581} him that speaketh{H1696} uprightly.{H8549}
Mic 3:11 : 11 The heads{H7218} thereof judge{H8199} for reward,{H7810} and the priests{H3548} thereof teach{H3384} for hire,{H4242} and the prophets{H5030} thereof divine{H7080} for money:{H3701} yet they lean{H8172} upon Jehovah,{H3068} and say,{H559} Is not Jehovah{H3068} in the midst{H7130} of us? no evil{H7451} shall come{H935} upon us.
Mic 7:3 : 3 Their hands{H3709} are upon that which is evil{H7451} to do it diligently;{H3190} the prince{H8269} asketh,{H7592} and the judge{H8199} [is ready] for a reward;{H7966} and the great{H1419} man, he uttereth{H1696} the evil{H1942} desire{H5315} of his soul: thus they weave{H5686} it together.
Mal 3:5 : 5 And I will come near{H7126} to you to judgment;{H4941} and I will be a swift{H4116} witness{H5707} against the sorcerers,{H3784} and against the adulterers,{H5003} and against the false{H8267} swearers,{H7650} and against those that oppress{H6231} the hireling{H7916} in his wages,{H7939} the widow,{H490} and the fatherless,{H3490} and that turn aside{H5186} the sojourner{H1616} [from his right], and fear{H3372} not me, saith{H559} Jehovah{H3068} of hosts.{H6635}
Acts 3:13-14 : 13 The God{G2316} of Abraham,{G11} and{G2532} of Isaac,{G2464} and{G2532} of Jacob,{G2384} the God{G2316} of our{G2257} fathers,{G3962} hath glorified{G1392} his{G846} Servant{G3816} Jesus;{G2424} whom{G3739} ye{G5210} delivered up,{G3860} and{G2532} denied{G720} {G846} before{G2596} the face{G4383} of Pilate,{G4091} when{G2919} he{G1565} had determined{G2919} to release{G630} him. 14 But{G1161} ye{G5210} denied{G720} the Holy and{G2532} Righteous{G1342} One,{G40} and{G2532} asked{G154} for a{G435} murderer{G5406} to be granted{G5483} unto you,{G5213}
Acts 7:52 : 52 Which{G5101} of the prophets{G4396} did{G1377} not{G3756} your{G5216} fathers{G3962} persecute?{G1377} and{G2532} they killed{G615} them that{G3588} showed before{G4293} of{G4012} the coming{G1660} of the Righteous One;{G1342} of whom{G3739} ye{G5210} have now{G3568} become{G1096} betrayers{G4273} and{G2532} murderers;{G5406}
Heb 4:12-13 : 12 For{G1063} the word{G3056} of God{G2316} is living,{G2198} and{G2532} active,{G1756} and{G2532} sharper{G5114} than{G5228} any{G3956} two-edged{G1366} sword,{G3162} and piercing{G1338} even{G2532} to{G891} the dividing{G3311} of{G5037} soul{G5590} and{G2532} spirit,{G4151} of both{G5037} joints{G719} and{G5037} marrow,{G3452} and{G2532} quick to discern{G2924} the thoughts{G1761} and{G2532} intents{G1771} of the heart.{G2588} 13 And there{G2076} is no{G3756} creature{G2937} that is not manifest{G852} in{G1799} his{G846} sight:{G1799} but{G1161} all things{G3956} are naked{G1131} and{G2532} laid open{G5136} before the eyes{G3788} of him{G846} with{G4314} whom{G3739} we have{G2254} to do.{G3056}
Jas 5:4 : 4 Behold,{G2400} the hire{G3408} of the laborers{G2040} who{G3588} mowed{G270} your{G5216} fields,{G5561} which is of{G575} you{G5216} kept back by fraud,{G650} crieth{G2896} out: and{G2532} the cries{G995} of them{G3588} that reaped{G2325} have entered{G1525} into{G1519} the ears{G3775} of the Lord{G2962} of Sabaoth.{G4519}
Jas 5:6 : 6 Ye have condemned,{G2613} ye have killed{G5407} the righteous{G1342} [one]; he doth{G498} not{G3756} resist{G498} you.{G5213}
Isa 5:23 : 23 that justify{H6663} the wicked{H7563} for{H6118} a bribe,{H7810} and take away{H5493} the righteousness{H6666} of the righteous{H6662} from him!
Isa 10:2 : 2 to turn aside{H5186} the needy{H1800} from justice,{H1779} and to rob{H1497} the poor{H6041} of my people{H5971} of their right,{H4941} that widows{H490} may be their spoil,{H7998} and that they may make the fatherless{H3490} their prey!{H962}
Deut 16:18 : 18 Judges{H8199} and officers{H7860} shalt thou make{H5414} thee in all thy gates,{H8179} which Jehovah{H3068} thy God{H430} giveth{H5414} thee, according to thy tribes;{H7626} and they shall judge{H8199} the people{H5971} with righteous{H6664} judgment.{H4941}
Deut 31:21 : 21 And it shall come to pass, when many{H7227} evils{H7451} and troubles{H6869} are come upon{H4672} them, that this song{H7892} shall testify{H6030} before{H6440} them as a witness;{H5707} for it shall not be forgotten{H7911} out of the mouths{H6310} of their seed:{H2233} for I know{H3045} their imagination{H3336} which they frame{H6213} this day,{H3117} before I have brought{H935} them into the land{H776} which I sware.{H7650}
Ruth 4:1 : 1 Now Boaz{H1162} went{H5927} up{H5927} to the gate,{H8179} and sat him down{H3427} there: and, behold, the near kinsman{H1350} of whom Boaz{H1162} spake{H1696} came{H5674} by; unto whom he said,{H559} Ho,{H1945} such{H6423} a one!{H492} turn aside,{H5493} sit down{H3427} here. And he turned aside,{H5493} and sat down.{H3427}
2 Kgs 17:7-9 : 7 And it was so, because the children{H1121} of Israel{H3478} had sinned{H2398} against Jehovah{H3068} their God,{H430} who brought them up{H5927} out of the land{H776} of Egypt{H4714} from under the hand{H3027} of Pharaoh{H6547} king{H4428} of Egypt,{H4714} and had feared{H3372} other{H312} gods,{H430} 8 and walked{H3212} in the statutes{H2708} of the nations,{H1471} whom Jehovah{H3068} cast out{H3423} from before{H6440} the children{H1121} of Israel,{H3478} and of the kings{H4428} of Israel,{H3478} which they made.{H6213} 9 And the children{H1121} of Israel{H3478} did secretly{H2644} things{H1697} that were not right against Jehovah{H3068} their God:{H430} and they built{H1129} them high places{H1116} in all their cities,{H5892} from the tower{H4026} of the watchmen{H5341} to the fortified{H4013} city;{H5892} 10 and they set them up{H5324} pillars{H4676} and Asherim{H842} upon every high{H1364} hill,{H1389} and under every green{H7488} tree;{H6086} 11 and there they burnt incense{H6999} in all the high places,{H1116} as did the nations{H1471} whom Jehovah{H3068} carried away{H1540} before{H6440} them; and they wrought{H6213} wicked{H7451} things{H1697} to provoke Jehovah{H3068} to anger;{H3707} 12 and they served{H5647} idols,{H1544} whereof Jehovah{H3068} had said{H559} unto them, Ye shall not do{H6213} this thing.{H1697} 13 Yet Jehovah{H3068} testified{H5749} unto Israel,{H3478} and unto Judah,{H3063} by{H3027} every prophet,{H5030} and every seer,{H2374} saying,{H559} Turn{H7725} ye from your evil{H7451} ways,{H1870} and keep{H8104} my commandments{H4687} and my statutes,{H2708} according to all the law{H8451} which I commanded{H6680} your fathers,{H1} and which I sent{H7971} to you by{H3027} my servants{H5650} the prophets.{H5030} 14 Notwithstanding, they would not hear,{H8085} but hardened{H7185} their neck,{H6203} like to the neck{H6203} of their fathers,{H1} who believed{H539} not in Jehovah{H3068} their God.{H430} 15 And they rejected{H3988} his statutes,{H2706} and his covenant{H1285} that he made{H3772} with their fathers,{H1} and his testimonies{H5715} which he testified{H5749} unto them; and they followed{H3212} vanity,{H1892} and became vain,{H1891} and [went] after{H310} the nations{H1471} that were round about{H5439} them, concerning whom Jehovah{H3068} had charged{H6680} them that they should not do{H6213} like them. 16 And they forsook{H5800} all the commandments{H4687} of Jehovah{H3068} their God,{H430} and made{H6213} them molten images,{H4541} even two{H8147} calves,{H5695} and made{H6213} an Asherah,{H842} and worshipped{H7812} all the host{H6635} of heaven,{H8064} and served{H5647} Baal.{H1168} 17 And they caused their sons{H1121} and their daughters{H1323} to pass{H5674} through the fire,{H784} and used{H7080} divination{H7081} and enchantments,{H5172} and sold{H4376} themselves to do{H6213} that which was evil{H7451} in the sight{H5869} of Jehovah,{H3068} to provoke him to anger.{H3707}
Job 29:7-9 : 7 When I went forth{H3318} to the gate{H8179} unto the city,{H7176} When I prepared{H3559} my seat{H4186} in the street,{H7339} 8 The young men{H5288} saw{H7200} me and hid{H2244} themselves, And the aged{H3453} rose up{H6965} and stood;{H5975} 9 The princes{H8269} refrained{H6113} from talking,{H4405} And laid{H7760} their hand{H3709} on their mouth;{H6310} 10 The voice{H2244} of the nobles{H5057} was hushed,{H6963} And their tongue{H3956} cleaved{H1692} to the roof of their mouth.{H2441} 11 For when the ear{H241} heard{H8085} [me], then it blessed{H833} me; And when the eye{H5869} saw{H7200} [me], it gave witness{H5749} unto me: 12 Because I delivered{H4422} the poor{H6041} that cried,{H7768} The fatherless{H3490} also, that had none to help{H5826} him. 13 The blessing{H1293} of him that was ready to perish{H6} came{H935} upon me; And I caused the widow's{H490} heart{H3820} to sing for joy.{H7442} 14 I put{H3847} on righteousness,{H6664} and it clothed{H3847} me: My justice{H4941} was as a robe{H4598} and a diadem.{H6797} 15 I was eyes{H5869} to the blind,{H5787} And feet{H7272} was I to the lame.{H6455} 16 I was a father{H1} to the needy:{H34} And the cause{H7379} of him that I knew{H3045} not I searched out.{H2713} 17 And I brake{H7665} the jaws{H4973} of the unrighteous,{H5767} And plucked{H7993} the prey{H2964} out of his teeth.{H8127} 18 Then I said,{H559} I shall die{H1478} in my nest,{H7064} And I shall multiply{H7235} my days{H3117} as the sand:{H2344} 19 My root{H8328} is spread out{H6605} to the waters,{H4325} And the dew{H2919} lieth all night{H3885} upon my branch;{H7105} 20 My glory{H3519} is fresh{H2319} in me,{H5978} And my bow{H7198} is renewed{H2498} in my hand.{H3027} 21 Unto me men gave ear,{H8085} and waited,{H3176} And kept silence{H1826} for{H3926} my counsel.{H6098} 22 After{H310} my words{H1697} they spake not again;{H8138} And my speech{H4405} distilled{H5197} upon them. 23 And they waited{H3176} for me as for the rain;{H4306} And they opened{H6473} their mouth{H6310} wide [as] for the latter rain.{H4456} 24 I smiled{H7832} on them, when they had no confidence;{H539} And the light{H216} of my countenance{H6440} they cast not down.{H5307} 25 I chose{H977} out their way,{H1870} and sat{H3427} [as] chief,{H7218} And dwelt{H7931} as a king{H4428} in the army,{H1416} As one that comforteth{H5162} the mourners.{H57}
Job 31:21 : 21 If I have lifted up{H5130} my hand{H3027} against the fatherless,{H3490} Because I saw{H7200} my help{H5833} in the gate:{H8179}
Ps 26:9-9 : 9 Gather{H622} not my soul{H5315} with sinners,{H2400} Nor my life{H2416} with men{H582} of blood;{H1818} 10 In whose hands{H3027} is wickedness,{H2154} And their right hand{H3225} is full{H4390} of bribes.{H7810}
Prov 22:22 : 22 Rob{H1497} not the poor,{H1800} because he is poor;{H1800} Neither oppress{H1792} the afflicted{H6041} in the gate:{H8179}
Isa 33:15 : 15 He that walketh{H1980} righteously,{H6666} and speaketh{H1696} uprightly;{H4339} he that despiseth{H3988} the gain{H1215} of oppressions,{H4642} that shaketh{H5287} his hands{H3709} from taking{H8551} a bribe,{H7810} that stoppeth{H331} his ears{H241} from hearing{H8085} of blood,{H1818} and shutteth{H6105} his eyes{H5869} from looking{H7200} upon evil:{H7451}
Isa 47:9 : 9 but these two{H8147} things shall come{H935} to thee in a moment{H7281} in one{H259} day,{H3117} the loss of children,{H7908} and widowhood;{H489} in their full measure{H8537} shall they come{H935} upon thee, in the multitude{H7230} of thy sorceries,{H3785} and the great{H3966} abundance{H6109} of thine enchantments.{H2267}
Isa 66:18 : 18 For I [know] their works{H4639} and their thoughts:{H4284} [the time] cometh,{H935} that I will gather{H6908} all nations{H1471} and tongues;{H3956} and they shall come,{H935} and shall see{H7200} my glory.{H3519}
Jer 29:23 : 23 because they have wrought{H6213} folly{H5039} in Israel,{H3478} and have committed{H6213} adultery{H5003} with their neighbors'{H7453} wives,{H802} and have spoken{H1696} words{H1697} in my name{H8034} falsely,{H8267} which I commanded{H6680} them not; and I am he that knoweth,{H3045} and am witness,{H5707} saith{H5002} Jehovah.{H3068}
Lam 3:34 : 34 To crush{H1792} under foot{H7272} all the prisoners{H615} of the earth,{H776}
Amos 2:16 : 16 and he that is courageous{H533} among the mighty{H1368} shall flee away{H5127} naked{H6174} in that day,{H3117} saith{H5002} Jehovah.{H3068}