Verse 7
Ye who turn{H2015} justice{H4941} to wormwood,{H3939} and cast down{H3240} righteousness{H6666} to the earth,{H776}
Referenced Verses
- Amos 6:12 : 12 Shall horses{H5483} run{H7323} upon the rock?{H5553} will one plow{H2790} there with oxen?{H1241} that ye have turned{H2015} justice{H4941} into gall,{H7219} and the fruit{H6529} of righteousness{H6666} into wormwood;{H3939}
- Hos 10:4 : 4 They speak{H1696} vain words,{H1697} swearing{H422} falsely{H7723} in making{H3772} covenants:{H1285} therefore judgment{H4941} springeth up{H6524} as hemlock{H7219} in the furrows{H8525} of the field.{H7704}
- Zeph 1:6 : 6 and them that are turned back{H5472} from{H310} following Jehovah;{H3068} and those that have not sought{H1245} Jehovah,{H3068} nor inquired{H1875} after him.
- Amos 5:11-12 : 11 Forasmuch{H3282} therefore as ye trample{H1318} upon the poor,{H1800} and take{H3947} exactions{H4864} from him of wheat:{H1250} ye have built{H1129} houses{H1004} of hewn stone,{H1496} but ye shall not dwell{H3427} in them; ye have planted{H5193} pleasant{H2531} vineyards,{H3754} but ye shall not drink{H8354} the wine{H3196} thereof. 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].
- Hab 1:12-14 : 12 Art not thou from everlasting,{H6924} O Jehovah{H3068} my God,{H430} my Holy One?{H6918} we shall not die.{H4191} O Jehovah,{H3068} thou hast ordained{H7760} him for judgment;{H4941} and thou, O Rock,{H6697} hast established{H3245} him for correction.{H3198} 13 Thou that art of purer{H2889} eyes{H5869} than to behold{H7200} evil,{H7451} and that canst{H3201} not look{H5027} on perverseness,{H5999} wherefore lookest{H5027} thou upon them that deal treacherously,{H898} and holdest thy peace{H2790} when the wicked{H7563} swalloweth{H1104} up the man that is more righteous{H6662} than he; 14 and makest{H6213} men{H120} as the fishes{H1709} of the sea,{H3220} as the creeping things,{H7431} that have no ruler{H4910} over them?
- Deut 29:18 : 18 lest there should be{H3426} among you man,{H376} or woman,{H802} or family,{H4940} or tribe,{H7626} whose heart{H3824} turneth away{H6437} this day{H3117} from Jehovah{H3068} our God,{H430} to go{H3212} to serve{H5647} the gods{H430} of those nations;{H1471} lest there should be{H3426} among you a root{H8328} that beareth{H6509} gall{H7219} and wormwood;{H3939}
- Ps 36:3 : 3 The words{H1697} of his mouth{H6310} are iniquity{H205} and deceit:{H4820} He hath ceased{H2308} to be wise{H7919} [and] to do good.{H3190}
- Ps 125:5 : 5 But as for such as turn aside{H5186} unto their crooked ways,{H6128} Jehovah{H3068} will lead them forth{H3212} with the workers{H6466} of iniquity.{H205} Peace{H7965} be upon Israel.{H3478}
- 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.
- Isa 5:7 : 7 For the vineyard{H3754} of Jehovah{H3068} of hosts{H6635} is the house{H1004} of Israel,{H3478} and the men{H376} of Judah{H3063} his pleasant{H8191} plant:{H5194} and he looked{H6960} for justice,{H4941} but, behold, oppression;{H4939} for righteousness,{H6666} but, behold, a cry.{H6818}
- Isa 10:1 : 1 Woe{H1945} unto them that decree{H2710} unrighteous{H205} decrees,{H2711} and to the writers{H3789} that write{H3789} perverseness;{H5999}
- Isa 59:13-14 : 13 transgressing{H6586} and denying{H3584} Jehovah,{H3068} and turning away{H5253} from{H310} following our God,{H430} speaking{H1696} oppression{H6233} and revolt,{H5627} conceiving{H2029} and uttering{H1897} from the heart{H3820} words{H1697} of falsehood.{H8267} 14 And justice{H4941} is turned away{H5253} backward,{H268} and righteousness{H6666} standeth{H5975} afar off;{H7350} for truth{H571} is fallen{H3782} in the street,{H7339} and uprightness{H5229} cannot{H3201} enter.{H935}
- Ezek 3:20 : 20 Again,{H7725} when a righteous{H6662} man doth turn{H7725} from his righteousness,{H6664} and commit{H6213} iniquity,{H5766} and I lay{H5414} a stumblingblock{H4383} before{H6440} him, he shall die:{H4191} because thou hast not given him warning,{H2094} he shall die{H4191} in his sin,{H2403} and his righteous{H6666} deeds which he hath done{H6213} shall not be remembered;{H2142} but his blood{H1818} will I require{H1245} at thy hand.{H3027}
- Ezek 18:24 : 24 But when the righteous{H6662} turneth away{H7725} from his righteousness,{H6666} and committeth{H6213} iniquity,{H5766} and doeth{H6213} according to all the abominations{H8441} that the wicked{H7563} man doeth,{H6213} shall he live?{H2425} None of his righteous{H6666} deeds that he hath done{H6213} shall be remembered:{H2142} in his trespass{H4603} that he hath trespassed,{H4604} and in his sin{H2403} that he hath sinned,{H2398} in them shall he die.{H4191}
- Ezek 33:12-13 : 12 And thou, son{H1121} of man,{H120} say{H559} unto the children{H1121} of thy people,{H5971} The righteousness{H6666} of the righteous{H6662} shall not deliver{H5337} him in the day{H3117} of his transgression;{H6588} and as for the wickedness{H7564} of the wicked,{H7563} he shall not fall{H3782} thereby in the day{H3117} that he turneth{H7725} from his wickedness;{H7562} neither shall he that is righteous{H6662} be able{H3201} to live{H2421} thereby in the day{H3117} that he sinneth.{H2398} 13 When I say{H559} to the righteous,{H6662} that he shall surely{H2421} live;{H2421} if he trust{H982} to his righteousness,{H6666} and commit{H6213} iniquity,{H5766} none of his righteous{H6666} deeds shall be remembered;{H2142} but in his iniquity{H5766} that he hath committed,{H6213} therein shall he die.{H4191}
- Ezek 33:18 : 18 When the righteous{H6662} turneth{H7725} from his righteousness,{H6666} and committeth{H6213} iniquity,{H5766} he shall even die{H4191} therein.