Verse 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}
Referenced Verses
- Amos 5:7 : 7 Ye who turn{H2015} justice{H4941} to wormwood,{H3939} and cast down{H3240} righteousness{H6666} to the earth,{H776}
- 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 4:2 : 2 There is nought but swearing{H422} and breaking faith,{H3584} and killing,{H7523} and stealing,{H1589} and committing adultery;{H5003} they break out,{H6555} and blood{H1818} toucheth{H5060} blood.{H1818}
- 2 Kgs 17:3-4 : 3 Against him came up{H5927} Shalmaneser{H8022} king{H4428} of Assyria;{H804} and Hoshea{H1954} became his servant,{H5650} and brought{H7725} him tribute.{H4503} 4 And the king{H4428} of Assyria{H804} found{H4672} conspiracy{H7195} in Hoshea;{H1954} for he had sent{H7971} messengers{H4397} to So{H5471} king{H4428} of Egypt,{H4714} and offered{H5927} no tribute{H4503} to the king{H4428} of Assyria,{H804} as he had done year{H8141} by year:{H8141} therefore the king{H4428} of Assyria{H804} shut him up,{H6113} and bound{H631} him in prison.{H1004}
- Ezek 17:13-19 : 13 and he took{H3947} of the seed{H2233} royal,{H4410} and made{H3772} a covenant{H1285} with him; he also brought{H935} him under an oath,{H423} and took{H935} away the mighty{H352} of the land;{H776} 14 that the kingdom{H4467} might be base,{H8217} that it might not lift itself up,{H5375} but that by keeping{H8104} his covenant{H1285} it might stand.{H5975} 15 But he rebelled{H4775} against him in sending{H7971} his ambassadors{H4397} into Egypt,{H4714} that they might give{H5414} him horses{H5483} and much{H7227} people.{H5971} Shall he prosper?{H6743} shall he escape{H4422} that doeth{H6213} such things? shall he break{H6565} the covenant,{H1285} and yet escape?{H4422} 16 As I live,{H2416} saith{H5002} the Lord{H136} Jehovah,{H3069} surely in the place{H4725} where the king{H4428} dwelleth that made him king,{H4427} whose oath{H423} he despised,{H959} and whose covenant{H1285} he brake,{H6565} even with him in the midst{H8432} of Babylon{H894} he shall die.{H4191} 17 Neither shall Pharaoh{H6547} with his mighty{H1419} army{H2428} and great{H7227} company{H6951} help{H6213} him in the war,{H4421} when they cast up{H8210} mounds{H5550} and build{H1129} forts,{H1785} to cut off{H3772} many{H7227} persons.{H5315} 18 For he hath despised{H959} the oath{H423} by breaking{H6565} the covenant;{H1285} and behold, he had given{H5414} his hand,{H3027} and yet hath done{H6213} all these things; he shall not escape.{H4422} 19 Therefore thus saith{H559} the Lord{H136} Jehovah:{H3069} As I live,{H2416} surely mine oath{H423} that he hath despised,{H959} and my covenant{H1285} that he hath broken,{H6331} I will even bring{H5414} it upon his own head.{H7218}
- 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}
- 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 59:13-15 : 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} 15 Yea, truth{H571} is lacking;{H5737} and he that departeth{H5493} from evil{H7451} maketh himself a prey.{H7997} And Jehovah{H3068} saw{H7200} it, and it displeased{H3415} him that there was no justice.{H4941}
- Acts 8:23 : 23 For{G1063} I see{G3708} that thou{G4571} art{G5607} in{G1519} the gall{G5521} of bitterness{G4088} and{G2532} in the bond{G4886} of iniquity.{G93}
- Rom 1:31 : 31 without understanding,{G801} covenant-breakers,{G802} without natural affection,{G794} {G786} unmerciful:{G415}
- 2 Tim 3:3 : 3 without natural affection,{G794} implacable,{G786} slanderers,{G1228} without self-control,{G193} fierce,{G434} no lovers of good,{G865}
- Heb 12:15 : 15 looking carefully{G1983} lest{G3361} [there be] any man{G5100} that falleth{G5302} short of{G575} the grace{G5485} of God;{G2316} lest{G3361} any{G5100} root{G4491} of bitterness{G4088} springing{G5453} up{G507} trouble{G1776} [you], and{G2532} thereby{G3778} {G1223} the many{G4183} be defiled;{G3392}
- Rev 8:10-11 : 10 And{G2532} the third{G5154} angel{G32} sounded,{G4537} and{G2532} there fell{G4098} from{G1537} heaven{G3772} a great{G3173} star,{G792} burning{G2545} as{G5613} a torch,{G2985} and{G2532} it fell{G4098} upon{G1909} the third part{G5154} of the rivers,{G4215} and{G2532} upon{G1909} the fountains{G4077} of the waters;{G5204} 11 and{G2532} the name{G3686} of the star{G792} is called{G3004} Wormwood:{G894} and{G2532} the third{G5154} part of the waters{G5204} became{G1096} {G1519} wormwood;{G894} and{G2532} many{G4183} men{G444} died{G599} of{G1537} the waters,{G5204} because{G3754} they were made bitter.{G4087}
- Hos 6:7 : 7 But they like Adam{H120} have transgressed{H5674} the covenant:{H1285} there have they dealt treacherously{H898} against me.