Isaiah 59:4

American Standard Version (1901)

None sueth in righteousness, and none pleadeth in truth: they trust in vanity, and speak lies; they conceive mischief, and bring forth iniquity.

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  • Job 15:35 : 35 They conceive mischief, and bring forth iniquity, And their heart prepareth deceit.
  • Isa 30:12 : 12 Wherefore thus saith the Holy One of Israel, Because ye despise this word, and trust in oppression and perverseness, and rely thereon;
  • Jer 7:4 : 4 Trust ye not in lying words, saying, The temple of Jehovah, the temple of Jehovah, the temple of Jehovah, are these.
  • Jer 7:8 : 8 Behold, ye trust in lying words, that cannot profit.
  • Ezek 22:29-31 : 29 The people of the land have used oppression, and exercised robbery; yea, they have vexed the poor and needy, and have oppressed the sojourner wrongfully. 30 And I sought for a man among them, that should build up the wall, and stand in the gap before me for the land, that I should not destroy it; but I found none. 31 Therefore have I poured out mine indignation upon them; I have consumed them with the fire of my wrath: their own way have I brought upon their heads, saith the Lord Jehovah.
  • Mic 2:1 : 1 Woe to them that devise iniquity and work evil upon their beds! when the morning is light, they practise it, because it is in the power of their hand.
  • Mic 7:2-5 : 2 The godly man is perished out of the earth, and there is none upright among men: they all lie in wait for blood; they hunt every man his brother with a net. 3 Their hands are upon that which is evil to do it diligently; the prince asketh, and the judge [is ready] for a reward; and the great man, he uttereth the evil desire of his soul: thus they weave it together. 4 The best of them is as a brier; the most upright is [worse] than a thorn hedge: the day of thy watchmen, even thy visitation, is come; now shall be their perplexity. 5 Trust ye not in a neighbor; put ye not confidence in a friend; keep the doors of thy mouth from her that lieth in thy bosom.
  • Jas 1:15 : 15 Then the lust, when it hath conceived, beareth sin: and the sin, when it is fullgrown, bringeth forth death.
  • Job 15:31 : 31 Let him not trust in vanity, deceiving himself; For vanity shall be his recompense.
  • Isa 59:3 : 3 For your hands are defiled with blood, and your fingers with iniquity; your lips have spoken lies, your tongue muttereth wickedness.
  • Isa 59:13-14 : 13 transgressing and denying Jehovah, and turning away from following our God, speaking oppression and revolt, conceiving and uttering from the heart words of falsehood. 14 And justice is turned away backward, and righteousness standeth afar off; for truth is fallen in the street, and uprightness cannot enter.
  • Isa 59:16 : 16 And he saw that there was no man, and wondered that there was no intercessor: therefore his own arm brought salvation unto him; and his righteousness, it upheld him.
  • Jer 5:1 : 1 Run ye to and fro through the streets of Jerusalem, and see now, and know, and seek in the broad places thereof, if ye can find a man, if there be any that doeth justly, that seeketh truth; and I will pardon her.
  • Jer 5:4-5 : 4 Then I said, Surely these are poor; they are foolish; for they know not the way of Jehovah, nor the law of their God: 5 I will get me unto the great men, and will speak unto them; for they know the way of Jehovah, and the law of their God. But these with one accord have broken the yoke, and burst the bonds.
  • Ps 7:13-14 : 13 He hath also prepared for him the instruments of death; He maketh his arrows fiery [shafts] . 14 Behold, he travaileth with iniquity; Yea, he hath conceived mischief, and brought forth falsehood.
  • Ps 62:4 : 4 They only consult to thrust him down from his dignity; They delight in lies; They bless with their mouth, but they curse inwardly. {{Selah
  • Ps 62:10 : 10 Trust not in oppression, And become not vain in robbery: If riches increase, set not your heart [thereon] .
  • Prov 4:16 : 16 For they sleep not, except they do evil; And their sleep is taken away, unless they cause some to fall.

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    3For your hands are defiled with blood, and your fingers with iniquity; your lips have spoken lies, your tongue muttereth wickedness.

  • Isa 59:13-15
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    13transgressing and denying Jehovah, and turning away from following our God, speaking oppression and revolt, conceiving and uttering from the heart words of falsehood.

    14And justice is turned away backward, and righteousness standeth afar off; for truth is fallen in the street, and uprightness cannot enter.

    15Yea, truth is lacking; and he that departeth from evil maketh himself a prey. And Jehovah saw it, and it displeased him that there was no justice.

  • Jer 9:3
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    3And they bend their tongue, [as it were] their bow, for falsehood; and they are grown strong in the land, but not for truth: for they proceed from evil to evil, and they know not me, saith Jehovah.

  • Jer 9:5-6
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    5And they will deceive every one his neighbor, and will not speak the truth: they have taught their tongue to speak lies; they weary themselves to commit iniquity.

    6Thy habitation is in the midst of deceit; through deceit they refuse to know me, saith Jehovah.

  • Isa 59:5-9
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    5They hatch adders' eggs, and weave the spider's web: he that eateth of their eggs dieth; and that which is crushed breaketh out into a viper.

    6Their webs shall not become garments, neither shall they cover themselves with their works: their works are works of iniquity, and the act of violence is in their hands.

    7Their feet run to evil, and they make haste to shed innocent blood: their thoughts are thoughts of iniquity; desolation and destruction are in their paths.

    8The way of peace they know not; and there is no justice in their goings: they have made them crooked paths; whosoever goeth therein doth not know peace.

    9Therefore is justice far from us, neither doth righteousness overtake us: we look for light, but, behold, darkness; for brightness, but we walk in obscurity.

  • Job 15:35
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    35They conceive mischief, and bring forth iniquity, And their heart prepareth deceit.

  • Ps 7:14
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    14Behold, he travaileth with iniquity; Yea, he hath conceived mischief, and brought forth falsehood.

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    9For there is no faithfulness in their mouth; Their inward part is very wickedness; Their throat is an open sepulchre; They flatter with their tongue.

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    2The godly man is perished out of the earth, and there is none upright among men: they all lie in wait for blood; they hunt every man his brother with a net.

    3Their hands are upon that which is evil to do it diligently; the prince asketh, and the judge [is ready] for a reward; and the great man, he uttereth the evil desire of his soul: thus they weave it together.

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    1Hear the word of Jehovah, ye children of Israel; for Jehovah hath a controversy with the inhabitants of the land, because there is no truth, nor goodness, nor knowledge of God in the land.

    2There is nought but swearing and breaking faith, and killing, and stealing, and committing adultery; they break out, and blood toucheth blood.

  • Rom 3:11-13
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    11There is none that understandeth, There is none that seeketh after God;

    12They have all turned aside, they are together become unprofitable; There is none that doeth good, no, not, so much as one:

    13Their throat is an open sepulchre; With their tongues they have used deceit: The poison of asps is under their lips:

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    28They are waxed fat, they shine: yea, they overpass in deeds of wickedness; they plead not the cause, the cause of the fatherless, that they may prosper; and the right of the needy do they not judge.

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    4Against whom do ye sport yourselves? against whom make ye a wide mouth, and put out the tongue? are ye not children of transgression, a seed of falsehood,

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    3They are all gone aside; They are together become filthy; There is none that doeth good, no, not one.

    4Have all the workers of iniquity no knowledge, Who eat up my people [as] they eat bread, And call not upon Jehovah?

  • Jer 7:8
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    8Behold, ye trust in lying words, that cannot profit.

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    8Whose mouth speaketh deceit, And whose right hand is a right hand of falsehood.

  • Ps 58:2-3
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    2Nay, in heart ye work wickedness; Ye weigh out the violence of your hands in the earth.

    3The wicked are estranged from the womb: They go astray as soon as they are born, speaking lies.

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    3The words of his mouth are iniquity and deceit: He hath ceased to be wise [and] to do good.

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    4Therefore the law is slacked, and justice doth never go forth; for the wicked doth compass about the righteous; therefore justice goeth forth perverted.

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    3Every one of them is gone back; They are together become filthy; There is none that doeth good, no, not one.

  • Hos 10:4
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    4They speak [vain] words, swearing falsely in making covenants: therefore judgment springeth up as hemlock in the furrows of the field. [

  • Ps 59:12
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    12[ For] the sin of their mouth, [and] the words of their lips, Let them even be taken in their pride, And for cursing and lying which they speak.

  • Mic 6:12
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    12For the rich men thereof are full of violence, and the inhabitants thereof have spoken lies, and their tongue is deceitful in their mouth.

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    11Wickedness is in the midst thereof: Oppression and guile depart not from its streets.

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    7And there is none that calleth upon thy name, that stirreth up himself to take hold of thee; for thou hast hid thy face from us, and hast consumed us by means of our iniquities.

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    1[For the Chief Musician; set to Mahalath. Maschil of David]. The fool hath said in his heart, There is no God. Corrupt are they, and have done abominable iniquity; There is none that doeth good.

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    2They speak falsehood every one with his neighbor: With flattering lip, and with a double heart, do they speak.

  • Prov 1:17
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    17For in vain is the net spread In the sight of any bird:

  • Isa 3:9
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    9The show of their countenance doth witness against them; and they declare their sin as Sodom, they hide it not. Woe unto their soul! for they have done evil unto themselves.

  • Ps 35:20
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    20For they speak not peace; But they devise deceitful words against them that are quiet in the land.

  • Ps 50:19
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    19Thou givest thy mouth to evil, And thy tongue frameth deceit.

  • Hos 7:3
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    3They make the king glad with their wickedness, and the princes with their lies.

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    5They encourage themselves in an evil purpose; They commune of laying snares privily; They say, Who will see them?

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    11The heads thereof judge for reward, and the priests thereof teach for hire, and the prophets thereof divine for money: yet they lean upon Jehovah, and say, Is not Jehovah in the midst of us? no evil shall come upon us.

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    13For from the least of them even unto the greatest of them every one is given to covetousness; and from the prophet even unto the priest every one dealeth falsely.

  • Isa 5:23
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    23that justify the wicked for a bribe, and take away the righteousness of the righteous from him!

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    7His mouth is full of cursing and deceit and oppression: Under his tongue is mischief and iniquity.