Lamentations 3:36

King James Version 1611 (Original)

To subvert a man in his cause, the Lord approveth not.

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Referenced Verses

  • Hab 1:13 : 13 Thou art of purer eyes than to behold evil, and canst not look on iniquity: wherefore lookest thou upon them that deal treacherously, and holdest thy tongue when the wicked devoureth the man that is more righteous than he?
  • 2 Sam 11:27 : 27 And when the mourning was past, David sent and fetched her to his house, and she became his wife, and bare him a son. But the thing that David had done displeased the LORD.
  • Isa 59:15 : 15 Yea, truth faileth; and he that departeth from evil maketh himself a prey: and the LORD saw it, and it displeased him that there was no judgment.
  • Jer 22:3 : 3 Thus saith the LORD; Execute ye judgment and righteousness, and deliver the spoiled out of the hand of the oppressor: and do no wrong, do no violence to the stranger, the fatherless, nor the widow, neither shed innocent blood in this place.

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    2A good man obtaineth favour of the LORD: but a man of wicked devices will he condemn.

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    26Many seek the ruler's favour; but every man's judgment cometh from the LORD.

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  • 18Lest the LORD see it, and it displease him, and he turn away his wrath from him.

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    30Strive not with a man without cause, if he have done thee no harm.

    31Envy thou not the oppressor, and choose none of his ways.

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    2Thou shalt not follow a multitude to do evil; neither shalt thou speak in a cause to decline after many to wrest judgment:

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  • 3The integrity of the upright shall guide them: but the perverseness of transgressors shall destroy them.

  • 6Thou shalt not wrest the judgment of thy poor in his cause.

  • 6He preserveth not the life of the wicked: but giveth right to the poor.

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  • 3For the wicked boasteth of his heart's desire, and blesseth the covetous, whom the LORD abhorreth.

  • 7The robbery of the wicked shall destroy them; because they refuse to do judgment.

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  • 17But thou hast fulfilled the judgment of the wicked: judgment and justice take hold on thee.

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