Isaiah 57:1

NET Bible® (New English Translation)

The godly perish, but no one cares. Honest people disappear, when no one minds that the godly disappear because of evil.

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Referenced Verses

  • 2 Kgs 22:20 : 20 ‘Therefore I will allow you to die and be buried in peace. You will not have to witness all the disaster I will bring on this place.’”’” Then they reported back to the king.
  • Ps 12:1 : 1 For the music director; according to the sheminith style; a psalm of David. Deliver, LORD! For the godly have disappeared; people of integrity have vanished.
  • Isa 42:25 : 25 So he poured out his fierce anger on them, along with the devastation of war. Its flames encircled them, but they did not realize it; it burned against them, but they did not take it to heart.
  • 2 Chr 34:28 : 28 ‘Therefore I will allow you to die and be buried in peace. You will not have to witness all the disaster I will bring on this place and its residents.’”’” Then they reported back to the king.
  • Isa 47:7 : 7 You said,‘I will rule forever as permanent queen!’ You did not think about these things; you did not consider how it would turn out.
  • Mic 7:2 : 2 Faithful men have disappeared from the land; there are no godly men left. They all wait in ambush to shed blood; they hunt their own brother with a net.
  • Mal 2:2 : 2 If you do not listen and take seriously the need to honor my name,” says the LORD of Heaven’s Armies,“I will send judgment on you and turn your blessings into curses– indeed, I have already done so because you are not taking it to heart.
  • Isa 57:11 : 11 Whom are you worried about? Whom do you fear, that you would act so deceitfully and not remember me or think about me? Because I have been silent for so long, you are not afraid of me.
  • 1 Kgs 14:13 : 13 All Israel will mourn him and bury him. He is the only one in Jeroboam’s family who will receive a decent burial, for he is the only one in whom the LORD God of Israel found anything good.
  • 2 Chr 32:33 : 33 Hezekiah passed away and was buried on the ascent of the tombs of the descendants of David. All the people of Judah and the residents of Jerusalem buried him with great honor. His son Manasseh replaced him as king.

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    2Faithful men have disappeared from the land; there are no godly men left. They all wait in ambush to shed blood; they hunt their own brother with a net.

  • Isa 57:2
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    2Those who live uprightly enter a place of peace; they rest on their beds.

  • Job 4:7
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    7Call to mind now: Who, being innocent, ever perished? And where were upright people ever destroyed?

  • Eccl 7:15
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    15Exceptions to the Law of Retribution During the days of my fleeting life I have seen both of these things: Sometimes a righteous person dies prematurely in spite of his righteousness, and sometimes a wicked person lives long in spite of his evil deeds.

  • Prov 14:32
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    32An evil person will be thrown down through his wickedness, but a righteous person takes refuge in his integrity.

  • Ezek 18:26
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    26When a righteous person turns back from his righteousness and practices wrongdoing, he will die for it; because of the wrongdoing he has done, he will die.

  • Ezek 18:24
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    24“But if a righteous man turns away from his righteousness and practices wrongdoing according to all the abominable practices the wicked carry out, will he live? All his righteous acts will not be remembered; because of the unfaithful acts he has done and the sin he has committed, he will die.

  • Prov 11:4-8
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    4Wealth does not profit in the day of wrath, but righteousness delivers from death.

    5The righteousness of the blameless will make their way smooth, but the wicked will fall through their own wickedness.

    6The righteousness of the upright will deliver them, but the treacherous will be ensnared by their own desires.

    7When a wicked person dies, his expectation perishes, and hope based on power has perished.

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  • Ezek 33:18
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    18When a righteous man turns from his godliness and commits iniquity, he will die for it.

  • Ps 1:6
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    6Certainly the LORD guards the way of the godly, but the way of the wicked ends in destruction.

  • Prov 28:28
    72%

    28When the wicked gain control, people hide themselves, but when they perish, the righteous increase.

  • Isa 59:15
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    15Honesty has disappeared; the one who tries to avoid evil is robbed. The LORD watches and is displeased, for there is no justice.

  • Prov 29:7
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    7The righteous person cares for the legal rights of the poor; the wicked does not understand such knowledge.

  • Job 34:20
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    20In a moment they die, in the middle of the night, people are shaken and they pass away. The mighty are removed effortlessly.

  • Prov 11:19
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    19True righteousness leads to life, but the one who pursues evil pursues it to his own death.

  • Prov 10:30
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    30The righteous will never be moved, but the wicked will not inhabit the land.

  • Job 36:6
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    6He does not allow the wicked to live, but he gives justice to the poor.

  • Ps 37:32
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    32Evil men set an ambush for the godly and try to kill them.

  • Isa 5:23
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    23They pronounce the guilty innocent for a payoff, they ignore the just cause of the innocent.

  • Ps 34:21
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    21Evil people self-destruct; those who hate the godly are punished.

  • Ezek 33:13
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    13Suppose I tell the righteous that he will certainly live, but he becomes confident in his righteousness and commits iniquity. None of his righteous deeds will be remembered; because of the iniquity he has committed he will die.

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    16The little bit that a godly man owns is better than the wealth of many evil men,

  • Prov 21:12
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    12The Righteous One considers the house of the wicked; he overthrows the wicked to their ruin.

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    21Evil men borrow, but do not repay their debt, but the godly show compassion and are generous.

  • Ps 12:1
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    1For the music director; according to the sheminith style; a psalm of David. Deliver, LORD! For the godly have disappeared; people of integrity have vanished.

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    19He goes to bed wealthy, but will do so no more. When he opens his eyes, it is all gone.

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    36But then one passes by, and suddenly they have disappeared! I looked for them, but they could not be found.

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    16but when the hot wind blows by, it disappears, and one can no longer even spot the place where it once grew.

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    11Violence has grown into a staff that supports wickedness. Not one of them will be left– not from their crowd, not from their wealth, not from their prominence.

  • Prov 12:28
    70%

    28In the path of righteousness there is life, but another path leads to death.

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    70%

    6Righteousness guards the one who lives with integrity, but wickedness overthrows the sinner.

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    20They are destroyed between morning and evening; they perish forever without anyone regarding it.

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    2Treasures gained by wickedness do not profit, but righteousness delivers from death.

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    3This is the unfortunate fact about everything that happens on earth: the same fate awaits everyone. In addition to this, the hearts of all people are full of evil, and there is folly in their hearts during their lives– then they die.

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    42When the godly see this, they rejoice, and every sinner shuts his mouth.

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    4For this reason the law lacks power, and justice is never carried out. Indeed, the wicked intimidate the innocent. For this reason justice is perverted.

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    7The wicked are overthrown and perish, but the righteous household will stand.

  • Prov 21:7
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    7The violence done by the wicked will drag them away because they have refused to do what is right.

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    5“Moreover I, the LORD, tell you:‘Do not go into a house where they are having a funeral meal. Do not go there to mourn and express your sorrow for them. For I have stopped showing them my good favor, my love, and my compassion. I, the LORD, so affirm it!

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    11Deliver those being taken away to death, and hold back those slipping to the slaughter.

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    22A good person leaves an inheritance for his grandchildren, but the wealth of a sinner is stored up for the righteous.

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    9May the evil deeds of the wicked come to an end! But make the innocent secure, O righteous God, you who examine inner thoughts and motives!

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    11Then observers will say,“Yes indeed, the godly are rewarded! Yes indeed, there is a God who judges in the earth!”