Verse 12

For I know{H3045}{(H8804)} your manifold{H7227} transgressions{H6588} and your mighty{H6099} sins{H2403}: they afflict{H6887}{(H8802)} the just{H6662}, they take{H3947}{(H8802)} a bribe{H3724}, and they turn aside{H5186}{(H8689)} the poor{H34} in the gate{H8179} from their right.

Referenced Verses

  • Amos 2:6-7 : 6 Thus saith{H559}{(H8804)} the LORD{H3068}; For three{H7969} transgressions{H6588} of Israel{H3478}, and for four{H702}, I will not turn away{H7725}{(H8686)} the punishment thereof; because they sold{H4376}{(H8800)} the righteous{H6662} for silver{H3701}, and the poor{H34} for a pair of shoes{H5275}; 7 That pant{H7602}{(H8802)} after the dust{H6083} of the earth{H776} on the head{H7218} of the poor{H1800}, and turn aside{H5186}{(H8686)} the way{H1870} of the meek{H6035}: and a man{H376} and his father{H1} will go{H3212}{(H8799)} in unto the same maid{H5291}, to profane{H2490}{(H8763)} my holy{H6944} name{H8034}:
  • Isa 29:21 : 21 That make a man{H120} an offender{H2398}{(H8688)} for a word{H1697}, and lay a snare{H6983}{(H8799)} for him that reproveth{H3198}{(H8688)} in the gate{H8179}, and turn aside{H5186}{(H8686)} the just{H6662} for a thing of nought{H8414}.
  • 1 Sam 8:3 : 3 And his sons{H1121} walked{H1980}{(H8804)} not in his ways{H1870}, but turned aside{H5186}{(H8799)} after{H310} lucre{H1215}, and took{H3947}{(H8799)} bribes{H7810}, and perverted{H5186}{(H8686)} judgment{H4941}.
  • Isa 1:23 : 23 Thy princes{H8269} are rebellious{H5637}{(H8802)}, and companions{H2270} of thieves{H1590}: every one loveth{H157}{(H8802)} gifts{H7810}, and followeth{H7291}{(H8802)} after rewards{H8021}: they judge{H8199}{(H8799)} not the fatherless{H3490}, neither doth the cause{H7379} of the widow{H490} come{H935}{(H8799)} unto them.
  • Amos 5:10 : 10 They hate{H8130}{(H8804)} him that rebuketh{H3198}{(H8688)} in the gate{H8179}, and they abhor{H8581}{(H8762)} him that speaketh{H1696}{(H8802)} uprightly{H8549}.
  • Mic 3:11 : 11 The heads{H7218} thereof judge{H8199}{(H8799)} for reward{H7810}, and the priests{H3548} thereof teach{H3384}{(H8686)} for hire{H4242}, and the prophets{H5030} thereof divine{H7080}{(H8799)} for money{H3701}: yet will they lean{H8172}{(H8735)} upon the LORD{H3068}, and say{H559}{(H8800)}, Is not the LORD{H3068} among{H7130} us? none evil{H7451} can come{H935}{(H8799)} upon us.
  • Mic 7:3 : 3 That they may do evil{H7451} with both hands{H3709} earnestly{H3190}{(H8687)}, the prince{H8269} asketh{H7592}{(H8802)}, and the judge{H8199}{(H8802)} asketh for a reward{H7966}; and the great{H1419} man, he uttereth{H1696}{(H8802)} his mischievous{H1942} desire{H5315}: so they wrap it up{H5686}{(H8762)}.
  • Mal 3:5 : 5 And I will come near{H7126}{(H8804)} to you to judgment{H4941}; and I will be a swift{H4116}{(H8764)} witness{H5707} against the sorcerers{H3784}{(H8764)}, and against the adulterers{H5003}{(H8764)}, and against false{H8267} swearers{H7650}{(H8737)}, and against those that oppress{H6231}{(H8802)} the hireling{H7916} in his wages{H7939}, the widow{H490}, and the fatherless{H3490}, and that turn aside{H5186}{(H8688)} the stranger{H1616} from his right, and fear{H3372}{(H8804)} not me, saith{H559}{(H8804)} the LORD{H3068} of hosts{H6635}.
  • Acts 3:13-14 : 13 The God{G2316} of Abraham{G11}, and{G2532} of Isaac{G2464}, and{G2532} of Jacob{G2384}, the God{G2316} of our{G2257} fathers{G3962}, hath glorified{G1392}{(G5656)} his{G846} Son{G3816} Jesus{G2424}; whom{G3739} ye{G5210} delivered up{G3860}{(G5656)}, and{G2532} denied{G720}{(G5662)} him{G846} in{G2596} the presence{G4383} of Pilate{G4091}, when he was determined{G2919}{(G5660)} to let{G630} him{G1565} go{G630}{(G5721)}. 14 But{G1161} ye{G5210} denied{G720}{(G5662)} the Holy One{G40} and{G2532} the Just{G1342}, and{G2532} desired{G154}{(G5668)} a murderer{G5406}{G435} to be granted{G5483}{(G5683)} unto you{G5213};
  • Acts 7:52 : 52 Which{G5101} of the prophets{G4396} have{G1377} not{G3756} your{G5216} fathers{G3962} persecuted{G1377}{(G5656)}? and{G2532} they have slain{G615}{(G5656)} them which{G3588} shewed before{G4293}{(G5660)} of{G4012} the coming{G1660} of the Just One{G1342}; of whom{G3739} ye{G5210} have been{G1096}{(G5769)} now{G3568} the betrayers{G4273} and{G2532} murderers{G5406}:
  • Heb 4:12-13 : 12 For{G1063} the word{G3056} of God{G2316} is quick{G2198}{(G5723)}, and{G2532} powerful{G1756}, and{G2532} sharper{G5114} than{G5228} any{G3956} twoedged{G1366} sword{G3162}, piercing{G1338}{(G5740)} even to{G891} the dividing asunder{G3311} of soul{G5590} and{G5037}{G2532} spirit{G4151}, and{G5037}{G2532} of the joints{G719} and{G2532} marrow{G3452}, and{G2532} is a discerner{G2924} of the thoughts{G1761} and{G2532} intents{G1771} of the heart{G2588}. 13 Neither{G2532}{G3756} is there{G2076}{(G5748)} any creature{G2937} that is not manifest{G852} in his{G846} sight{G1799}: but{G1161} all things{G3956} are naked{G1131} and{G2532} opened{G5136}{(G5772)} unto the eyes{G3788} of him{G846} with{G4314} whom{G3739} we have{G2254} to do{G3056}.
  • Jas 5:4 : 4 Behold{G2400}{(G5628)}, the hire{G3408} of the labourers{G2040} who{G3588} have reaped down{G270}{(G5660)} your{G5216} fields{G5561}, which{G3588} is of{G575} you{G5216} kept back by fraud{G650}{(G5772)}, crieth{G2896}{(G5719)}: and{G2532} the cries{G995} of them which have reaped{G2325}{(G5660)} are entered{G1525}{(G5754)} into{G1519} the ears{G3775} of the Lord{G2962} of sabaoth{G4519}.
  • Jas 5:6 : 6 Ye have condemned{G2613}{(G5656)} and killed{G5407}{(G5656)} the just{G1342}; and he doth{G498} not{G3756} resist{G498}{(G5731)} you{G5213}.
  • Isa 5:23 : 23 Which justify{H6663}{(H8688)} the wicked{H7563} for{H6118} reward{H7810}, and take away{H5493}{(H8686)} the righteousness{H6666} of the righteous{H6662} from him!
  • Isa 10:2 : 2 To turn aside{H5186}{(H8687)} the needy{H1800} from judgment{H1779}, and to take away{H1497}{(H8800)} the right{H4941} from the poor{H6041} of my people{H5971}, that widows{H490} may be their prey{H7998}, and that they may rob{H962}{(H8799)} the fatherless{H3490}!
  • Deut 16:18 : 18 Judges{H8199}{(H8802)} and officers{H7860}{(H8802)} shalt thou make{H5414}{(H8799)} thee in all thy gates{H8179}, which the LORD{H3068} thy God{H430} giveth{H5414}{(H8802)} thee, throughout thy tribes{H7626}: and they shall judge{H8199}{(H8804)} the people{H5971} with just{H6664} judgment{H4941}.
  • Deut 31:21 : 21 And it shall come to pass, when many{H7227} evils{H7451} and troubles{H6869} are befallen{H4672}{(H8799)} them, that this song{H7892} shall testify{H6030}{(H8804)} against{H6440} them as a witness{H5707}; for it shall not be forgotten{H7911}{(H8735)} out of the mouths{H6310} of their seed{H2233}: for I know{H3045}{(H8804)} their imagination{H3336} which they go about{H6213}{(H8802)}, even now{H3117}, before I have brought{H935}{(H8686)} them into the land{H776} which I sware{H7650}{(H8738)}.
  • Ruth 4:1 : 1 Then went{H5927} Boaz{H1162} up{H5927}{(H8804)} to the gate{H8179}, and sat him down{H3427}{(H8799)} there: and, behold, the kinsman{H1350}{(H8802)} of whom Boaz{H1162} spake{H1696}{(H8765)} came{H5674}{(H8802)} by; unto whom he said{H559}{(H8799)}, Ho{H1945}, such{H6423} a one{H492}! turn aside{H5493}{(H8798)}, sit down{H3427}{(H8798)} here. And he turned aside{H5493}{(H8799)}, and sat down{H3427}{(H8799)}.
  • 2 Kgs 17:7-9 : 7 For so it was, that the children{H1121} of Israel{H3478} had sinned{H2398}{(H8804)} against the LORD{H3068} their God{H430}, which had brought them up{H5927}{(H8688)} out of the land{H776} of Egypt{H4714}, from under the hand{H3027} of Pharaoh{H6547} king{H4428} of Egypt{H4714}, and had feared{H3372}{(H8799)} other{H312} gods{H430}, 8 And walked{H3212}{(H8799)} in the statutes{H2708} of the heathen{H1471}, whom the LORD{H3068} cast out{H3423}{(H8689)} from before{H6440} the children{H1121} of Israel{H3478}, and of the kings{H4428} of Israel{H3478}, which they had made{H6213}{(H8804)}. 9 And the children{H1121} of Israel{H3478} did secretly{H2644}{(H8762)} those things{H1697} that were not right against the LORD{H3068} their God{H430}, and they built{H1129}{(H8799)} them high places{H1116} in all their cities{H5892}, from the tower{H4026} of the watchmen{H5341}{(H8802)} to the fenced{H4013} city{H5892}. 10 And they set them up{H5324}{(H8686)} images{H4676} and groves{H842} in every high{H1364} hill{H1389}, and under every green{H7488} tree{H6086}: 11 And there they burnt incense{H6999}{(H8762)} in all the high places{H1116}, as did the heathen{H1471} whom the LORD{H3068} carried away{H1540}{(H8689)} before{H6440} them; and wrought{H6213}{(H8799)} wicked{H7451} things{H1697} to provoke the LORD{H3068} to anger{H3707}{(H8687)}: 12 For they served{H5647}{(H8799)} idols{H1544}, whereof the LORD{H3068} had said{H559}{(H8804)} unto them, Ye shall not do{H6213}{(H8799)} this thing{H1697}. 13 Yet the LORD{H3068} testified{H5749}{(H8686)} against Israel{H3478}, and against Judah{H3063}, by{H3027} all the prophets{H5030}, and by all the seers{H2374}, saying{H559}{(H8800)}, Turn{H7725}{(H8798)} ye from your evil{H7451} ways{H1870}, and keep{H8104}{(H8798)} my commandments{H4687} and my statutes{H2708}, according to all the law{H8451} which I commanded{H6680}{(H8765)} your fathers{H1}, and which I sent{H7971}{(H8804)} to you by{H3027} my servants{H5650} the prophets{H5030}. 14 Notwithstanding they would not hear{H8085}{(H8804)}, but hardened{H7185}{(H8686)} their necks{H6203}, like to the neck{H6203} of their fathers{H1}, that did not believe{H539}{(H8689)} in the LORD{H3068} their God{H430}. 15 And they rejected{H3988}{(H8799)} his statutes{H2706}, and his covenant{H1285} that he made{H3772}{(H8804)} with their fathers{H1}, and his testimonies{H5715} which he testified{H5749}{(H8689)} against them; and they followed{H3212}{(H8799)}{H310} vanity{H1892}, and became vain{H1891}{(H8799)}, and went after{H310} the heathen{H1471} that were round about{H5439} them, concerning whom the LORD{H3068} had charged{H6680}{(H8765)} them, that they should not do{H6213}{(H8800)} like them. 16 And they left{H5800}{(H8799)} all the commandments{H4687} of the LORD{H3068} their God{H430}, and made{H6213}{(H8799)} them molten images{H4541}, even two{H8147} calves{H5695}, and made{H6213}{(H8799)} a grove{H842}, and worshipped{H7812}{(H8691)} all the host{H6635} of heaven{H8064}, and served{H5647}{(H8799)} Baal{H1168}. 17 And they caused their sons{H1121} and their daughters{H1323} to pass{H5674}{(H8686)} through the fire{H784}, and used{H7080}{(H8799)} divination{H7081} and enchantments{H5172}{(H8762)}, and sold{H4376}{(H8691)} themselves to do{H6213}{(H8800)} evil{H7451} in the sight{H5869} of the LORD{H3068}, to provoke him to anger{H3707}{(H8687)}.
  • Job 29:7-9 : 7 When I went out{H3318}{(H8800)} to the gate{H8179} through the city{H7176}, when I prepared{H3559}{(H8686)} my seat{H4186} in the street{H7339}! 8 The young men{H5288} saw{H7200}{(H8804)} me, and hid{H2244}{(H8738)} themselves: and the aged{H3453} arose{H6965}{(H8804)}, and stood up{H5975}{(H8804)}. 9 The princes{H8269} refrained{H6113}{(H8804)} talking{H4405}, and laid{H7760}{(H8799)} their hand{H3709} on their mouth{H6310}. 10 The nobles{H5057} held{H2244}{(H8738)} their peace{H6963}, and their tongue{H3956} cleaved{H1692}{(H8804)} to the roof of their mouth{H2441}. 11 When the ear{H241} heard{H8085}{(H8804)} me, then it blessed{H833}{(H8762)} me; and when the eye{H5869} saw{H7200}{(H8804)} me, it gave witness{H5749}{(H8686)} to me: 12 Because I delivered{H4422}{(H8762)} the poor{H6041} that cried{H7768}{(H8764)}, and the fatherless{H3490}, and him that had none to help{H5826}{(H8802)} him. 13 The blessing{H1293} of him that was ready to perish{H6}{(H8802)} came{H935}{(H8799)} upon me: and I caused the widow's{H490} heart{H3820} to sing for joy{H7442}{(H8686)}. 14 I put{H3847}{(H8804)} on righteousness{H6664}, and it clothed{H3847}{(H8799)} me: my judgment{H4941} was as a robe{H4598} and a diadem{H6797}. 15 I was eyes{H5869} to the blind{H5787}, and feet{H7272} was I to the lame{H6455}. 16 I was a father{H1} to the poor{H34}: and the cause{H7379} which I knew{H3045}{(H8804)} not I searched out{H2713}{(H8799)}. 17 And I brake{H7665}{(H8762)} the jaws{H4973} of the wicked{H5767}, and plucked{H7993}{(H8686)} the spoil{H2964} out of his teeth{H8127}. 18 Then I said{H559}{(H8799)}, I shall die{H1478}{(H8799)} in my nest{H7064}, and I shall multiply{H7235}{(H8686)} my days{H3117} as the sand{H2344}. 19 My root{H8328} was spread out{H6605}{(H8803)} by the waters{H4325}, and the dew{H2919} lay all night{H3885}{(H8799)} upon my branch{H7105}. 20 My glory{H3519} was fresh{H2319} in me{H5978}, and my bow{H7198} was renewed{H2498}{(H8686)} in my hand{H3027}. 21 Unto me men gave ear{H8085}{(H8804)}, and waited{H3176}{(H8765)}, and kept silence{H1826}{(H8799)} at{H3926} my counsel{H6098}. 22 After{H310} my words{H1697} they spake not again{H8138}{(H8799)}; and my speech{H4405} dropped{H5197}{(H8799)} upon them. 23 And they waited{H3176}{(H8765)} for me as for the rain{H4306}; and they opened{H6473}{(H8804)} their mouth{H6310} wide as for the latter rain{H4456}. 24 If I laughed{H7832}{(H8799)} on them, they believed{H539}{(H8686)} it not; and the light{H216} of my countenance{H6440} they cast not down{H5307}{(H8686)}. 25 I chose{H977}{(H8799)} out their way{H1870}, and sat{H3427}{(H8799)} chief{H7218}, and dwelt{H7931}{(H8799)} as a king{H4428} in the army{H1416}, as one that comforteth{H5162}{(H8762)} the mourners{H57}.
  • Job 31:21 : 21 If I have lifted up{H5130}{(H8689)} my hand{H3027} against the fatherless{H3490}, when I saw{H7200}{(H8799)} my help{H5833} in the gate{H8179}:
  • Ps 26:9-9 : 9 Gather{H622}{(H8799)} not my soul{H5315} with sinners{H2400}, nor my life{H2416} with bloody{H1818} men{H582}: 10 In whose hands{H3027} is mischief{H2154}, and their right hand{H3225} is full{H4390}{(H8804)} of bribes{H7810}.
  • Prov 22:22 : 22 Rob{H1497}{(H8799)} not the poor{H1800}, because he is poor{H1800}: neither oppress{H1792}{(H8762)} the afflicted{H6041} in the gate{H8179}:
  • Isa 33:15 : 15 He that walketh{H1980}{(H8802)} righteously{H6666}, and speaketh{H1696}{(H8802)} uprightly{H4339}; he that despiseth{H3988}{(H8802)} the gain{H1215} of oppressions{H4642}, that shaketh{H5287}{(H8802)} his hands{H3709} from holding{H8551}{(H8800)} of bribes{H7810}, that stoppeth{H331}{(H8801)} his ears{H241} from hearing{H8085}{(H8800)} of blood{H1818}, and shutteth{H6105}{(H8802)} his eyes{H5869} from seeing{H7200}{(H8800)} evil{H7451};
  • Isa 47:9 : 9 But these two{H8147} things shall come{H935}{(H8799)} to thee in a moment{H7281} in one{H259} day{H3117}, the loss of children{H7908}, and widowhood{H489}: they shall come{H935}{(H8804)} upon thee in their perfection{H8537} for the multitude{H7230} of thy sorceries{H3785}, and for the great{H3966} abundance{H6109} of thine enchantments{H2267}.
  • Isa 66:18 : 18 For I know their works{H4639} and their thoughts{H4284}: it shall come{H935}{(H8802)}, that I will gather{H6908}{(H8763)} all nations{H1471} and tongues{H3956}; and they shall come{H935}{(H8804)}, and see{H7200}{(H8804)} my glory{H3519}.
  • Jer 29:23 : 23 Because they have committed{H6213}{(H8804)} villany{H5039} in Israel{H3478}, and have committed{H6213}{(H8804)} adultery{H5003}{(H8762)} with their neighbours{H7453}' wives{H802}, and have spoken{H1696}{(H8762)} lying{H8267} words{H1697} in my name{H8034}, which I have not commanded{H6680}{(H8765)} them; even I know{H3045}{(H8802)}, and am a witness{H5707}, saith{H5002}{(H8803)} the LORD{H3068}.
  • Lam 3:34 : 34 To crush{H1792}{(H8763)} under his feet{H7272} all the prisoners{H615} of the earth{H776},
  • Amos 2:16 : 16 And he that is courageous{H533}{H3820} among the mighty{H1368} shall flee away{H5127}{(H8799)} naked{H6174} in that day{H3117}, saith{H5002}{(H8803)} the LORD{H3068}.