Treasury of Scripture Knowledge
Summary
And judgment is turned away backward, and justice standeth afar off: for truth is fallen in the street, and equity cannot enter.
Bible References
General references
Isaiah 59:4
No man sues in righteousness, and no man pleads in truth. They trust in vanity, and speak lies. They conceive mischief, and bring forth iniquity.
Isaiah 5:23
who justify the wicked for rewards, and take away the justice of the righteous man from him!
Isaiah 10:1
Woe to those who decree unrighteous decrees, and to the writers who write perverseness,
Psalm 82:2
How long will ye judge unjustly, and respect the persons of the wicked? Selah.
Ecclesiastes 3:16
And moreover I saw under the sun, in the place of justice, that wickedness was there, and in the place of righteousness, that wickedness was there.
Jeremiah 5:27
As a cage is full of birds, so are their houses full of deceit. Therefore they have become great, and grown rich.
Amos 5:7
Ye who turn justice to wormwood, and cast down righteousness to the earth,
Micah 3:9
Hear this, I pray you, ye heads of the house of Jacob, and rulers of the house of Israel, who abhor justice, and pervert all equity.
Micah 7:3
Their hands are upon that which is evil to do it diligently. The ruler asks, and the judge [is ready] for a bribe. And the great man, he utters the evil desire of his soul. Thus they weave it together.
Habakkuk 1:4
Therefore the law is slacked, and justice never goes forth. For the wicked man surrounds the righteous man, therefore justice goes forth perverted.
Zephaniah 3:1
Woe to her who is rebellious and polluted, to the oppressing city!