Amos 6:12
Do horses run upon the rock? Will one plow there with cattle? You have turned justice into gall, and the fruit of righteousness into wormwood (bitterness)!
Amos 5:7
You who turn justice to wormwood (a curse), and cast righteousness down to the earth
Hosea 10:4
They utter empty words and make false promises and useless treaties. Justice has become injustice, growing like poisonous weeds in a plowed field.
1 Kings 21:7-13
Then his wife Jezebel said: Are you now the ruler of Israel? Get up, eat and be happy. I will give you the garden of Naboth the Jezreelite.
Isaiah 59:13-14
We rebelled and denied Jehovah. We turned away from our God. We spoke about oppression and revolt. We conceived and uttered lies in our hearts.
Amos 5:11-12
You impose unfair rent on the poor and defraud a tribute of grain from them. You haave built houses of hewn stone yet you will not live in them. You planted pleasant vineyards, but you will not drink the wine from them.
Psalm 94:20-21
Can wicked rulers be allied with you? They frame mischief by decree (the law).
Isaiah 48:4
I knew that you would prove to be stubborn. You were as rigid as iron and unyielding as copper.
Jeremiah 5:3
Jehovah looks for faithfulness. He struck you, but you paid no attention. He crushed you, but you refused to learn. You were stubborn and would not turn from your sins.
Jeremiah 6:29-30
The bellows blow fiercely and the fire consumes the lead. The refining goes on in vain, but the wicked are not separated.
Hosea 10:13
But instead you plowed evil and harvested unrighteousness. You have eaten the fruit produced by your lies. This is because you trusted in your way and in the large number of your soldiers.
Micah 7:3
They diligently seek to do evil with their hands. The prince asks and the judge is ready for a bribe. The great man utters his own evil desire. They weave it together.
Habakkuk 1:3-4
Why do you make me see wickedness and immorality? Destruction and violence are before me. Strife exists and contention arises.
Zechariah 7:11-12
They refused to pay heed, turned a stubborn shoulder (resisted), and stopped their ears, that they might not hear.
Acts 7:51-52
You obstinate men who are uncircumcised in heart and ears. You always resist the Holy Spirit as your fathers did.