Habakkuk 1:4
and justice never emerges.
For the wicked restrict
therefore, justice
Psalm 119:126
for they have violated Your instruction.
Ezekiel 9:9
He answered me: “The iniquity of the house of Israel and Judah is extremely great; the land is full of bloodshed,
Job 21:7
growing old and becoming powerful?
Psalm 58:1-2
For the choir director: “Do Not Destroy.”
Do you judge people fairly?
Isaiah 1:21-23
what an adulteress
She was once full of justice.
Righteousness once dwelt in her—
but now, murderers!
Isaiah 5:20
and good evil,
who substitute darkness for light
and light for darkness,
who substitute bitter for sweet
and sweet for bitter.
Jeremiah 12:1
even if I bring a case against You.
Yet, I wish to contend with You:
Why does the way of the wicked prosper?
Why do all the treacherous live at ease?
Exodus 23:2
“You must not follow a crowd in wrongdoing. Do not testify in a lawsuit and go along with a crowd to pervert justice.
Exodus 23:6
“You must not deny justice to a poor person among you in his lawsuit.
Deuteronomy 16:19
Do not deny justice or show partiality to anyone. Do not accept a bribe, for it blinds the eyes of the wise and twists the words of the righteous.
1 Kings 21:13
The two wicked men came in and sat opposite him. Then the wicked men testified against Naboth in the presence of the people, saying, “Naboth has cursed God and the king!” So they took him outside the city and stoned him to death with stones.
Psalm 11:3
what can the righteous do?”
Psalm 22:16
a gang of evildoers has closed in on me;
they pierced
Psalm 59:2
and save me from men of bloodshed.
Psalm 59:4
they run and take up a position.
Awake to help me, and take notice.
Psalm 82:1-5
A psalm of Asaph.
He judges among the gods:
Psalm 94:3
Lord, how long will the wicked—
how long will the wicked gloat?
Psalm 94:20-21
one that creates trouble by law—
become Your ally?
Isaiah 59:2-8
between you and your God,
and your sins have made Him hide His face from you
so that He does not listen.
Isaiah 59:13-15
turning away from following our God,
speaking oppression and revolt,
conceiving and uttering lying words from the heart.
Jeremiah 5:27-29
so their houses are full of deceit.
Therefore they have grown powerful and rich.
Jeremiah 12:6
even they were treacherous to you;
even they have cried out loudly after you.
Do not have confidence in them,
though they speak well of you.
Jeremiah 26:8
He finished the address the Lord had commanded him to deliver to all the people. Then the priests, the prophets, and all the people took hold of him, yelling, “You must surely die!
Jeremiah 26:21-23
King Jehoiakim, all his warriors, and all the officials heard his words, and the king tried to put him to death. When Uriah heard, he fled in fear and went to Egypt.
Jeremiah 37:14-16
“That’s a lie,” Jeremiah replied. “I am not deserting to the Chaldeans!” Irijah would not listen to him but apprehended Jeremiah and took him to the officials.
Jeremiah 38:4-6
The officials then said to the king, “This man ought to die, because he is weakening the morale of the warriors who remain in this city and of all the people by speaking to them in this way. This man is not seeking the well-being of this people, but disaster.”
Ezekiel 22:25-30
The conspiracy of her prophets
Hosea 10:4
taking false oaths while making covenants.
So lawsuits break out
like poisonous weeds in the furrows of a field.
Amos 5:7
throw righteousness to the ground.
Amos 5:12
and your sins innumerable.
They oppress the righteous,
and deprive the poor of justice
Micah 2:1-2
and prepare evil plans
At morning light
because the power is in their hands.
Micah 3:1-3
you rulers of the house of Israel.
Aren’t you supposed to know what is just?
Micah 7:2-4
there is no one upright among the people.
All of them wait in ambush to shed blood;
they hunt each other with a net.
Matthew 23:34-36
Matthew 26:59-66
The chief priests and the whole Sanhedrin were looking for false testimony against Jesus so they could put Him to death.
Matthew 27:1-2
When daybreak came, all the chief priests and the elders of the people plotted against Jesus to put Him to death.
Matthew 27:25-26
All the people answered, “His blood be on us
Mark 7:9
He also said to them,
Acts 7:52
Which of the prophets did your fathers not persecute?
Acts 7:59
They were stoning Stephen as he called out: “Lord Jesus, receive my spirit!”
Acts 23:12-14
When it was day, the Jews formed a conspiracy and bound themselves under a curse: neither to eat nor to drink until they had killed Paul.
Romans 3:31
Do we then cancel the law through faith? Absolutely not!
James 2:6-7
Yet you dishonored that poor man.
Treasury of Scripture Knowledge
Summary
The law
General references
Bible References
The law
what can the righteous do?”
for they have violated Your instruction.
Wrong
General references
and righteousness stands far off.
For truth has stumbled in the public square,
and honesty cannot enter.