Treasury of Scripture Knowledge
Summary
Therefore the law is slacked, and judgment doth never go forth: for the wicked doth compass about the righteous; therefore wrong judgment proceedeth.
The law
General references
Bible References
The law
Psalm 11:3
If the foundations be destroyed, What can the righteous do?
Psalm 119:126
It is time for Jehovah to work; For they have made void thy law.
Mark 7:9
And he said unto them, Full well do ye reject the commandment of God, that ye may keep your tradition.
Romans 3:31
Do we then make the law of none effect through faith? God forbid: nay, we establish the law.
Wrong
Exodus 23:2
Thou shalt not follow a multitude to do evil; neither shalt thou speak in a cause to turn aside after a multitude to wrest justice :
Deuteronomy 16:19
Thou shalt not wrest justice: thou shalt not respect persons; neither shalt thou take a bribe; for a bribe doth blind the eyes of the wise, and pervert the words of the righteous.
Ezekiel 9:9
Then said he unto me, The iniquity of the house of Israel and Judah is exceeding great, and the land is full of blood, and the city full of wrestling of judgment : for they say, Jehovah hath forsaken the land, and Jehovah seeth not.
General references
Deuteronomy 25:1
If there be a controversy between men, and they come unto judgment, and the judges judge them; then they shall justify the righteous, and condemn the wicked;
Isaiah 59:14
And justice is turned away backward, and righteousness standeth afar off; for truth is fallen in the street, and uprightness cannot enter.